News and Announcements
Maine Early Care and Education Online Training Calendar is Launched
Maine Roads to Quality, in partnership with Maine Expanding Inclusive Opportunities and the Maine Department of Health and Human Services, Early Childhood Division, are happy to bring you the brand-new Maine Early Care and Education Online Training Calendar.
The calendar has searchable information about training and course work happening all over the state of Maine. You can search by location, training agency, date, and much more! The front page shows the Basic Search. An Advanced Search is available by clicking the link on the menu on the left-hand side of the page.
All early care and education and early childhood special education professionals in Maine will be able to find training and course work on the calendar. Information is being added rapidly as we are unfolding this project, so please be sure to check the site frequently for even more training information.
Please click the following link to explore the calendar: http://ecetrainingcalendar.muskie.usm.maine.edu/public/main.aspx
Change, Change, Change!
The seasons are changing and maybe your child care program is too! Whether you are adding or filling vacancies, changing your operating hours, letting go of your landline number, or making any other changes, Child Care Options wanta to know! In order to best serve both providers and parents, we need to have accurate and up-to-date information in our files. Please give us a call, or dash off a quick email if any changes are in the works for you or your child care. We appreciate it! Contact Vanessa at: 582-3110, ext. 29 or:
The Maine After School Network
The purpose of the Maine After School Network is to enable every child to have access to quality, inclusive, affordable after school programming that meets the needs of the child, the family, and the community.
The Maine After School Network was created in response to the out-of-school time needs of school age children and youth in Maine. The network supports programming that meets the physical, social-emotional, and education needs of the school-aged population.
Membership is open to those with a personal or professional interest in providing high quality out of school time programs. For more information you may visit www.maineafterschool.net or contact: Deborah Chase, Director deborah.chase@maine.edu or Cynthia Stancioff Cynthia.stancioff@maine.edu
Child Care Plus ME - A Resource for You
Child Care Plus ME is a state–university partnership initiative with the Maine Department of Health and Human Services designed to improve access to and quality of child care for all children in Maine through the development of a comprehensive system to support the provision of and access to high–quality child care for all children, particularly those with challenging medical and behavioral health care needs, and to prevent children from being excluded from mainstream child care programs. Child Care Plus ME project staff work with child care providers throughout the state to support all children in quality inclusive settings.
Email: ccidsmail@umit.maine.edu
University of Maine Resource: Growing Ideas Tipsheets
Dorothy, We’re Not Just on Paper Anymore!
The Child Care Options Resource Development Center recently released the first issue of their new email newsletter, theLINK. If you are interested in subscribing to this exciting new resource, you can either subscribe here by entering your email in the text box in the upper left-hand corner of the navigation bar, or by contacting Pam Soucy, Training Coordinator, by phone at 582-3110 x 25, or by email. Don’t miss another information packed issue. Subscribe today!