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Tune-In Tuesdays: Catch Up on Our News! / Martes sintonizados: ¡Ponte al día con nuestras noticias!

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December 3, 2024

Happy Tune-In Tuesday!

This issue includes the following sections:

  • Holiday Season Mindfulness Resources
  • Check Out Our PD!
  • News from RIDE
    • BrightStars and Public Preschools
  • News from DHS
    • All-Provider Meeting PowerPoint & other OCC Updates
    • Preparing for RISES Release 2
  • Professional Standards and Competencies for Early Childhood Educators
  • Higher Education Pathways
  • PD in the Community
  • Resources for You
  • Share your News and Calendar Events!

Holiday Season Mindfulness Resources

As we continue through 2024, we are headed into what is dubbed “holiday season.” While this can be an exciting and joyous time for many, this can also be a difficult time for others. We have a wonderful, diverse world to consider and include – let’s take a moment to proactively learn about strategies to support an inclusive classroom environment.

Check Out Our PD!

 

On-Site Cluster Training Professional Development Opportunities through our Intake Form! Interested in having PD on-site at your location? Fill out the form and we will contact you to discuss hosting a PD training at your site on a topic relevant to your staff.

Self-Paced PD for Infant and Toddler Teachers

Improve Your Interactions: An Overview of the Toddler and Infant CLASS – Self-paced
This course provides an in-depth examination of the quality indicators in the toddler and infant Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS) tools. The CLASS provides an excellent framework for both classroom teachers and program administrators to reflect on the quality of caregiving and teaching practices and identify areas for improvement.

Learning Environment Training: ITERS-3 Overview Module – Self-paced
This course was created by the Center for Early Learning Professionals and provides participants with an overview of the Infant/ Toddlers Environment Rating Scale (Third Edition) (ITERS-3). This course is intended for educators and administrators who work in infant/toddler classrooms and programs.

Help Me Explore! Using Quality Materials for Play and Learning with Infants and Toddlers Module – Self-paced
Help Me Explore! Using Quality Materials for Play and Learning with Infants and Toddlers will ground participants in the foundational knowledge of how infants and toddlers learn best based on their development. The course will explore both the characteristics of high-quality materials that inspire play and learning for very young children, and the caregiver’s role in supporting interactions with these materials. Come learn how to use movement, the natural world, and open-ended materials to optimize children’s learning and development.

Click here to see the full list of PD!

News from RIDE:
BrightStars and Public Preschools

By June 30, 2025, all RIDE-approved public schools serving children between the ages of 3 and 5 will be required to apply to BrightStars. BrightStars is Rhode Island’s Tiered Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS) for early care, education, and school-age programs. Through BrightStars, the Rhode Island Association for the Education of Young Children (RIAEYC) is creating a sustainable infrastructure of diverse, high-quality early care, education, and school-age programs using research-based practices that promote positive outcomes for children and families.

Next steps:

For more information, and to see RI’s schools that achieved 5-stars in BrightStars, please visit RIDE’s website.

News from DHS:
All-Provider Meeting PowerPoint & other OCC Updates

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 the previous PowerPoints for your review. You can find that information here: https://dhs.ri.gov/programs-and-services/child-care/child-care-providers-staff-resources/handbooks-forms.

2 – For the next few months, we are going to be sending at least weekly updates using this constant contact platform, so it really is important that you are receiving these emails from the DHS Office of Child Care. Please email Nicole.Chiello@dhs.ri.gov if there is someone on your team you think you should be on this list serve.

3 – RISES Release 2 is coming! Please reach out if you have any questions as you are continuing to get your staff engaged in the system. RISES Coming Soon – English!

Thanks so much!

