VPK Provider Round-Ups are being held in February. Click Here for more information.

Read It Forward Jax! VPK info, click here!

Partner child care centers/homes can now post job listings on our Child Care Job Postings Page.

Congratulations to Marge Campany who was selected by NFLAEYC to be the area's 2011 Outstanding Child Advocate.

LPP and Readiness Rate Rule Change
Workshop Dates and Information

Guiding Stars Provider Forums
Discussion Notes

CLASS-CLassroom Assessment and Scoring System Information
About the the CLASS interaction assessment tool.

Guide to implementing CLASS interaction assessment tool.

VPK Substitutes Available
VPK providers may now access the DCPS substitute pool
through Kelly Educational Staffing. Please call Kelly’s at  904-245-7550

VPK Screening
Providers please remind parents to have their child screened when they enter kindergarten at their local public elementary school.

Teacher Rewards Available
Jo-Ann fabric and craft is offering a Teachers Rewards Program for early childhood professionals and teachers to received discounts on their purchases. Click Here for details.

Character Development Curriculum Information
School Readiness Providers must provide Character Development Education. Click to find out more info!

Gold Seal Quality Care Info
Click Here for information on Florida DCF's Gold Seal program.

VPK Professional Development
Click Here for more information on a FREE Professional Development opportunity for VPK providers.

DCF Trainings
Access the DCF website for training opportunities. All upcoming VPK trainings are now offered through the DCF training website.

Nemours' Let's Move Child Care
Let's Move Child Care, is designed to specifically work with the challeneges of child care directors and teachers.
Check out our other Community Health Info!

School Readiness Curriculum
Check out the list of approved School Readiness curriculum for School Readiness Providers.

Professional Development
Visit the Northeast Florida Master Training Calendar for a listing of professional development conferences.

Family Child Care Home Providers (FCCH)

ELC of Duval (Coalition) values Family Child Care Home (FCCH) providers as professionals and partners in delivering quality child care and early learning services to families and children in Duval County. FCCH providers are an integral part of the early learning community.

ELC of Duval supports FCCH providers (with a School Readiness agreement) by offering professional development opportunities in the form of trainings and workshops, educational scholarships based on funding availability and Board priorities, conference attendance scholarships, advocacy trainings and visits at the local and state level.

All FCCH providers in our current School Readiness database are invited to attend quarterly Building Blocks workshops. These workshops offer targeted training for FCCH providers, and each workshop is based on the FCCERS tool or some other aspect of programming that will benefit the FCCH providers. These workshops are limitied to 50 participants each; registration is on a first-come-first served basis.

Family Child Care Home Providers are served by two local associations, the Family Child Care Home Association of Jacksonville and the Family Child Care Home Association of Northeast Florida. These local associations are members of the Florida Family Child Care Home Association and the National Association for Family Child Care.

Janice Niemann, Family Child Care Homes Coordinator, Early Learning Coalition of Duval
jniemann@elcofduval.org
904-208-2040 ext. 227.

Melissa Hines, President, Family Child Care Home Association of Jacksonville
MHines8880@comcast.net
904-779-0949

Sherry Bryant, President, Family Child Care Home Association of Northeast Florida
SFroggie1@bellsouth.net
904- 730-6188

Diane Brown, Area Representative for FL Family Child Care Home Assn.
BrownsKids@comcast.net
904-353-4803

Extended Hands contacts:

Lula Owens: LulaFrank@bellsouth.net
904-779-9988

LaRonya McGlothin: DevelopingYoungMinds@live.com
904-379-7761

Lucinda Hightower: Sharp_andrew@bellsouth.net
904-475-0458

Photos

View photos from Family Child Care Home events by visiting the ELC of Duval photostream on Flickr.