Resources for Careers in Early Childhood
Providing Childcare in Vermont: Requirements, licensing, and training opportunities
- Local job openings
- Child Development Division
- Northern Lights: Early Childhood Professional Development – Amelia Struthers, amelia.struthers@ccv.edu
- Vermont Early Childhood Career Ladder
- Regulations for licensed and registered homes
- Regulations for center based child care programs
Educational Opportunities
- Help navigating requirements:
- Credit for What You Know
- Resource Advisor at CCV: Amelia Struthers amelia.struthers@ccv.edu
- Class locations:
- Windham Regional Career Center’s Adult Learning (WRCC)
- Community College of Vermont Brattleboro (CCV) – Leigh Marthe, leigh.marthe@ccv.edu or Zach Young, zach.young@ccv.edu, 802-254-6370
- Vermont Adult Learning– Catheryn Hayes 802-275-4083; chayes@vtadultlearning.org
- Keene State – BS in Early Childhood Development
Technical Assistance and Coaching/Mentoring
- Windham Early Childhood Educators Coop – Melissa Mroz-Gaskill – windhamecec@gmail.com
- Let’s Grow Kids – Emily Wagner, emilyw@letsgrowkids.org
Financial Assistance for Education
- Vermont Student Assistance Corporation (VSAC)
- T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood Vermont/Vermont Association for the Education of Young Children (VAEYC) – Brenda Schramm, 802.379.7267, brenda.schramm@vaeyc.org
Childcare in Your Home: Opportunities for funding
- Vermont Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Debra Boudrieau, 802-689-2824 or dboudrieau@vtsbdc.org
- Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation (BDCC) – or Sara McConnell 802-257-7731 or smcconnell@brattleborodevelopment.com. BDCC has small business loans through KIVA and SBA that can help with startup or expansion costs.
- Make Way for Kids fund, Emily Wagner, emilyw@letsgrowkids.org
- Vermont Community Loan Fund
Training and Support
- Voc Rehab / Creative Workforce Solutions – Shawn Garland – sgarland@vabir.org 802-430-4380
Job Opportunities
