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Child Care Aware of New Hampshire (CCAoNH), a program of Southern New Hampshire Services, is offering virtual Early Childhood Focused Collaborative Meetings for Directors, Administrators, Teachers, and other Early Childhood Professionals. These Meetings are group-driven to reflect the participant’s needs and interests and to provide participants with information about the focused topics. Professional Development hours earned through these collaboratives can be used for the required 18 hours of training per year. In addition, participants will learn about Child Care Aware of NH program updates, essential local and State information, and other professional development opportunities.
View the flyer for more details about our Early Childhood Focused Collaborative Meetings.
Go to the NHCIS Training Tile to register for an Early Childhood Focused Collaborative Meeting.
Learn more on how to register for training in the New Hampshire Connections Information System (NHCIS) on NHCIS Log-In page on NH Connections.
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CCAoNH Early Childhood
Focused Collaborative Meetings
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Family Engagement and Communication Collaborative
Let's Play: Exploring Vroom and Early Learning Standards
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Date: Wednesday, May 1, 2024
Time: 1:00-2:30 PM
Location: Online Zoom Meeting
Facilitators: Julie Choiniere, ECMPWT & Karen Abbott, ECMPIM
Topic: This month, Child Care Aware of NH's, Lindsey Parisi, Lead Training and Technical Assistant Coordinator, and Nichole Cotton, Training and Marketing Coordinator, provide interactive training designed for infants all the way through preschool and pre-k. This training combines the NH Early Learning Standards with Vroom to provide hands-on tips to deepen understanding and implementation of these resources. Participants will learn how to have meaningful and purposeful conversations with families about child development and use these as family engagement practices.
Vroom is an early learning initiative that empowers parents, grandparents, families, and childcare providers to turn everyday moments into brain-building moments with children from birth to five. The New Hampshire Early Learning Standards are a statewide resource for everyone who loves, cares for, and educates young children. The Standards provide essential information to support and enhance children’s development and learning.
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Preschool Collaborative
Understanding Homelessness and its Impact on Children and Families
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Date: Wednesday, May 1, 2024
Time: 6:00-7:30 PM
Location: Online Zoom Meeting
Facilitator: Stephanie Therrien, M.Ed., ECMPWTPC
Topic: This month, Courtney Porter, MSW, MEd School Social Worker, and McKinney-Vento Liaison/DCYF Point of Contact from SAU 6 in Claremont NH, will be joining us to share information and resources on the topic of homelessness and how it impacts the children and families we serve. This is a powerful presentation with stories of NH families who are experiencing homelessness and what we can do to support them.
*This training qualifies for 1.5 hours towards the required Health & Safety Training.
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*Infant & Toddler Collaborative
Getting Outside with Infants and Toddlers
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Date: Tuesday, May 7, 2024
Time: 6:00-7:30 PM
Location: Online Zoom Meeting
Facilitator: Lindsey Parisi, ECMPWT
Topic: This month, we will explore the importance of getting Infants and Toddlers outside! We will talk about how outdoor play and exploration can help boost our youngest learners’ development and how to incorporate both into your daily schedule! Please bring some resources to share with the group of how you incorporate outside play into your classroom schedule!
*This collaborative qualifies for 1.5 hours towards the Infant and Toddler Endorsement for the Early Childhood Professional Development System credential applications.
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Family Child Care Collaborative
Learn & Share
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Date: Thursday, May 9, 2024
Time: 6:00-7:30 PM
Location: Online Zoom Meeting
Facilitator: Connie Davis, ECMPWT
Topic: This month, participants will partake in a Learn & Share session. During this meeting, participants are asked to bring a resource to share with other participants to take back to their programs.
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*Business Management Collaborative
Understanding Homelessness and its Impact on Children and Families
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Date: Tuesday, May 14, 2024
Time: 1:00-2:30 PM
Location: Online Zoom Meeting
Facilitators: Stephanie Therrien, M.Ed., ECMPWTPC
Topic: This month, Courtney Porter, MSW, MEd School Social Worker, and McKinney-Vento Liaison/DCYF Point of Contact from SAU 6 in Claremont NH, will be joining us to share information and resources on the topic of homelessness and how it impacts the children and families we serve. This is a powerful presentation with stories of NH families who are experiencing homelessness and what we can do to support them.
*This training qualifies for 1.5 hours towards the required Health & Safety Training.
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Social Emotional Topics Collaborative
Partnerships with Families
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Date: Monday, May 20, 2024
Time: 6:00-7:30 PM
Location: Online Zoom Meeting
Facilitator: Stephanie Therrien, M.Ed., ECMPWTPC
Topic: This month, we explore partnerships with families. The way we interact with the families in our programs can help build trusting relationships. We can help them adjust to parenthood, find resources they need, and assure them when they have concerns. We will discuss the concept of personal bias and how our preconceptions shape our conversations and interactions with families. We will examine our unique culture and how it influences caregiver behavior. We will talk about the unique needs of different family members such as fathers and grandparents who are raising grandchildren. Finally, we will look at program barriers that discourage communication between providers and families and strategies we can use to boost our interactions with other family members.
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Registration Information:
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Registration is free and available through the NHCIS Training Tile.
- Registration closes the day before the collaborative.
- To register use the “Week View” or Month View” and then choose which session(s) you would like to join. Please note that registration cannot be completed in the “List View”.
- On the day of the meeting, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting as well as the evaluation link.
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Registration is online only and pre-registration is required.
Information on how to access ZOOM: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362193-How-Do-I-Join-AMeeting
Questions: Email ccrrtraining@snhs.org or call (603) 578-1386, ext. 2526 and ext. 2532.
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Child Care Aware of NH is a statewide Child Care Resource and Referral Program of Southern New Hampshire Services. The preparation of this newsletter was financed under a Contract with the State of New Hampshire, Department of Health and Human Services, with funds provided in part by the State of New Hampshire and/or such other funding sources as were available or required, e.g., the United States Department of Health and Human Services. | | | | |
