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RESOURCES
Arizona Child Care Association has many resources designed to assist and enhance the quality of care provided by the States licensed child care professionals.
Essential Orientation for New Early Care and Education Employees: A new employee orientation package for licensed child care facilities.
- Endorsed by the Department of Health Services Office of Child Care Licensure.
- Meets the licensing requirements for initial training within the first 10 days of employment and provides 4 hours of training.
- Help your new employees start out with the essential information needed to begin providing quality care to the children you serve.
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Quality Assessment < Parents, advocates, and state agencies are increasingly demanding quality. No one is more aware than child care operators of the challenge of providing quality care with the resource limitations of what parents can afford to pay and what the State will pay. ACCA developed a Quality Assessment to help guide centers’ quality improvements.
Centers that have used the Quality Assessment reported that it helped them identify immediate quality improvements and begin a process of continuous improvement that can lead to national accreditation.
Here are a few reactions from providers to the Assessment:
“The assessment was very helpful. It reminded me of some areas where I can improve and
strive to do a better job,”
“This project motivated me to make improvements and apply for accreditation for two of my centers.”
The American Heart Association is proud to partner with the Arizona Child Care Association to help fight childhood obesity in Arizona by providing free educational resources to its members. Today about 25 million kids (ages 2-19) in the United States are overweight or at risk of becoming overweight. That’s nearly one in every three kids. Join us today to help stop this trend and give our kids the best possible future.
- Owners & Operators: Find information on how you can make your centers healthier for children and employees at http://www.healthiergeneration.org, under the Healthy Schools Program tab.
- Teachers: Freshen up your lessons with new activity sheets on physical activity, nutrition, smoking, and more. Worksheets are available for Pre-K through 8th Grade. Look at this link for http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3003441. Spanish worksheets are also available here: http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3003350.
- Students: Have fun while learning about being healthy at http://www.mygohealthychallenge.org.
For more information about American Heart Association programs locally in Arizona, please contact Kerrin Kleinschmidt, Cause Marketing Director, at (602) 414-5344 or email.
