Region 9 Child Care Resource & Referral
Regional CCR&R activities provide leadership and support for local child care resource and referral services in R&R Region 9, which includes Alexander, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Iredell, McDowell, Mitchell, Watauga and Yancey Counties. R&R services typically include referrals to families looking for child care as well as technical assistance and/or training for child care providers to start up or improve the quality of care. The North Carolina Division of Child Development and Early Education funds this initiative to ensure all families and child care providers have access to high quality R&R programs.
Contact
information for local R&R agencies:
Child
care providers are encouraged to attend workshops and conferences in any
of the nine Region 9 counties. Contact the appropriate “hosting” agency
for more information.
Region 9 Training Calendars
Seek Phase II Timeline Postponed
Increasing
Star Licensure Level for One and Two Star Child Care Facilities
Sex Offender
Information for Disemination
Changes to Compliance History
Calculations
Phase-out of standardized testing for NC Early Childhood Credential
equivalency
Meeting Child Care Lead Teacher Education Requirements: TEST-OUT OPTION
COMING TO AN END
Online Request for Rated License Assessment
Criminal Record Check Law Interpretation Change
North Carolina School Age Programs -
Benefits of Licensure
In addition to targeting Resource and Referral
"core services" which include technical assistance and professional development
for child care providers and consumer education for parents, the grants also
support three specialized quality improvement projects.
Region
9 Infant/Toddler Specialist - Alicia Shell
704-929-4259 or email:
ashell@icpyc.org
The
Infant/Toddler Specialist provides training, technical assistance and
consultation for centers and family child care homes. The specialist uses environment rating scale assessments in child care programs.
Region
9 School-Age
Specialist - Linda Curtis
704-929-3967 or email:
lcurtis@icpyc.org
The School-Age Specialists work collaboratively with school-age child care providers to improve the quality of care by offering technical assistance, training, consultation and other services.
Region
9 Behavior Specialist - Rhonda Hamby
704-929-3980 or email:
rhamby@icpyc.org
The Behavior
Specialists Provide technical assistance which includes social emotional
teaching strategies, building relationships and supportive classroom
environments and when needed, individualized interventions.
For more information about Region 9 R&R services, contact
Jennifer Nathaniel,
704-878-9980 or email
jnathaniel@icpyc.org