Parenting Apprenticeships Available Class Offered with LCCAA Head Start Parents with children age 12 and younger are invited to join Ohio Guidestone for their Triple P Positive Parenting Program in either April or May. Each month will include a series of three discussions on the following topics: X Managing agression;
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X Dealing with disobedience; X Developing good bedtime routines. April dates are the 7th, 14th and 21. May dates are 12, 19 and 26. All meetings are from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Zoom. For more information, contact Kathleen Donnelly at 440-2606468 or kathleen.donnelly@ ohioguidestone.org.
Like many employers of all types across the country, LCCAA Head Start has been working hard to recruit and retain high quality staff.
To promote the profession, LCCAA is starting an apprenticeship program. In addition to engaging Development area high school students, parents Professional Specialist added, “This is a program are invited to apply. Apprentices will gain valuable that benefits all of the ECE field experience and the opportunity to as we hope to add more qualified complete their Child Development professionals working with young Associate credential. If hired by children and their families.” LCCAA after completing their apprenticeship, they become eligible for tuition assistance. LCCAA encourages CDA-holding staff to go on to earn their associate’s degree through a partnership with Lorain County Community College.
Sharon Harmon, the new Apprentice Program Manager, is capitalizing on existing relationships with schools, community agencies and organizations to initiate the program. The goal is to have apprentices in classrooms this fall.
“Staffing challenges have made keeping classrooms open difficult,” said Head Start Director Shauna Matelski. “This apprenticeship program is designed to increase the pool of qualified staff while providing opportunities for parents and community members.”
“Head Start is a family organization,” Harmon said. “They do so many good things for the community.”
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If you are interested in an early childhood career in Head Start, and specifically Lorain County Community Action Agency, contact Sharon Harmon at sharmon@lccaa. Start net or (440) 457-0364.
Book of the Month: Alpha Oops!
ABC books help reinforce letter order and help build letter sound association when there are objects that begin with each letter’s sound. It’s also a fun way to add letters into your day. Alpha Oops: The Day Z Went First starts with Z tiring of coming last. Then all the letters get in on the act and assert their independence. This fun book by Alethea Kontis and Bob Kolar reinforces individual letter sounds and concepts in a fun way. When teaching children letters, the first letter of their name is usually the most meaningful one to them and the one they learn first. Use your finger to trace the letters on the page and slowly say each object so they can hear the beginning sounds. If your child can’t sit still for all 26 letters, then skip around the book to the letters they are learning in their name.
