Resources for Careers in Early Childhood
First Children’s Finance
First Children’s Finance has announced their Child Care Business Technical Assistance Program Fall 2023 Training Calendar. These trainings are designed to help start, sustain, and grow a child care business and are available for Northern Lights professional development credit. These trainings are all offered “real time, on-line” and will not be recorded. Reach out via infoVT@firstchildrensfinance.org if you are interested in attending one of these trainings in a future session, or if you want to schedule a private training for a small group or network. Visit the First Children’s Finance website for more information.
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