Sincerely,
Nicole Chiello
Assistant Director – Office of Child Care

News from DHS:
Preparing for RISES Release 2

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 and can be time-consuming – but a little bit of additional work now will save a lot of time in the future! We currently have over 5400 educators in the system! The team at DHS is hard at work preparing for the next phase of RISES, which will be the new Licensing System of Record (LSoR). As discussed at the recent All Provider Meeting, this launch will include several new workflows that will make it much easier to apply for or renew a license as well as making updates to your program. It will be even more important that all information related to you, your program and your staff is 100% accurate prior to that next launch (February 5, 2025).

Because of this, starting December 1, 2024, any workforce registry (RISES) submission that is incomplete or inaccurate will be sent back to the applicant for completion and updates. You will receive additional information alerting you of what was incorrect or inaccurate so that you can appropriately update your profile.

For those of you already in the workforce registry, DHS staff will be reviewing your profile for accuracy and will be in touch with you directly if there is anything inaccurate or missing. DHS will be available to support you in accessing documentation that we may have in your file if needed. If you believe that DHS has documentation that you need to upload to your profile that you do not have access to, please contact your licensor and Cc the general Child Care Licensing email at dhs.childcarelicensing@dhs.ri.gov.

Please allow some additional time for a response as we are currently auditing our files for documentation to prepare ourselves as well. We are excited to be launching the next phase of RISES in 2025 and remain committed to being a partner with you in this process.

One additional item has come to our attention that we’ve been getting quite a few questions about regarding RISES that is important to clarify. For those of you who have larger programs with multiple centers and/or a home office – your “home office” or “regional manager” or any additional office positions that oversee numerous programs should put yourself in RISES as a “multi-site supervisor”. These are not regulatory positions for licensing and will allow oversight of staff from several different programs.

As always, please feel free to reach out if you have any additional questions, comments, or concerns. We appreciate your time and patience as we work through this transition.

Thank you,
The Office of Child Care

Professional Standards and Competencies for Early Childhood Educators

RIDE, in partnership with the Department of Human Services, is adopting the Professional Standards and Competencies for Early Childhood Educators held by NAEYC as core competencies for the early childhood workforce as well as the McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership – Whole Leadership Framework.

You can find out all the details of this transition here: Professional Standards and Competencies / Estándares y competencias profesionales – Center for Early Learning Professionals.

Higher Education Pathways

Registered Apprenticeship Program: Rhode Island Early Childhood Registered Apprenticeship Application Deadline: December 9, 2024 and Apprenticeships begin: January 2025.
For more information click here to see the flyer.  You can also contact RIAEYC: info@riaeyc.org or 401-739-6100.

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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.

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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 hours a week in a DHS Licensed and CCAP-approved program. Infant Toddler Teachers will have priority enrollment.
  • All classes are offered in the evening in a hybrid format, with some sessions meeting face-to-face and some meeting online.
  • Complete the TEACH scholarship Application form
  • Contact Dr. Leslie Sevey at LSevey@ric.edu (Grant manager), or Cristina Reyes at Creyes@ric.edu (Project coordinator) for more information and to obtain the application.

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Community College of Rhode Island: CCRI Early Childhood Education Program Pathways: Learn more about the opportunities CCRI has designed to help students prepare for admission into formal teacher certification programs and other opportunities for success in teaching. A few options included on that CCRI Early Childhood Education Program pathways page are below, take a moment to pause and explore!

 

PD in the Community

From the National Center on Early Childhood Development, Teaching, and Learning

From the National Center on Health, Behavioral Health, and Safety

From Early Childhood Investigations: 

Resources for You

New! Early Childhood Health, Behavioral Health, and Safety Resource List

From LISC and RICCELFF: November Newsletter

From the Children’s Safety Network:

From The Conversation: More kids than ever need special education, but burnout has caused a teacher shortage

From the McCormick Center: Strengthening Leadership in Early Childhood: Using “Communication in the Workplace” for Job-Embedded Professional Development in Communities of Practice | McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership

From the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University

Share Your News and Calendar Events!

