Announcements

CARES e-BULLETIN, November 10, 2008

Dear CARES Administrators and Partners,

The following are announcements and news items that may be of interest to you.

To be removed from this list, please contact us at cares@caccwrc.org.

Thank you,
Working for Quality Child Care
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NEWS and ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. Save-the-Date: CARES Statewide Conference Call, November 21
2. Bay Area CARES/AB 212 Meeting, December 2
3. Zero to Three National Training Institute/First 5 California Pre-Institute, December 4
4. Water Cooler: Stronger Together
5. County Spotlight: Sonoma County CARES offers new Track V Option on Leadership
6. Highlighted Resource: Basic Skills as a Foundation for Student Success in California Community Colleges
7. Message from CDTC about Child Development Permit applications
8. First 5 California Pre-Conference Institute -- Hotel reservations
9. Northwest/Northeast regional meeting notes available
10. Announcements to share?


1. Save-the-Date: CARES Statewide Conference Call, November 21
The next statewide CARES conference call is on Friday, November 21 from 1-2pm.
Topic and call-in information will be sent out and posted on the CARES T&TA Project website's Events page next week.

2. Bay Area CARES/AB 212 Meeting, December 2
The next Bay Area CARES/AB 212 meeting is on Tuesday, December 2 from 10 to 12:30pm at Bananas in Oakland. Stanislaus County will share information about their Math for ECE course and how to further college partnerships with private universities and public community colleges. For location address and more information, visit the CARES T&TA Project website Events page at: http://cares.edgateway.net/cs/cares/view/e/442

3. Zero to Three National Training Institute/First 5 California Pre-Institute, December 4
First 5 Pre-Conference Institute at Zero to Three, will provide tools to achieve positive change in the systems of services for children 0 to 5. Presenters will offer examples of how other states have addressed issues affecting infants, toddlers and preschoolers through comprehensive systems change.

To read more about the upcoming conference, download the informational flyer from the CARES T&TA Project website:
http://cares.edgateway.net/cs/cares/view/uwba_r/390

4. Water Cooler: Stronger Together
Water Cooler: Stronger Together, is a statewide group exploring collective advocacy for children birth to five, its financial, political, and policy directions. This discussion group is for early education, child care, and pre-kindergarten through first-grade advocates and supporters.

The next Water Cooler meeting is on Friday, November 14 in Sacramento. To RSVP and to get more information, go to the Advancement Project's RSVP link: http://advanceproj.org/rsvp

There are five Water Cooler workgroups currently meeting to work on detailed policy and organizational work on topics in need of study and further consensus building in preparation for the March 25 conference. To read more on the workgroups, download the informational flyer from the Resource Library: http://cares.edgateway.net/cs/cares/view/uwba_r/391

Save-the-Date, March 25, 2009 - Water Cooler Conference: Learning Begins at Birth, the Larger Education Conversation
To learn more about the upcoming conference, download the Water Cooler Conference flyer located in the CARES T&TA Project website Resource Library: http://cares.edgateway.net/cs/cares/view/uwba_r/392

5. County Spotlight: Sonoma County CARES offers new Track V Option on Leadership
The Sonoma CARES program participants in Track V now have two additional participation options. Track V-B participants help participants in other Tracks increase their skills in evaluating their programs while completing the Environment Rating Scale Score Sheet and the Rating Scale Improvement Plan. Track V-C participants are leaders who become actively involved in policy decisions that impact the ECE community and thereby, address issues facing preschool and after school programs in Sonoma County.

For more information about the new additions to Track V in Sonoma County, contact Gislene Mertle at gmertle@scoe.org or 707-524-2639

Or download the informational flyers from the CARES T&TA Project Resource Library:
http://cares.edgateway.net/cs/cares/view/uwba_r/393

6. Highlighted Resource: Basic Skills as a Foundation for Student Success in California Community Colleges
CARES programs have often seen participants bottleneck at the Teacher Permit level due to access and preparation barriers in completing general education units. This article addresses the role of community colleges in "assisting the under prepared student to attaining the basic skills needed to succeed in college-level work."

To read more, download the article from the Basic Skills Initiative website: http://www.cccbsi.org/Websites/basicskills/Images/BasicSkills_booklet-2.pdf

7. Message from CDTC about Child Development Permit applications
The Child Development Training Consortium (CDTC) continues to process First 5 California and CDD funded Child Development Permit applications. The funding will pay the application and fingerprint processing fees (if applicable) for all six levels of the Child Development Permit: Assistant, Associate Teacher, Teacher, Master Teacher, Site Supervisor and Program Director. Reimbursement of online renewals for the Teacher level and above is also available. If you have any questions, please call (209) 572-6082.

8. First 5 California Pre-Conference Institute on Workforce Development -- Hotel reservations
The First 5 California Pre-Conference Institute on Workforce Development is on April 14, 2009, and the two-day general conference is April 15-16, 2009 in San Francisco at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco at the Embarcadero. Conference hotel rates are $152/night.

To make reservations by phone call: 415-788-1234
To make reservations online, visit: https://resweb.passkey.com/go/csu

9. Northwest/Northeast regional meeting notes available
The Northwest/Northeast regional meeting notes from the September 16 meeting are available on the CARES T&TA Project website: http://cares.edgateway.net/cs/cares/view/uwba_r/388

10. Announcements to share?
Do you have a resource, idea or event to share related to CARES, AB 212 or workforce development? Please send any announcements for the CARES e-Bulletin by replying to this email, or by contacting Susan Jeong at (415) 808-4312 or sjeong@uwba.org.



The First 5 California CARES Training and Technical Assistance (T&TA) Project is brought to you by First 5 California, Working for Quality Child Care and the Child Development Training Consortium, and made possible with funds from First 5 California.