Vermont Child Care Apprenticeship Program
News

(Required for Apprentices, Supervisors, Program Directors and open to all.)

 

AGENDA   6:30 PM to 8:30 PM

6:30 – 6:40  Welcome and Introductions

6:40 – 6:50  How the Apprenticeship program “fits” with national and state apprenticeship programs and with other Vermont Child Care and Workforce Initiatives (WIBS and WETF). Jan Walker & David Lagala

6:50 – 7:00  What Registered Apprenticeship has meant to former apprentices. Dorothy Sawyer, Treasurer, National Association of Women in Construction & Lance Moran, Plumbers and Pipe Fitters Local 693

7:00 – 7:10  The Child Development Associate (CDA) What it is and why it is part of the Vermont Registered Child Care Apprenticeship Program. Sue Ryan, CDA & President, Vermont Child Care Providers Association

7:10 – 7:15  Mentoring within Apprenticeship – Basic Principles. Patty Hnatiuk, Wheelock College, Consultant

7:15 – 7:25  Continuous Improvement Assessment Model – Respectful Documentation of Skill Development What this model contributes to the apprenticeship program. Jack Russell, President, The Center for Self-Sustaining Leadership

7:25 – 8:00  Apprentice, Supervisor, Director group meetings.

8:05 – 8:15  The Apprenticeship Web Site.  Chances to be famous while informing the public about child care, Margo Belval

8:15 – 8:25  Resource Development and Advocacy

8:25 – 8:30  Wrap up