Colorado Department of Education Division of Child Care presents:

EXPANDING QUALITY IN INFANT & TODDLER CARE

This class is offered for anyone who lives or works with babies and is interested in learning about infant toddler development. Successful completion of this course will meet the infant/toddler licensing training requirements for teachers who work with young children birth to three years.

FREE training!!

 Topics to be covered include:   

• Responsive Caregiving
• The Inter-Relatedness of Learning and Development
• Language Development
• Safe and Healthy Environments
• Positive Guidance
• Babies in Motion
• Our Partners, the Families
• Temperaments
• Curriculum Planning
• Understanding and Respecting the Gifts of Culture
• Inclusion

The class will be held every Monday evening, 6:30-9:20 from 1/11/10-5/3/10 at Colorado Mountain College, Edwards Campus.  You must complete the 48 hour course in order to receive the Infant/Toddler certification from CDE. Mentoring for each student is included.

Interested in college credit?  Up to 6 hours of college credit is available by registering for the class through Colorado Mountain College (Register for ECE 111 and 112, Intro to Infant and Toddler development).

 All interested participants should register at CMC or contact Jeanne McQueeney

328-0774 by January 10, 2010

Space will be limited so please RSVP early!

For more information please call

Jeanne McQueeney at 328-0774