ECFE
CHILD CARE COLLABORATIVE
What is the Child Care Collaborative ?
The Child Care Collaborative is a FREE program for home and center-based child care providers who are within the Anoka-Hennepin school district boundaries . Providers are partnered with a licensed Early Childhood Family Education ( ECFE ) teacher for support and to strengthen alignment between child care providers and Anoka-Hennepin Schools .
The ECFE Child Care Collaborative program provides :
• High-quality learning experiences .
• Curriculum aligned with Anoka-Hennepin Schools .
• Consulting , coaching and support .
• Information and referral of materials or resources for providers and / or parents .
• Professional development opportunities with provider licensure hours .
For more information or to apply to be part of the Child Care Collaborative 763-506-6171 ahschools . us / childcarecollaborative
Being a child care provider is hard work .
What are past participants saying about the benefits of participating in the Child Care Collaborative ?
• “ ... I appreciate everything you helped me with to better my child care program . You gave me the tools I needed to make it fun for the kids to learn ... ”
• “ … an excellent resource and so supportive . I ’ ve implemented many great things into my program such as a calming corner and establishing a writing center .”
• “ It has been a very good experience and my child care program is better because of the input I have received .”
• “ You really helped our classroom come together as a more cohesive unit , and really showed us effective techniques that we now employ in our classroom . We couldn ’ t have done it without you !”
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