Rhode Island Reads: 2024 Comprehensive Literacy State Development Grant

RIDE recently received a $40 million federal grant to improve literacy outcomes for RI students, birth through grade twelve. The grant will focus on developing literacy coaching structures, partnerships with Educator Preparation Programs and Reimagining systems for MTSS.    Rhode Island LEAs and CBOs are encouraged to review the goals of the grant and the scope […]

Attention Preschool Teachers! CCRI is accepting applications for the Child Development Associate (CDA) Credential. What is the Child Development Associate® (CDA) National Credentialing Program? The CDA National Credentialing Council is a national early child care credentialing program ensuring that child care educators are prepared to meet the developmental, emotional and educational needs of children in […]

Valued Providers,   As you are aware, the RIBridges data system was taken offline Friday, Dec. 13, due to a cyber security breach. Deloitte, the vendor who manages RIBridges, is working closely with the State to address the threat and restore the system as quickly as possible. For more information about this in real time, […]

Español Está Abajo Dear childcare partners,  On December 5, the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) is changing the process for educational settings to report all respiratory virus and noro-like illness outbreaks. The following changes will take place as part of this transition: Facilities will no longer report COVID-19 point-of-care test results or outbreaks on portal.ri.gov. […]

Traducción al español abajo Dear Valued Providers, First and foremost, happy short work week! I hope each of you are able to spend the holiday doing something that makes you happy. Thank you to all of you who have taken the time and entered your information into the RISES Workforce Registry. We understand this is new […]

*Traducción en español está abajo Valued Providers, I hope you are all well. I am writing today to provide a couple of important updates. 1 – Apologies for the delay in sending an email about the All-Provider Meeting that happened recently! The updated information has now been posted to our website, as well as all […]

CCRI is accepting applications for the Child Development Associate (CDA) Credential. What is the Child Development Associate® (CDA) National Credentialing Program? The CDA National Credentialing Council is a national early child care credentialing program ensuring that child care educators are prepared to meet the developmental, emotional and educational needs of children in their care. The […]

*Traducción en español está abajo October 22, 2024 Valued Providers, I hope everyone is having a wonderful week. This email is to let you know that the Office of Child Care is currently being audited by the Office of the Auditor General. For those of you who have been in the field for a long […]

T.E.A.C.H. Program: Click here to learn about the T.E.A.C.H. program. You can learn more about scheduling an information session and the benefits of sponsoring a T.E.A.C.H. scholar here. ————— Rhode Island College: Enrollment is Open for the Rhode Island College Infant Toddler Certificate of Undergraduate Studies. Classes begin January 2025. Admission: Must work a minimum of 25 […]

*Traducción en español está abajo Valued Providers, Happy start of Autumn! Once again, it’s been approximately four months since our last all-provider meeting! There are so many fantastic things happening in the Early Childhood community, I am excited to continue the great momentum into the summer and upcoming school year. As mentioned previously, the DHS […]