Raising Quality through Training: National Training Survey Results and Recommendations

• Published in: Child care information exchange no. 176; pp. 18 - 20
• Main Author: Smith, Linda K
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Exchange Press, Inc 2007
• Subjects: Child Care; Child Development; Community Organizations; Credentials; Disadvantaged Youth; Distance Education; Early Childhood Education; Educational Technology; Faculty Development; First Aid; Labor Force; Military Service; Occupational Mobility; Referral; Safety; Technical Assistance; United States; Workshops; United States
• ISSN: 0164-8527

Child Care Resource and Referral agencies (CCR&Rs) are one of the major vehicles in the United States for providing training to child care providers. The quality of care children receive in child care settings is due, in large part, to the effectiveness of the training child care providers receive from CCR&Rs and other community organizations. In 2006, the National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies (NACCRRA) conducted a survey to learn more about the training that its 800 State Network and local CC&R members were conducting. Based on this survey, whose key results are presented here, NACCRRA proposes a 12-point plan to create an improved training system. NACCRRA believes that, with the implementation of the elements of this plan, CCR&Rs can provide the foundation for a nation-wide community-based system of training and technical assistance that will link in meaningful ways to the formal education system (community colleges and four-year colleges).