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Upcoming Event!
4th Annual
Kite Fly Event
April 29th, 2009
click
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"We
are a community working together to ensure quality prenatal and early
care and education for children and families in the San Luis Valley."
Early
Childhood Council
of the San Luis Valley
Toll
Free: 1.877.338.CARE
Kavley's Business & Tech Center
609
Main Street, Suite 101,
Box 7
Alamosa, CO 81101 Office
Hours:
Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm
Please call for appointment.
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The
Goals of Our Organization are to:
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Improve
quality in early childhood programs through; enhanced environments,
professional
development of staff, and increased support services
by public health and mental health
professionals.
Improve
access to early childhood facilities in under-served areas.
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Some
of the Services We Provide to our Community are:
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Consumer
Education on the importance of quality early child care and preschool
to the healthy development and school readiness of children.
Referrals
to child care consumers.
Training
to licensed child care centers and family child care homes.
Information
on how to open a licensed family child care business.
Statistical
information on the availability and shortages of child care which
is updated
quarterly.
Professional development for early child care profressionals.
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Current
Quality Improvement Projects:
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Improvement
projects for licensed child care centers, head start programs, family
child care
homes, and public school preschool programs include:
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Early Childhood
Professional Development Project
School Readiness Project
Social
Behavior Wellness Committee
Qualistar Resource & Referral Project
Training on the use of environmental ratings scales developed by Frank-Porter-
Graham Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Funding for Qualistar rating and equipment purchase
and/or training to make
needed quality improvements.
Training for child care centers and licensed
family child care homes to help enhance teaching skills
so that children with behavorial issues remain in their early childhood
program. Consistancy
of care is important and children with challenging behaviors
are
frequently moved from one classroom to another.
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