Category Archives: Professional Development

You are invited to be part of CCR&R Region 3’s very first Director to Director (D2D) meetings! In partnership with Quality Care for Children and The Georgia Alliance, Leap Early Learning Partners will be hosting our first D2D series in McDonough, GA.  We encourage you to join us for these monthly support meeting.  You will… Read more »

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Leap Early Learning Partners is proud to partner in an exciting training opportunity:  Rockdale Career Academy’s Early Childhood Education Conference 2017! The Conference will take place on February 18, 2017 at the Rockdale Career Academy in Conyers, GA. Registration begins at 7 a.m. and training sessions will be held from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m…. Read more »

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In case you missed it, Georgia’s Department of Early Care and Learning (DECAL) recently released news of their updated website.  We encourage parents, early learning professionals and advocates to read the original email that follows and to check out the new site. April 4, 2016 News Release: In this electronic age, the front door of… Read more »

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Did you know that Augusta University and Education to Go have partnered to offer early learning professionals an online, self-paced CDA? From the course home page:  “Through this convenient, affordable program, designed especially for working adult students, you will earn the 120 hours of professional development required by the Council of Professional Recognition for CDA… Read more »

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Join over 170 already trained SFG trainers to help more professionals understand how to Strengthen Families! Strengthening Families Georgia (SFG) will be offering a 2-day Training of Trainers on May 24-25 and repeated on July 14-15, 2016 at the Mercer University Regional Academic Center in McDonough. Applications are due May 2nd. Upon successful completion of… Read more »

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Educator Bridge is a new service brought to early learning professionals and employers in Georgia and powered by Georgia Association on Young Children.  This subscription-based online service allows employers and potential employees to connect. The service should be enticing to employers who, often, find themselves stuck somewhere between struggling to get enough qualified applicants in… Read more »

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I’ve met two kinds of professionals in Early Childhood Education – those who know of and are inspired by Bev Bos, and those who’ve never heard of her.  It seems difficult to find anyone who’s encountered Bev in some way and, still, walked away unchanged.  Bev passed away on February 4, 2016, but her impact… Read more »

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Every quarter, we publish and mail the ECE BULLETIN! to early learning programs throughout our region.  We’ve also made a downloadable version available on our site. This quarter’s highlights include: Economic impact of ECE study highlights Quality Rated news and spotlight Georgia Pre-K study results Summer Food Service Program information Training opportunities

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