Read what Key Early Learning Stakeholders have to say about
Southwest Washington Family Child Care Association
- C. Brandon Chapman
Quality Improvement Specialist - State Office | Department of Early Learning
Brandon.Chapman@del.wa.gov |Phone:360.725.4385| FAX:360.413.3482
Kids' Potential, Our Purpose
“DEL’s purpose is helping kids reach their potential and in this, we’ve found a strong ally in SWWFCCA!”
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Department of Early Learning (DEL)
Bette Hyde, the Director of the Department of Early Learning
"Child care providers and early childhood educators play a very important role in the lives of children. Research shows high-quality early learning opportunities are a key to ensuring children start school ready to succeed. The Department of Early Learning (DEL) works to support providers and educators with information and opportunities to build upon their knowledge and experience. (DEL)
SWWFCCA offers parents a great resource by providing a list of Licensed Child Care Providers who are also members of SWWFCCA. Many of those Providers not only offer warm, nurturing, and lovingenvironments for young children, they also offer early learning andpreschool opportunites.
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Jennifer Langford
Program Specialist
STARS Trainer Services
WAEYC
"SWWFCCA has consistently met the Training Organization Standards and Responsibilities. We are delighted to inform you that SWWFCCA has been approved to continue STARS trainings for the 2011 Calendar year. Thank-you for being part of STARS and for your commitment to offering high quality training to child care providers!"
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- Jodi Wall, M.S.
Early Learning Professional Development Manager
Child Care and Family Services
Educational Service District 112
(P) 360-750-7500 x156
(F) 360-694-2467
"Child Care and Family Services at ESD 112 has partnered with SWWFCCA to provide STARS trainings and access to library resources since 2008. We value our partnership with SWWFCCA and look forward to future opportunities to connect around services to family child care providers."
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Read what some of our members have to say about
Southwest Washington Family Child Care Association
- Isabelle Zehnder
SWWFCCA Member
Licensed Childcare Provider
Positive Childcare Solutions
Certified Family Coach
Tel: 360-723-5253
"I recently joined Southwest Washington Family Child Care Association (SWWFCCA). I have appricated the free forms and useful business information, STARS classes at their monthly meetings, listing on the referral page of their website, in-house training, networking, provider support, advocacy and much more. I attended their holiday party and enjoyed meeting fellow members! There was nothing like this available when I was a licensed childcare provider in California. I really appreciate the support and commeraderie.
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- Jane Elfering
Licensed Provider
Pasco, WA
janee@charter.net
"Being a professional in childcare has become a demanding but enriching profession.
SWWFCCA has developed STARS classes to train licensed providers to respond appropriately to each child's needs. These classes provide guidance by focusing on interested areas. The classes that they offer helps foster creativity and development in each child.
As a STARS Trainer, the classes that SWWFCCA teaches, help guide, support, and develop the provider to teach in all aspects of early childhood. These STARS trainings display how the children learn from their daily interactions with their environment which includes the community that they are living in.
I am very impressed with the work and amount of professionalism that is demonstrated in the classes that SWWFCCA presents."
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- Sandi Clemans
Founder of CARE
Childcare Advocate Resource & Education for Providers
Family Childcare Providers from WA & OR have a great resource available within SWWFCCA that provides networking in many different areas to continually improve the quality, consistency and nurturing that is offered through childcare to the individual child and also the families of the children that Providers care for. High quality STARS classes are offered to not only enrich & develop safer, quality environments for children/community but also for the Provider, their own family members, and their business. Members needs are consistently met with integrity, resourcefulness, high ethical professional standards and creativeness, not only in tried/true early childhood education classes but also new, cutting edge ideas that are researched and brought forward for discussion within the membership at meetings, on the SWWFCCA website, and via the email group that is a daily source of information and exchange of ideas, help and guidance.
This Chapter brings joy, fun, laughter, respect, support and caring to it's members while meeting their Member's individual needs and the childcare Community as a whole. Being proactive in meeting and exceeding current WAC's is encouraged and implemented through knowledge/training/discussions, as well as offering help and resources for adverse licensing issues or licensing issues that are present with everyday care of children and their family that are part of family childcare. SWWFCCA also has several members heavily involved in leadership positions in, SEIU, the Negotiated Rule Making Team for the new WAC's, STARS Trainers, and NAFCC Accredited Providers which all adds up to an awesome pool of knowledge for our members to tap into. Each member brings something valuable and is welcomed to be as involved as they choose to be.
SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON
FAMILY CHILD CARE ASSOCIATION
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