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Day care staff upgrade skills in PSS child care training
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Posted on Nov 11 2006
Some 65 child care providers in the CNMI came together for a whole day training at the Aqua Resort Club yesterday.
The Public School System Child Care Program led by program officer Maribel Loste facilitated the workshop themed “Quality Matters in Infant and Toddler Care.”
Loste said the PSS Child Care Program gathers all day care providers in the CNMI at least three times a year for training and skills upgrading.
Children’s World Day Care, Pacific Knight, R&EQ, Little Darlings, Gospel Light, Joshua Generations International Academy, Micropoly, Express, Sunrise, Mom’s, Golden Harvest International, Little Angels and Green Meadows sent their representatives to the workshop.
Loste said the workshop aims to equip day care providers with the means and techniques on how to maximize resources for early training of infants and toddlers. She said these providers also had a hand in recycling old materials for visual aids to be used in the program.
Participant Lina Torres said that using recycled materials is aligned with the upcoming celebration of America Recycles Day on Nov. 15.
With prices of teaching materials having soared lately, Loste said it is necessary to share with day care providers how they could maximize available resources for the child care program.
In the morning session, the day care providers had refresher courses on the National Association for the Education of Young Children accreditation update conducted by acting Vocational Education and accreditation coordinator John Guerrero. PSS legal counsel Karen Klaver provided the National Association for Regulatory Administration licensing updates while PSS Math specialist Brian Torres briefed them on Teacher Certification.
Loste also lectured on Quality Matters in Infant and Toddler Care.
