I have personally had many years experience working with KidsNCare, they are one of our delegate agencies for San Bernardino County Head-start, and in my opinion they are a wonderful organization, that not only assists children and families, but also offers various incentive programs for qualified early childhood teachers and educators working in San Bernardino County.
I have also had personal experience working with KidsNcare as a Cares Advisor for their teacher incentive program. I have had the opportunity working and advising other child care educators and teachers in the field advising them in regards to education, and professional growth and development.
CARES Plus Program
CARES Plus is
an incentive program designed to help early care educators and
providers continue college education and/or attend professional growth
training opportunities. Participants may be eligible to year-end
stipends based on their achievements in the program. Participants can
not receive an AB 212 stipend and a CARES Plus stipend. If you’re interested in learning more about this program, click on the following links:
https://cds.kidsncare.com/PDF/CARES%20Plus%20Orientation.pdf
What a wonderful service that KidsNCare provides! I really like that this organization not only provides services and support to children and their families, but furthers that support by providing incentives for early care providers to grow professionally, so they can better serve their clients.
ReplyDeleteHi Sylvia, by reading your post, I noticed that more and more organizations and policymakers start to realize the importance of teachers' professional development. Teachers' training should be a life long deal, as teachers need to know the trend and how to deal with the upcoming trend by talking to each other or learning some strategies from the experts. Some trends might be a totally new topic for the teachers as they have never had this problem before. Therefore, I hope there are more opportunities for the teachers to have their professional growth to serve the children better. Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteSylvia,
ReplyDeleteI didn’t know you are so close to me here in corona. I was not aware of Kids N Care until I read your post. I was one of those who earned a stipend at one point while I was earning my Early Childhood degree. Although, I don’t believe it was through this organization. It was a great incentive to continue to grow professionally and get a little financial help.