The Post-Crescent

Fox Valley partnership seeks to remove barriers to help produce more child care workers

Less than a year ago, working mothers Virginia Maus and Tiffany Simon opened Joyful Beginnings Academy, a child care center, to help combat rural Outagamie County’s child care shortage. Now, with the ...
The Bakersfield Californian

Child-care training course will be focus of SBDC webinar

Information will be presented online Wednesday about a free, 12-week training course for people who want to start a child-care business in their home. During a one-hour webinar starting at noon, ...
Columbus Dispatch

Child care is in crisis. New funding aims to bolster workforce, economy

A grant will fund a Child Development Associate (CDA) certification course in Spanish to address a shortage of bilingual preschool teachers. The lack of Spanish-language training has been a barrier ...
The Conversation

Kids’ physical activity in child care is essential — how an online course equips educators to lead the way

Myranda Hawthorne receives funding from the Ontario Graduate Scholarship. Sophie M Phillips receives funding from Children's Health Research Institute and Mitacs. Trish Tucker receives funding from ...
Columbia Daily Tribune

Mizzou Academy developing child care training videos with $7.5 million grant from DESE

Mizzou Academy is updating outdated online child care training videos, using a $7.5 million grant from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. The 30 online, on-demand videos ...