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Looking for
Training?
The Statewide Training Calendar lists
approved training opportunities and is updated daily.
In addition to the Training Calendar, other professional development
opportunities are listed under
Conferences, Courses, and Special Events
below. These are events that may not
have been formally approved through the Training Approval System.
Please complete an Individual Request for Training Approval form to receive
training hours for these options. If it is a college course your
transcript will be verification of attendance.
Regional Training Map
NEW!
Click here to
search for statewide training events
Distance Learning
Child Care Resources
Go to
www.childcaretraining.org to
view a variety of approved training events online, with topics such as
Behavior Guidance and Child Abuse and Neglect. The website is very
easy to use, even if you are not a computer whiz! No special hardware
or software is required.
Montana has a distance learning approval process that
requires a unique application. Download a distance learning approval
application here.
This process is not available online.
Conferences, Courses, & Special Events
Montana Office of Public
Instruction 2010 Early Childhood Conference
August 2-4, 2010
Missoula, MT.
Registration is FREE but is limited to 50 participants so hurry and register
today! For more information visit
www.opi.mt.gov
Business Administration Scales
Training
August 9-11, 2010
Helena, MT.
For more information please contact Lisa Murphy at 406.444.1400 or
limurphy@mt.gov
6th Annual Directors' Symposium
September 9-10, 2010
Billings, MT
For more information please contact The Early Childhood Project at
1.800.213.6310.
Montana Early Childhood Conference
October 22-23, 2010
Missoula, Montana
More information to come. Visit
www.mtaeyc.org
National Black Child Development
Institute
October 24-27, 2010
Atlanta, Georgia
For more information visit
www.nbcdi.org/conference or call 1.800.556.2234
Adult Learning I and II
November 16-17,2010
Bozeman, Montana
For more information please contact The Early Childhood Project at
1.800.213.6310.
NACCRRA's 24th Annual National
Policy Symposium
March 15-19, 2011
Washington, D.C.
The Policy Symposium is the premier conference dedicated to presenting
innovative sessions on research and practice developments in child care and
child care resource and referral. For more information visit
www.naccrra.org
Early Childhood Higher
Education
Are you interested in taking college courses in early childhood? Montana has a
variety of higher education programs in early childhood education and child
development that will help you receive a Child Development Associate (CDA)
credential, a 30 credit Early Childhood Certificate, Associate's, Bachelor's, Master's,
or Ph.D degree.
For information about Early Care and Education Career Opportunities in
Montana go to:
Career
Opportunities in Montana: Early Care and Education
Appendix A: Higher Education Institutions in Montana can be found on pages
20-21 of this document. Contact information and websites for each
college and university are listed.
Watch out! There are a multitude of
online degree programs being marketed. Many programs are NOT regionally
accredited
and the credits you receive may not count on the Career Path or
be recognized by other institutions. To find out if a program is regionally accredited
you can visit
www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred or
contact the Early Childhood Project
for guidance. For more information click
here.
Need Assistance Paying for College?
Professional Development Incentive Awards-Higher Education (PDIA-HE)
are designed to improve the quality of early care and education for young
children and families, by promoting early childhood education college
coursework and certificate and degree attainment. You must be current
on the Montana Practitioner Registry to apply for the PDIA-HE.
An individual may receive this award a total of two semesters per year for
$250 (for 2-5 early childhood credits) with a maximum of $500 per year and
$750 (for 6 credits
or more) with a maximum of $1500 per year Applications are posted under "What's
New" on this website's homepage in the summer and fall of each year.
Updated 7/28/2010 |