Region 12 Child Care Resource & Referral
Regional CCR&R activities provide leadership and support for local child care resource and referral services in R&R Region 12, which includes Alexander, Ashe, Iredell, Watauga and Wilkes 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 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
five Region 12 counties. Contact the appropriate “hosting” agency for more
information.
Ashe
County Partnership for Children
Unit 1626—Ashe Central School Rd.
Jefferson, NC
28640
R&R Director: Lynn
Caudill, 336-982-8870
Website:
www.acpartnership.org
Alexander Partnership for Children
135 7th Street SW
Taylorsville,
NC 28681
R&R Director: Vickie Vinson, 828-632-3799
Website:
www.alexanderchildren.org
Iredell County
Partnership for Young Children
132 E. Broad Street, Statesville, NC 28677
R&R Director: Christine Wilson, 704-878-9980
Website:
www.iredellstartstart.org
The
Children’s Council of Watauga County
290 Queen Street
Boone, NC
28607
R&R Director: Lee
Marshall, 828-262-5424
Website: www.thechildrenscouncil.org
Wilkes Community Partnership for Children
1006 F Street
North Wilkesboro, NC 28659
R&R Director: Suzanne Hanlin, 336-838-0977
Website:
www.wilkessmartstart.com
Region 12 1st Quarter 2008/2009 Training Calendar
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.
Regional
Infant/Toddler Specialist
– Teresa
Murphy
704-878-9980 or email:
tmurphy.children@i-america.net
assistance in the region to enhance quality of infant-toddler care .
Regional
School-Age Specialist – Karen Campbell
704-878-9980 or email:
kcampbell.children@i-america.net
Karen works collaboratively with school-age child care providers to improve the quality of care by offering technical assistance, training, consultation and other services.
Behavior Specialist -
Anna Jones
704-878-9980 or email: ajones.children@i-america.net
Anna provides technical assistance which includes social emotional teaching strategies, building relationships and supportive classroom environments and when needed, individualized interventions.
For more information about Region 12 R&R services, contact
Christine Wilson,
704-878-9980 or email
cwilson.children@i-america.net