Child Care Aware of New Hampshire

88 Temple Street, Nashua, NH 03060

Telephone: (603) 578-1386

FAX: (603) 578-1736

February 1, 2017Progressive TTA: PPDS

Program Director

Program Name

123 Main Street

Manchester, NH03102

Dear NAME,

Child Care Aware of New Hampshire (CCAoNH) is excited to partner with your early childhood program. As a Child Care Resource Referralprogram, we strive to support early educators through technical assistance and various professional development opportunities and we look forward to working with you in this capacity as a Progressive Training and Technical Assistance Program. Your program selected the Progressive Professional Development for Staff Initiative. Through this Program, we hope to support you and your staff on cultivating a culture of continuous quality improvement through meaningful and intentional professional development opportunities. This initiative consists of navigating the NH Professional Registry, assessing individual knowledge and skills using teacher competencies, creating annual professional development plans and applying for individual credentials and/or endorsements through the NH Early Childhood Professional Development System.

As a part of the Progressive Training and Technical Assistance Program, Child Care Aware of New Hampshire and the NAME OF PROGRAM both willingly agree to collaborate and have completed this Memorandum of Agreement outlining this collaboration and the expectations of this Program.

NAME OF PROGRAM will:

  • Agree to meet with designated CCAoNHTraining and Technical Assistance Specialist to review current program practices on professional development needs and outline action plan for year.
  • Support on-site training and technical assistance for staff on the NH Professional Registry. (2 hours)
  • Support on-site training and technical assistance for Teacher Competencies: Infant and Toddler WorkforceSpecialized Competencies, Preschool Workforce Specialized Competencies and Early Childhood Workforce Specialized Competencies. (2 hours)
  • Provide on-site individualized technical assistance to staff on Professional Development Plans using their competency self-assessments.
  • Support on-site training and technical assistance on the NH Early Childhood Professional Development System and assist staff in obtaining the appropriate credential. (2 hours)
  • Agree to meet with designated CCAoNHTraining and Technical Assistance Specialist on an on-going basis for one year to complete this program and follow-up to review challenges, successes and future goals for professional development needs of staff and program.

CCAoNH will provide the following for NAME OF PROGRAMas outlined below:

  • Reviewing and assisting in assessment ofcurrent program practices on professional development needs. Discuss and outline plans to complete Project.
  • Provide on-site training and technical assistance on the NH Professional Registry.
  • Provide on-site training and technical assistance on the Teacher Competencies: Infant and Toddler WorkforceSpecialized Competencies, Preschool Workforce Specialized Competencies and Early Childhood Workforce Specialized Competencies.
  • Provide support and mentorship to administration on assisting staff with annual professional development plans using their completed competency self-assessments.
  • Provide on-site training and technical assistance on the NH Early Childhood Professional Development System.
  • Provide resources and support to program to successfully practice and implement the Progressive Professional Development for Staff Initiative.
  • Provided on-going technical assistance and support to the program on an on-going basis for one year to complete this program and follow-up to review challenges, successes and future goals for professional development needs of staff and program.

Child Care Aware of New Hampshire recognizes its’ role as collaboratively working with NAME OF PROGRAM to achieve its goals, and will be as flexible as possible to accommodate any special needs or changes. In turn, as aprogram site, upon completion of all above criteria, will receive a certificate for completion as a Progressive Training and Technical Assistance Program and will be awarded training bucks for free admittance for all staff to a CCAoNHConference for a staff retreat.

CCAoNHservices are provided free of charge to families and providers, with funds provided in part or whole by the State of New Hampshire and United States Department of Health and Human Services, and Southern New Hampshire Services.

Signed the _____day of February, 2017.

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Tracy Pond, Program Manager,Program Director

Child Care Resource and Referral