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Better Kid Care Satellites
Aug 2005- Aug 2006

Problem:
Providing the best education that utilizes current research for people that care for children is an ongoing problem in Boone County. Finding the time for staff to attend and getting the best presenters are common restrictors. According to the latest US census over 67% of the children under the age of 6 have both parents working outside the home in Boone County. This puts additional responsibilities on the day care provider to do the very best they can while the children are in their care.

Response:
Boone County ISU Extension offers day care providers and day care center directors educational opportunities via satellite. These classes are offered in the evening when providers are most likely able to attend. Five sessions were held; two in the Fall of 2005 and three in the Spring of 2006 with 54 day care providers in attendance. The satellite programs had some of the nation’s best possible presenters for the topics being discussed. The “Better Kid Care” satellites were offered in the ISU Extension office with promotion provided by our partners at the Child Care Resource and Referral and the Teaming together for Children coalition.

Impact:
Following are some of the post meeting evaluation comments to the question: What ideas or practices do you plan to try as a result of this workshop?

  • I am going to find more sensory items.
  • I am going to try and make some new circle time items.
  • Use more movement activities, dancing follow the leader, etc
  • Use more music and songs
  • I’ll use the ideas to make transitions easier.
  • I’ll have fewer requirements from me and more self-control from the children.
  • The emergency information – what to have emergency plans prepared for.
  • I’ll use the information to communicate to and help educate my staff regarding emergency preparedness.
  • I especially liked the staff development ideas and the challenge to be a leader in the center.
  • I thought it was great – helped me to listen to the providers’ stories to see real life situations.
  • I will try to understand better how the parent is feeling when they come to me with concerns.
  • I think the parent development worksheets will be quite useful; I notice a lot of similarities between the sheet and some of my parents.
  • It really is important to not judge a parent – need to look at the situation through their eyes.
  • I will try to listen to my parents better before I offer a solution too quickly.
  • The facilitator did a wonderful job; very easy to talk with and ask questions. I enjoyed this workshop.
  • Thanks for the Extension workshops!
  • Thank you, it was very informative!

Providers consistently rate the workshops in this series as a positive training experience and comment that they incorporate the ideas they’ve learned into their child care programs. The facilitator for the programs states: “As a trainer myself, I really appreciate these workshops because they show video clips of the discussion topics; this is hard to do with a live training.”

Contact:
Rich Wrage
Boone County ISU Extension Education Director
603 Story Street, Boone, IA 50036
Phone 515-432-3882; Fax 515-432-3883
Email rwrage@iastate.edu

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