Do you have news for Tune-In Tuesday or calendar events that are relevant to the early childhood community of Rhode Island? You can share them through this form. (Center staff may edit your submission for clarity or decline to post any submission.)

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3 de diciembre de 2024

¡Feliz martes sintonizado!

Este boletín incluye las siguientes secciones:

  • ¡Regístrate para DP autoguiado!
  • Noticias de DHS
    • PowerPoint para reuniones de todos los proveedores y otras actualizaciones de OCC
    • Preparándose para RISES – Versión 2
  • Estándares y competencias profesionales para educadores de la primera infancia
  • Recursos para ti
  • Recursos de nuestros socios

¡Regístrate para DP autoguiado!

 

Tienes tiempo libre? Estos entrenamientos de desarrollo profesional se pueden tomar en cualquier momento.

Evaluación de niños en entornos de educación infantil – autoguiado
Este entrenamiento presenta la visión de Rhode Island sobre prácticas de evaluación de calidad de niños en todos los entornos de educación infantil (ECE). Los temas cubiertos en este curso introductorio incluyen el propósito de la evaluación infantil, los tipos de evaluación y cómo vincular la evaluación al plan de estudios.

Mejore sus prácticas matemáticas – autoguiado
El curso presenta una descripción general de las formas de apoyar las matemáticas en entornos de educación temprana. Las lecciones del curso abordan la importancia del desarrollo matemático temprano, el entorno matemático, la conversación matemática y el poder de los juegos matemáticos.

Haz clic aquí para ver todo nuestro desarrollo profesional.

Noticias de DHS:
PowerPoint para reuniones de todos los proveedores y otras actualizaciones de OCC

Proveedores valiosos,

Espero que estéis todos bien. ¡Le escribo hoy para brindarle un par de actualizaciones importantes!

1 – ¡Disculpas por la demora en enviar un correo electrónico sobre la reunión de todos los proveedores que tuvo lugar recientemente! La información actualizada ya se ha publicado en nuestro sitio web, así como todos los PowerPoints anteriores para su revisión. Puede encontrar esa información aquí: https://dhs.ri.gov/programs-and-services/child-care/child-care-providers-staff-resources/handbooks-forms.

2 – Durante los próximos meses, enviaremos al menos actualizaciones semanales utilizando esta plataforma de contacto constante, por lo que es realmente importante que reciba estos correos electrónicos de la Oficina de Cuidado Infantil del DHS. Envíe un correo electrónico a Nicole.Chiello@dhs.ri.gov si hay alguien en su equipo que cree que debería estar en esta lista.

3 – RISES ¡Se acerca la versión 2! Comuníquese si tiene alguna pregunta mientras continúa involucrando a su personal en el sistema. RISES Próximamente – Español

¡Muchas gracias!

Atentamente,
Nicole Chiello
Subdirector – Oficina de Cuidado Infantil

Noticias de DHS: 

Preparándose para RISES – Versión 2

Estimados proveedores valiosos,

Primero que nada, ¡feliz semana laboral corta! Espero que cada uno de ustedes pueda pasar las vacaciones haciendo algo que los haga felices.

Gracias a todos los que se tomaron el tiempo e ingresaron su información en el Registro de la Fuerza Laboral de RISES. Entendemos que esto es nuevo y puede llevar mucho tiempo, ¡pero un poco de trabajo adicional ahora ahorrará mucho tiempo en el futuro! ¡Actualmente tenemos más de 5400 educadores en el sistema! El equipo del DHS está trabajando arduamente preparándose para la siguiente fase de RISES, que será el nuevo Sistema de Registro de Licencias (LSoR). Como se analizó en la reciente reunión de todos los proveedores, este lanzamiento incluirá varios flujos de trabajo nuevos que harán que sea mucho más fácil solicitar o renovar una licencia, así como realizar actualizaciones a su programa. Será aún más importante que toda la información relacionada con usted, su programa y su personal sea 100% precisa antes del próximo lanzamiento (5 de febrero de 2025).

