Support Attendance at Caring for Infants and Toddlers Seminar (Wheelock College)
State:
NH
Region:
1
Category:
Child Care; Facilities; Professional Development; Professional Development
Status:
Archived
Year Started:
2000
Administered By:
Department of Health and Human Services/ Child Development Bureau
Description:
The Infant/Toddler Task Force designed an application for center directors and lead infant/toddler teachers to attend the Wheelock College graduate seminar ['Caring for Infants and Toddlers']. The first seminar was held in Waterville Valley, NH in August, 2000. There have since been six more such seminars.
Applicants who agreed to increase their capacity by four babies were eligible to attend and to receive $4,000 equipment grants to improve their environments after the course. An average of 30 people from child care centers and family child care programs have attended each course, and most were eligible to receive the equipment grants. Each class reconvenes four months after each perspective seminar to show slides and describe the changes they had made to their programs.
The Task Force has been adamant that at least two of the participants be from every county, with greater representation from urban areas. Each county in New Hampshire has been represented.
The Task Force has also amended criteria to include programs agreeing to enhance the quality of their program.
Update June 2007
Web Site:
Geographic Scope:
Statewide
Target Population:
I/T (0-3)
Funder Name
Funding Type
Funding Source
Department of Health and Human Services/ Child Development Bureau