Eco-Healthy Child Care: Training for trainers
Join our "Training of trainers" session and learn all you need to know to deliver our Eco-Healthy Child Care curriculum to early childhood professionals.
Friday, October 23rd, 2009
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Portland, Oregon
We are recruiting educators and trainers for early childhood learning professions who would like to be approved for delivery of the standardized training curriculum, Eco-Healthy Child Care: Small steps to improve children's health.
This Oregon Registry standardized training session is developed for practitioners who work in early childhood learning environments with children ranging in age from infant to 5 years.
The Eco-Healthy Child Care training curriculum consists of one two-hour Set One session. The emphasis is on learning simple ways to ensure a healthy learning environment by identifying and eliminating sources of toxic exposure common to child care settings.
Participants in the training of trainers will learn the importance of a healthy environment to a child’s future health, and how environmental exposure from cleaning materials, dishware, furnishings and maintenance practices can lead to asthma, learning disabilities and other chronic disease. They will also learn how to use a checklist of recommendations to empower professionals in taking low-cost, voluntary steps to ensure a healthy environment.
The training curriculum will be available in English, with printed materials for delivery to practitioners available in Spanish, Russian and Mandarin.
Please note that attendance will be limited to 20 participants.
APPLICATION PROCESS
Those who are interested in being approved as trainers for the Eco-Healthy Child Care curriculum must submit an application to the Oregon Center for Career Development in Childhood Care & Education no later than close of business Monday, September 14.
To receive application forms, please see below, or e-mail jenc at oeconline.org, or call 503-222-1963 x105.
Certified Community Trainers & Master Trainers:
Please submit this application packet.
All other interested applicants:
Direct Documentation Application: If you are currently an independent trainer or are employed in a position that does not include responsibilities as a trainer or adult educator, then please complete and include the following forms and documentation
Employer Verification Application: If you are currently employed as a trainer or in a position that includes responsibilities as a trainer, you may be able to have your employer/supervisor conduct some of the review process and complete some forms for you.
APPLICATION DEADLINE AND NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE
Completed applications must be received no later than: Monday, September 14, 5:00 p.m. Applications will be reviewed, and you will be notified by email of your approval to attend the training of trainers on: Monday, September 21, 2009 Questions? Contact Jen Coleman, Outreach Director, Oregon Environmental Council: jenc at oeconline.org or 503-222-1963
