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At-A-Glance
March 15, 2019
A quick look at what's happening!
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"
Luck is great, but most of life is hard work." Iain Duncan Smith
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Child Care Aware of NH Updates
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2019 Provider Information Update
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Southern
New Hampshire Services, Child Care Aware of NH strives to provide families with high quality child care referrals in New Hampshire. In order for us to best serve families and your program, the information in our database must be current and accurate.
Throughout the course of the year, CCAoNH provides general maintenance to our program records by updating program information that may change more frequently such as program rates, vacancies, general information, etc. Although these partial updates are important, it is equally important that we receive a full and complete update of all aspects in your program on an annual basis. Your assistance with this is essential.
We would greatly appreciate it if you would take a moment to complete the 2019 Annual Provider Update Form. 1004 updates were mailed to NH programs on Tuesday, March 12. Below are links to the documents that were mailed: the Annual Provider Letter, Raffle, and Update forms.
CCAoNH thanks you in advance for completing and returning your 2017 Annual Provider Update!
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Mail the 2019 Annual Provider Update Form to
Child Care Aware of NH
Attn: Karen Abbott, Lead Child Care Resource and Referral Outreach Coordinator
88 Temple Street
Nashua, NH 03060
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Email the 2019 Annual Provider Update Form to
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The Hidden Picture Challenge
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Earlier this month CCAoNH sent out a hidden picture challenge, in an effort to promote the exploration of our website. The contest ended Sunday, March 10, 2019 at 12:00 pm. The winners were announced on Facebook Sunday, March 10, 2019. The original contest called for the first three (3) people to find the picture on the CCAoNH website in order to win free entry into the Spring NH Early Childhood Leadership Summit. But after some consideration, we chose to give prizes to the first five (5) people to find the picture. Please take a moment to congratulate the Hidden Picture winners!
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- Erica Brough
- Lindsey Roy
- Melyssa Paul
- Katy Whittle Aveni
- Deb Hunter
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What's New on the Website?
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There has been several recent changes to the website:
- We have added the NH Kindergarten Readiness Indicators as a resource on the Provider Resource page.
- We have added two new Health and Safety trainings resources to the Health and Safety Trainings page.
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Starting the Conversation...
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Starting the Conversation is a new section in the At-A-Glance e-newsletter. Every month, we would like to bring you
a new resource for best practices or strategies that can start the conversation in your program and with your colleagues
. We hope you enjoy this new section.
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March's Starting the Conversation Topic:
Tedx Talks:
School Suspensions Are an Adult Behavior with Rosemarie Allen
Click
here
or on the picture to start the Tedx Talk.
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There is an epidemic of school suspensions in the U.S. and the downstream consequences are severe. Adults suspend students, and while that may sound obvious, Rosemarie Allen realized that the problem might be the solution. When dealing with the difficult behaviors of children, what if we turned our focus inward?
Dr. Rosemarie Allen works passionately to ensure that children have access to high-quality early childhood programs that are developmentally and culturally appropriate. She teaches classes at Metro State University focused on raising teachers’ awareness of the impact equity, privilege, and power can have in the classroom. Dr. Allen serves as an intern on the Early Childhood Task Force with President Obama’s “My Brother’s Keeper” initiative and is a respected keynote speaker on culturally responsive practices and cultural competence.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at
http://ted.com/tedx
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Professional Development Opportunities
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2018-2019 Annual Training Calendar
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The Annual Training Calendar is a tool to intentionally plan for professional development. It shows all of the trainings that CCAoNH will host from September 2018 - June 2019.
“If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.”
- Henry Ford
Click
here
or on the cover to view the 2018-2019 Annual Training Calendar.
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Caring for Our Children Conference in Portsmouth
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Saturday, April 6, 2019
7:30 am to 3:15 pm
Great Bay Community College
320 Corporate Drive
Portsmouth, NH 03801
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Registration is $50 for the event and $70 for the event and the book,
Bridges Out of Poverty.
Registrations are non refundable and non transferable.
Click
here
or on the flyer for more details.
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Click
here
or on the
NH Professional Registry
Icon to register for trainings.
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Click
here
or on the
Eventbrite
Icon to register for trainings with a cost.
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Click
here
to or on the
Webinar
icon to register for webinar trainings. This is not currently a webinar available for registration at this time.