Debido a esto, a partir del 1 de diciembre de 2024, cualquier presentación del registro de fuerza laboral (RISES) que esté incompleta o sea inexacta se devolverá al solicitante para que la complete y actualice. Recibirá información adicional que le alertará sobre lo que fue incorrecto o inexacto para que pueda actualizar adecuadamente su perfil. Para aquellos de ustedes que ya están en el registro de fuerza laboral, el personal del DHS revisará su perfil para verificar la exactitud y se comunicará con usted directamente si falta algo o hay algo inexacto. DHS estará disponible para ayudarlo a acceder a la documentación que podamos tener en su expediente si es necesario. Si cree que el DHS tiene documentación que necesita cargar en su perfil y a la que no tiene acceso, comuníquese con su licenciante y envíe un CC al correo electrónico general de Licencias de cuidado infantil en dhs.childcarelicensing@dhs.ri.gov .

Espere algo de tiempo adicional para recibir una respuesta, ya que actualmente estamos auditando nuestros archivos en busca de documentación para prepararnos. Estamos entusiasmados de lanzar la siguiente fase de RISES en 2025 y seguimos comprometidos a ser socios suyos en este proceso.

Nos ha llamado la atención un elemento adicional sobre el cual hemos recibido bastantes preguntas con respecto a RISES y que es importante aclarar. Para aquellos de ustedes que tienen programas más grandes con múltiples centros y/o una oficina central, su “oficina central” o “gerente regional” o cualquier puesto de oficina adicional que supervise numerosos programas deben ubicarse en RISES como “supervisor de sitios múltiples”. Estos no son puestos regulatorios para la concesión de licencias y permitirán la supervisión del personal de varios programas diferentes.

Como siempre, no dude en comunicarse si tiene preguntas, comentarios o inquietudes adicionales. Apreciamos su tiempo y paciencia mientras trabajamos en esta transición.

Gracias,
La Oficina de Cuidado Infantil

Estándares y competencias profesionales para educadores de la primera infancia

RIDE, en asociación con el Departamento de Servicios Humanos, está adoptando los Estándares y Competencias Profesionales para Educadores de la Primera Infancia establecidos por NAEYC como competencias fundamentales para la fuerza laboral de la primera infancia.

Puedes encontrar todos los detalles de esta transición aquí: Professional Standards and Competencies / Estándares y competencias profesionales – Center for Early Learning Professionals.

Recursos para ti

De NAEYC:

Del National Center on Health, Behavioral Health and Safety:

Del National Center on Early Childhood Development, Teaching, and Learning

Del Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University

Del CDA Council: Seminarios sobre el CDA en español: 2024 Council Webinar Schedule – CDA Council

 

Recursos de nuestros socios

CCRI: Esta aceptando aplicaciones para el Asociado en Desarrollo Infantil (CDA). Puede ver mas información aquí y puede ver el sitio web aquí.

¡Nuevo! De LISC y RICCELFF: Noticias de noviembre

De RIAIMH: Práctica reflexiva en el contexto de la cultura y el lenguaje: Levantando la comunidad es un aprendizaje colaborativo intensivo que explora las dimensiones de la salud mental infantil y de la primera infancia en las comunidades latinoamericanas. Empieza en enero y la registración está limitada a 20 participantes.

La Administration for Children & Families tiene un nuevo Marco de sistemas para apoyar el aprendizaje de dos idiomas en entornos de educación y atención temprana.

El Genesis Center esta ofreciendo un curso gratis de ingles para proveedores de cuidado de niños. Curso gratis de inglés para proveedores de cuidado de niños del Genesis Center / Free English Class for Home Childcare Providers from the Genesis Center – Center for Early Learning Professionals (center-elp.org). Para mas información y como aplicar: visite gencenter.org o envié un correo: info@gencenter.org, mbonilla@gencenter.org & ccuevas@gencenter.org; tel: (401) 781-6110.

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