Turn your Professional Development and Experience into Credits at CCRI!

Did you know that some of your PD trainings and work experience in Early Childhood Education may qualify for Credit for Prior Learning? CCRI is offering new opportunities for you to earn credit toward your Early Childhood Education certificate and/or associate degree:  Up to 6 credits for your past professional development trainings Up to 6 […]

¡El DHS se complace en anunciar que el programa piloto CCAP para el Cuidado Infantil llegará pronto! El Piloto CCAP (Programa de asistencia para el cuidado infantil) para el cuidado infantil es un programa piloto de un año que ofrece los beneficios de CCAP a los educadores de la primera infancia y al personal que […]

Coming Soon! DHS is excited to share the CCAP for Child Care pilot program is coming soon! The CCAP (Child Care Assistance Program) for Child Care pilot is a one-year pilot offering CCAP benefits to early childhood educators and staff working in DHS licensed child care programs. The intent of the pilot is to support early […]

Training for professionals to lead toddler, preschool, &/or early school age parenting groups. Incredible Years® Parenting Series are evidence-based prevention and treatment programs that build positive parenting strategies and assist parents in managing young children’s behavior, ultimately reducing early onset behavior problems and preventing adolescent delinquency, substance abuse, and violence. 4-day training from 9am to […]

“The Space Between”: Cultivating Critical Self-Reflection, Connection, and Collaboration for Systems Change Conference Description: This year’s conference will offer opportunity for critical self-reflection and dialogue about the opportunity in this moment to center relationships, reframe narratives, and advance diversity informed, relationship-based, equitable, and anti-racist infant mental health practices and systems changes. The conference will include […]

The East Bay Regional Coalition is holding an Incredible Years® class for teachers working with children ages 1 to 5, in the towns of Barrington, Bristol, East Providence and Warren. View the flyer. This is a free training for teachers to support: emotion regulation social interactions language development school readiness in children with autism. The […]

Online applications for the RI Pre-K Lottery are due Sunday, June 18 at 11:59pm! If your child will turn 4 years old by September 1, 2023 and you live in one of the identified 18 communities, visit http://RIPreK.com today to apply for a free RI Pre-K seat!   ¡Las solicitudes en línea para la lotería […]

Alisa Baron PhD, CCC-SLP and Vanessa Harwood PhD, CCC-SLP from URI have teamed up to create the second course in BRIDGE-RI for the Early Childhood Language and Literacy Development Series titled, “Early Language and Literacy Development in Multilingual Learners”.   The 5-course series is intended to inform and support early learning providers and educators in […]

RIDE is excited to announce, in partnership with the University of Rhode Island, the launch of 2 new Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Accelerated Online Programs: Bachelor’s Degree in Early Childhood Care and Education with Pre-K-2 Teaching Certification and the Post-Baccalaureate Pre-K-2 Teaching Certification Program. This is a fantastic new way for members within […]

The RISE Project is currently enrolling next year’s cohort! This is a professional development opportunity and research study to support you in your role as a supervisor in RI Pre-K while gathering information about how Reflective Supervision may be a useful approach in early care and education settings. Participants will attend a one day  foundational […]