The Child Development Corps Training Coalition

The Child Development Corps Training Coalition is part of a comprehensive effort to improve the community-based early care and education training system in Alameda County. The goals of the Training Coalition are:

To form a partnership among agencies providing community-based, non-credit-bearing training to early care and education professionals in Alameda County
To expand community-based professional development opportunities

A Community Review Panel selected the following eight agencies to receive a Training Coalition Grant.

Agency	Priority Area	Description of funding
Infant Toddler Consortium	Child Development	The Infant Toddler Consortium will be providing in-depth training series of 12 parts to 96 family child care providers on caring for infants and toddlers.
Through the Looking Glass	Child Development	Through the Looking Glass (TLG) will offer an eight-part training to family child care and center-based providers on developmental theory/practice relevant to children 0-5 with disabilities, medical or developmental concerns and children who have parents with disabilities or medical issues.
Jewish Family and Children’s Services of the East Bay	Social Emotional	Jewish Family and Children’s Services (JFCS) will provide a one-year training series on behavior management for family child care and center-based providers. The training curriculum will build on the work of Linda Brault and her book Children with Challenging Behavior: Strategies for Reflective Thinking.
Kidango	Social Emotional	Kidango will offer a four-part training series designed to provide family child care and center-based providers with an in-depth look at the foundations of effective practices that promote social-emotional development.
Museum of Children’s Art	Social Emotional	The Museum of Children’s Art (MOCHA) will offer a four-part training series on practices that support the developmental growth of young children through the teaching of art-based activities.
UCSF: Childcare Health Program	Health & Safety	The Childcare Health Program will provide advanced health and safety training for ECE professionals to be certified as Child Care Health Advocates.
Joy of Sports Foundation	Health & Safety	The Joy of Sports Foundation will implement a series of trainings for providers who work with 3-5 year olds from low income communities on nutrition and physical activity to address childhood obesity in young children.
Collaborative of Family Child Care Associations of Northern Alameda County	Business & Management	The Collaborative of Family Child Care Associations will offer trainings on basic computer skills to family child care providers including: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and web-page design.