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'The Nurturing Center's goal is to ensure that children are treated with

respect and live in safety with secure, healthy relationships.'

 
 

 

Professional Development Resources

Click here for our current professional development calendar.

Nurturing Center Workshop Registration Policies

 

      • Pre-registration and pre-payment are required prior to the class date. Contact Michelle at 756-1414 or 800-204-0644 or email your request to michelle@nurturingcenter.org.
      • Five or more participants must be enrolled for a class to be held. All classes are scheduled at convenient local sites.
      • Classes may be rescheduled due to poor weather or other uncontrollable circumstances.  Pre-registered participants will be notified if a workshop is cancelled.
      • All workshops are approved for required training hours from the Montana Early Childhood Project.
      • For more information about the content of any class, contact Sherrie Smith at sherrie@nurturingcenter.org.

 

  • USDA - Child & Adult Care Food Program Training Schedule Eligible businesses are required to complete 4 hours of training annually in current program requirements and food safety.
    For more information or to register for a class, contact Colleen at 406-756-1414, 800-204-0644 or email your request to colleen@nurturingcenter.org.

To learn more about training requirements for Montana early care educators and upcoming approved trainings for all regions, visit the Montana Early Childhood Project (ECP) website at Montana Early Childhood Project .  Montana Early Childhood Project is housed at the University of Montana and partners with Montana’s Early Childhood Services Bureau, Montana Resource & Referral Network and all others who are committed to bringing the highest quality, consistent early care and education to of Montana’s children.

To learn more about early care and education, visit the following websites:

  • Merit Pay Information DPHHS-merit pay
  • Child Care Plus+ The Montana Center on Inclusion in Early Childhood at the University of Montana www.ccplus.org
  • For Montana Early Childhood Services Bureau, visit

www.childcare.mt.gov

 

 

Other Professional Development Opportunties

Would you like to receive training credit without leaving your home?

The Nurturing Center is now offering correspondence courses…

CHILD CARE HEALTH ADVOCATES is a correspondence course where you can receive up to 20 hours of approved training without leaving your home. This course offers nine modules. You may take a 2-hour module or all 9 modules.

Child Care Resources offers many online training opportunities available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Learn from home! For a full description of available courses, visit www.childcaretraining.org

Flathead Valley Community College Online Courses click here to go to Flathead Valley Community College Online Non-Credit Child Care and Parenting Courses

Questions and concerns about training approval and training records may be addressed to the Early Childhood Project at www.mtecp.org

 

Meet the Board of the Flathead Chapter of Montana Association for the Education of Young Children (FAEYC) pictured here during the 2007 state conference.  Pictured here is: (front row left to right)  Laurie Pfeiffer and Linda Crayne  (back row left to right) Collette Box, Mary Bolick, Becky Madison, Teresa DeStefano, Peggy Seaman and The Nurturing Center’s Former Executive Director, Susan Christofferson.

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To join the Flathead Chapter of Montana Association for the Education of Young Children, click www.naeyc.org and register with the National organization they will contact your local chapter who will then contact you. For more information about upcoming meetings or trainings, email Collette Box at ddiscovery@centurytel.net

 
 
 
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