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Click here for the Child Care and Early Education Task Force brochure...SANTA MONICA CHILD CARE &
EARLY EDUCATION TASK FORCE
 

NEWS AND INFORMATION

Agendas & Minutes Task Force
Materials & Links
About the Task Force

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Professional Development Opportunities

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Early Childhood In Focus 1

Attachment Relationships - Quality of Care For Young Children

 

Issue Brief

Child Care Emergency Response Brief

 

California Early Childhood Mentor Program

Brown Bag Gathering for Directors Click here to Read More

 

 

National Center for Family Literacy -

Toyota Family Literacy Program Read More

FOR DETAILED INFORMATION GO TO: http://www.famlit.org/site/c.gtJWJdMQIsE/b.3136491/k.143/Toyota_Family_Literacy_Teacher_Guidelines.htm
 

National Gardening Association and The Home Depot - 2008 Youth Garden Grants Program

Click here to Read More

 

Steps to Excellence Project - Santa Monica Small Grants Program (For Santa Monica Child Care Centers and Family Child Care Providers)

Come learn about the changes to the Santa Monica Small Grants Program 

Thursday, October 11, 2007

11:30 am or 6:30 pm

Connections for Children

2701 Ocean Park Blvd. Ste. 253, SM

For more information, call Alicia Guerra at (310) 452-3325, ext. 275 or by email at aliciag@cfc.org

 

Raising the Profile of Pre-K:  A National Strategy Session

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

9:00 am - 12:00 pm

For more information and to register, click here

 

Child Care Law Project  - Employment Law Workshop

Thursday, October 18, 2007

6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Public Counsel - 610 S. Ardmore, LA

For more information and to register, click here.

 

 

SCAEYC - 2007 Annual Conference

"Crossing Boundaries with Music as the Universal Language"

Saturday, October 20, 2007

For more information and to register, click here

 

 

The Growing Place - Professional Educator Tour and Workshop: Building Relationships through Materials from Infancy Onward

Friday, October 26, 2007 and Saturday, October 27, 2007

For more information and to register, click here

 

 

Infant Development Association - Understanding Behavior from the Outside in - A full day of in-depth training

Friday, November 9, 2007 and Friday, January 25, 2008

9:00 am - 4:00 pm

For more information and to register, click here.

 

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Articles and Reports
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The Ready To Learn Act Factsheet   For more information, click here

 

Understanding Latino Parental Involvement in Education Click here to read more

 

Child Development Policy Institute (CDPI)

 

Stay informed through the CDPI website.  The website includes informational bulletins on fiscal and policy matters as well as the latest early care and education news. Click here to go directly to the CDPI website

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Alameda County Child Care Planning Council Updates:  Research and Resources

 

Thank you to Angie Garling, Alameda County Child Care Planning Council Coordinator for keeping all of us informed through her monthly "Research and Resources of Notes" emails!

 

August 2007

October 2007
 

 

Early Education in the News Updates

 

Link to weekly news, research, calendar of events and job announcements from Paul Miller - Kidango

 

August 19, 2007

August 26, 2007

September 10, 2007

September 16, 2007

September 30, 2007

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Community Care Licensing Alert  - Watch for people in Los Angeles County posing as licensing workers. 

Click here to read the Information Alert from Crystal Stairs. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Steps to Excellence Project (STEP) Updates

Santa Monica is one of the pilot communities for STEP - Stay informed through these updates or by going to the Los Angeles County Office of Child Care Website.

October 2007

November STEP Mini-Grant Workshops

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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