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Statewide Training
Policies
Increasing Your Professional Knowledge
Through continued learning, you can maintain a quality child care and
education business. Child Care Resource
and Referral (CCR&R) plays an essential role in coordinating and supporting
educational opportunities. Many Iowa
Community Colleges
offer education in Early Childhood or classes to obtain a
Child Development Associate
credential (CDA).
Eager To Learn,
ISU Extension and
National Association of Family Child Care offer webinars and
online classes that are
approved for training hours.
You always gain new insight from attending classes at levels different than
your experience.
Registration
CCR&R charges a registration fee for most classes. CCR&R uses these fees to help
offset the cost of paying the trainer, making copies of handouts, and purchasing
materials that you can take with you to enhance your business or classroom.
You must pay these fees at ten business days before the class begins to secure your
space in the class. You are not registered for a class until CCR&R receives your
payment.
Guests, including children, are not allowed in class. If you
require special accommodations such as an interpreter, please contact the person
taking registrations so she can make arrangements. Thank you for your
cooperation.
For more information about this and other training policies, please
click here.
Click on the
links below for a schedule of classes that CCR&R co-sponsors:
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Health, safety and nutrition
- These classes help you maintain a healthy and safe setting. Child
Development Home providers must take 2 hours of health and safety training in
their first year of registration. |
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CPR and First Aid - Most staff in DHS
licensed preschools and centers need current certification in
Infant/Child/Adult CPR and First Aid. Child Development home providers must
have current First Aid certification than includes management of a blocked
airway and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. If the First Aid course does not
include this, providers in Child Development Homes also need current CPR
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Mandatory Reporters of Child Abuse -
Child care and education professionals in Iowa must have 2 hours of training
for reporting child abuse. This class is also available
online.
Follow
these instructions for creating your account, login, password etc.
If you took the
Universal Precautions/Exposure Control Plan
online class, you will use the same URL and login/password. If you did not take
the
Universal Precautions/Exposure Control Plan
online class, you will need to create
your own account with login and password. Read the
directions on how to
register for the class. There are no group
registrations or accounts. For technical
difficulties, please contact Sandra
Lyles at 515-242-5165.
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Standard Precautions -
This course will help decrease the risk of illness and disease. Staff who
work in licensed child development centers must take it every year. Providers in
child development homes may choose to take it to fulfill one hour of health and
safety.
Follow
these instructions for creating your account, login, password etc.
If you took the Mandatory
Child Abuse Reporter Training
online class, you will use the same URL and login/password. If you did not take
that
online class, you will need to create
your own account with login and password. Read the
directions on how to
register for the class. There are no group
registrations or accounts. For technical
difficulties, please contact Sandra
Lyles at 515-242-5165.
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| Development - Quality
childcare and education programs have caregivers who interact appropriately
with the children. Topics may include appropriate activities, the environment,
literacy, and child development. |
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Guidance - Children need caregivers who give consistent and positive
guidance, and know how to arrange the environment and activities to minimize
conflicts. |
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Business - Any
child care and education program must use sound business practices to be
successful. Classes include budgeting, income and expenses, knowing your
community resources, personnel management, and communication skills. |
| Series classes - People are
more likely to use what they learn if they have attend multiple sessions, with
time between classes to practice the skills. ChildNet,
Welcome to Child Care,
Welcome to School Age Care,
PITC (Program for Infant and Toddler Caregivers),
Beyond Business Basics and
Environment Rating Scales are
all series classes. |
| Conferences - Many
providers like to acquire most of their hours through attending a conference
that allows participants to choose workshops that need their individual needs
or interests. Conferences also give people the opportunity to meet and network
with other people who have similar jobs. |
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