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Impact Report
| For plan | Child Care Provider Education (Otero County) |
| Date | October 14, 2008, 9:16 pm |
| For Objective | Short-term Show short-term objectives |
| Impact Report | Provided an educational workshop to 45 child care providers at the Regional Early Care and Education Conference. The educational workshop assists providers in obtaining certificates to meet child care licensing and registration requirements. In addition, participants in the workshop have an interest in learning how new skills and knowledge will help children develop. Providers increased their knowledge in the areas of child development, encouraging creativity in young children, and how teachers can help children learn through play. 43 participants completed the child development pretest and posttest. Of the 43 participants who took the pretest, 41 scored higher on the posttest. A comparison of pretest and posttest scores showed that 95% of the child care providers improved their understanding of child development by a 39% gain in understanding. 39 participants completed the play and the young child pretest and posttest. Of the 39 participants who took the pretest, 33 scored higher on the posttest. A comparison of pretest and posttest scores showed that 85% of the child care providers improved their understanding of play and the young child by a 36% gain in understanding. Additional comments from child care providers participating in the workshop included, very good class, very interesting, awesome, fun, and great workshop. Participants also reported that the information covered in the workshop is useful to their jobs, the information presented is easy to understand and the written materials provided are useful. |