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March 2019 is National Nutrition & Safety Awareness Month!
During March, participate several different nutrition and safety awareness topics. Visit
eatright.org
for their Celebration Toolkit! #NationalNutritionMonth
Below are videos and resources for important safety information:
Pre-Planning for April 2019 is National Distracted Driving Awareness and Youth Sports Safety Month!
During April, enhance awareness of the impacts for distracted driving as it is a "public issue that affects us all". Also, as the warm weather moves in highlight the importance of youth sports safety. using sports injury prevention tips.
Below are videos and resources for important safety information:
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Resources to Share With Families
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Spring Equinox Day and International Earth Day
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March 20, 2019 is the Spring Equinox and National Earth Day. The Spring Equinox means at the equator on March 20, 2019 there is exactly 12 hours of daytime and 12 hours of dark. Share this day with families and some ways to celebrate the Spring Equinox and National Earth Day.
- Bring the outdoors in-bring home some flowers for your house
- Do spring inspired art projects
- Do an art project with recycled items
- Plant something
- Read a spring story with your child
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Other Early Childhood News & Updates
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A Free Professional Development Opportunity
Teaching Pro-Social Skills: Averting Challenging Behaviors
Click
here
or on the flyer below for more details.
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Training Opportunity through the UNH Cooperative Extension
Welcome to Put Child Care Wellness in Writing
This 1.5 hour online training provides information and strategies for anyone involved in the development of child care wellness policies. You'll learn about the elements that are required to be included in wellness policies and explore many best practices that can help you create a school wellness policy that supports students' health, growth, learning, and the development of lifelong healthy behaviors. Free nutrition education materials will be sent after successful completion of the course.
Please contact Lisa Richards, MS, RD, Nutrition Consultant, UNH Cooperative Extension
lisa.richards@unh.edu
if you have questions.
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Click
here
or on the flyer for more information on Early Childhood Education Fast Track courses from River Valley Community College.
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You're Invited!
The Bureau of Child Development and Head Start Collaboration invites you to the Annual Celebration of Early Childhood Professionals.
Click
here
or on the flyer for a printable copy.
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Child Care Aware of NH is Hiring
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Child Care Aware of New Hampshire is looking for dynamic individuals to join our team.
Are you passionate about the early childhood field? Are you looking to make a difference? Do you want to help families find quality child care and work hand in hand with providers to promote high quality learning experiences for all children? If you answered yes, then Child Care Aware of NH is for you! Check out our open positions below.
A Bilingual Support Specialist:
- Provides bilingual support services and consumer education for families in selecting child care.
- Facilitates trainings and provides targeted technical assistance (coaching and mentoring) to early childhood professionals.
- Assesses each regional area to meet cultural needs and to promote cultural competency.
- Provides interpretation in second language as necessary.
- Position is in the Main Office in Nashua.
Child Care Resource and Referral Specialist:
- Provides referrals to families seeking child care.
- Provides consumer education for families in selecting child care.
- Conducts outreach, advocacy and networking activities.
- Maintains the client and provider portion of our database ensuring timely entries, accuracy of information, and quarterly reporting.
- This is a Statewide position.
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Child Care Aware of NH Contact Information
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Need Help? Support? Call our Training and TA Lines!
Main Toll Free Line: 1-855-393-1731
Bilingual Support Line: 1-855-393-1731 x 28
Regional Outreach Offices: Training & TA/Help Lines:
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Southern/Main Regional Office:
Concord Regional Office:
Eastern Regional Office:
Western Regional Office:
Northern Regional Office:
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(603) 578-1386, x 32
(603) 227-6383
(603) 330-0961
(603) 903-0830
(603) 752-1327
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We hope you've enjoyed this edition of At-A-Glance. Look for future editions on the 15th of the month! Items for submission for At-A-Glance must be sent to
outreach2ccrr@snhs.org
before the 7th of each month with the subject line "At-A-Glance".
Child Care Aware of New Hampshire also offers FREE & CONFIDENTIAL Child Care Resource and Referral Services (CCR&R) to families and early childhood professionals.
Copyright © 2019 All Rights Reserved.
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The preparation of this email was financed under a Contract with the State of NH, Department of Health and Human Services,
Division of Economics and Housing Stability
, Bureau of Child Development and Head Start Collaboration, with funds provided in part by the State of NH and the US Department of Health and Human Services.
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