October Meeting Minutes

Meeting
October 13th, 2011
10am-12pm

Guest speakers: Dena Roberts and Amy Dimmler, Accreditation Facilitation Project

Amy and Dena came and presented a power point on the expanded services offered by the Accreditation Facilitation Project (AFP). AFP has a goal of helping 350 centers become accredited in the next 3 years. They will work with any DHS-approved accreditation (not just NAEYC) and help cover fees, offer monthly consulting, resources, training, and support. If you are interested, you can set up a meeting and someone from the project can come out to your center to provide information and consulting. Services are FREE if you have at least 1 child considered at risk (Special needs, IEP, CCAP or other scholarship, ESL/ELL, Free or Reduced meal on food program).

For more information, see this flyer or visit the MNAEYC AFP website.
To apply, you can submit this application.

We talked about pay scales and setting teaching staff rates and came up with a survey that we would LOVE for you to complete. It will probably take 15-20 minutes but we will sit down and discuss all the data at our next meeting so please take the time so you can benefit from the information gathered. Please share this with other directors you may know!

We also welcomed Nancy Johnson from Resources from Child Caring today who will be taking over the directors group and blog this December so Nicole can focus on directing. Nancy has a lot of great experience in the field and will bring a wealth of resources and insight to the group. Nancy can be reached at njohnson@resourcesforchildcare.org.