Workforce Pathways

This pathway focuses on basic health and safety standards required for Tribal Child Care programs and ways to go beyond the basics with best practices as well as incorporating nature and culture into health.

Health & Safety Live Zoom Meetings First Tuesday of every month at 11:00am & 6:00pm. (Virtual/ Zoom)

Children & Nature Network  (Virtual/ Zoom) Join us on a 4-part virtual journey exploring nature with our children. Zoom with live Q&A interactive discussion with Facilitator and Guest Speaker.

This pathway focuses on healing, resiliency, and wellness as well as adult social/ emotional curriculum by addressing topics around trauma faced by children, families, providers, and communities.

Michelle Zive – Trauma Informed Care and Healing

Teaching Pyramid- The Discovery Source

Thrive by Design -Abby Vickery & Becca McKinnon

THRIVE Workshop Series:

Administrators/Leaders THRIVE Cohort (Virtual/ Zoom) 8 Session starting in September 2023 Thursdays 3:00-4:30pm *Limited to 15 people. Look at what burnout is and is not, where you and your employees may fall on the burnout spectrum, and what to do about it. Learn practical, evidence-based strategies to help improve your resilience and life balance as well as strategies for structuring the work environment to improve these areas for you and your employees. During the eight weeks, you will receive individualized support and strategies from your facilitators and your cohort. The session structure is as follows: The first session is a presentation of new material and a facilitated group discussion. Homework is given to prepare for the next session. The following week’s session will focus on the application of the homework and a group coaching session. This rhythm continues for the duration of the 8-week cohort, e.g. content week, followed by group coaching week.

Teachers/Providers THRIVE Cohort (Virtual/ Zoom) 8 Sessions starting in January 2024 Thursdays 6:00-7:00pm *Limited to 15 people. Look at what burnout is and is not, where you may fall on the burnout spectrum, and what to do about it. You will learn practical, evidence-based strategies to help you improve resilience and life balance. During the eight weeks, you will receive individualized support and encouragement from your facilitators and your cohort.

IECMHC- California Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation  TBD

This pathway is recommended for child care administrators and lead teachers who provide direct services and would like to sharpen their early learning leadership skills. The goal is to strengthen the knowledge, skills, and abilities of early care directors and emerging leaders to ensure quality child care programs for young children.

Coaching/ Mentoring/ California Mentor

Early Childhood Understanding: A Deeper Practice

The six-session Community of Practice (CoP) is open by invitation only to CECMP Alternative Pathways Participants

September 23 and January 3 sessions are in person sessions, and the remaining six will be delivered on-line, via Zoom.

Travel reimbursement is available to participants.  Hotel rooms are limited. Please find detailed guidance in the registration form. Registration closes on September 3rd, 2023. No late registrations can be accepted for hotel requests.

Session Dates: 

 9/23/23, 1/6/24 – In person, Chabot College

 10/7/23, 11/4/23, 12/2/23, 2/3/24  Virtual, Zoom Link to be provided upon registration confirmation.

 Topic are interwoven across sessions and include:

• Adult Learning Principles (Adult Learning Competencies)
• Implementing Culturally responsive practices
• DAP & CA Early Learning Resources
• Mentor Strategies

CECMP is funded through the California Department of Social Services. Questions? Email: nmbandelow@chabotcollege.edu or your agency representative.

Coaching Companion (Virtual) Choose any coaching companion cycle to support your professional development goals. Coaching Companion is a six-session collaboration where teachers/providers and coaches come together in reflective dialogue as they look at improving their practice using evidence-based resources using Coaching Companion. Each coaching cycle starts with a shared goal and moves through action plan steps ending in a focused observation where the participants will share short classroom videos with their coach. Only 10 spots available. Participants must complete all six sessions to receive $300 stipend.

TQIS (Tribal Quality Improvement Systems) Monthly Meetings (Virtual/ Zoom) Third Wednesday of every month at 12pm. TQIS Administrators only.

TCCAC has partnered with the Child Care Resource Center to create this pathway for those wanting to increase their skills for engaging families and hosting Parent Cafes in their communities.

CCRC Regional Parent Cafe Trainings

Northern California- October 13, 2023 -Eureka, CA (all day in-person training)

Southern California- October 16, 2023- La Jolla, CA (all day in-person training)

This Parent Café training is for tribal child care providers. The Parent Café model is based on the foundation of Strengthening Families 5 Protective Factors and has proven to be an effective way to engage parents in discussions around topics that are relevant to their community. Programs have reported an increase in parent engagement and an interest for more cafes. Café conversation themes and topics are flexible and can be developed to address the needs of any situation. The goals for parent cafes is to provide engagement, connections, learning and opportunities for Parent Leadership building. During this training, participants will learn about the framework of the café and work on creating a café that they may take back with them to their program. Incentives: These trainings are completely free! Breakfast and lunch will be provided to all participants. There will be incentives and raffles! TCCAC Workforce Participants can submit training certificates to Workforce for a stipend. And PDGR  funds can provide all eligible programs with café stipends of up to $2400 per café for participants to facilitate cafes in their community before the end of the 2023 year. 

Trauma Informed Care/ Parent Cafe Cohort for FFN & FCC (Virtual/ Zoom) Cohort limited to15 people. Must attend all sessions. Participants (limited to Family Friend and Neighbor & Family Child Care Providers) will engage in 8 hours of training on Trauma Informed Care (Definitions of trauma, The impact of trauma on the brain and children’s behavior, Key strategies to support children, build their resilience, and minimize the adverse effects of trauma) and continue the conversation with their cohort in 3 Provider Cafés. The café sessions are intended for providers to engage in meaningful conversations around Trauma Informed Care, with questions focused on self-care, their strengths and challenges while providing TIC, and growth within the field. Conversations will be opportunities to learn from one another but also get social support from others who are also providing care to children who have experienced trauma. The five protective factors are woven into the cafes. This experience will build knowledge on caring for children who are experiencing trauma and provide opportunities to share and learn from peers.

Strengthening Families / Protective Factors Live Cohort (Virtual/ Zoom) 7 Sessions on The Five Protective Factors are the foundation of the Strengthening Families Approach: parental resilience, social connections, concrete support in times of need, knowledge of parenting and child development, and social and emotional competence of children. Research studies support the common-sense notion that when these Protective Factors are well established in a family, the likelihood of child abuse and neglect diminishes. Research shows that these protective factors are also “promotive” factors that build family strengths and a family environment that promotes optimal child and youth development.

This pathway offers opportunities to understand the accurate history of Native Americans; explain the historical process of the extreme systematic trauma to the Native population and show how California Natives are still present, active, and involved in the modern world. Examples and explorations of tribal resilience, medicine, storytelling, and culture.

Native American Historical and Traditional Healing Project- TCCAC COHORT (Virtual/ Zoom) *Limited to 30 people, participants must attend all sessions. Register with your Workforce Advisor for this webinar series. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. Five-part series for educators, health professionals, or the public who desire a broader education about the region’s first peoples. Curriculum with a mental health lens on the historical hardships Native Americans face in contemporary times due to colonization. The curriculum encompasses the vital nature of California’s history from the Native American perspective. Inclusive of the pre-contact history, the series continues onto atrocities as Euro-settlers invaded the continent and ultimately California. The result on the Native people was a trauma so severe it embedded into the DNA. The presentation of historical trauma of the land’s first peoples is concluded with a healing element to create a space for understanding.

Anti-bias and anti-racism (April 10, 2024 5:30-7:30pm -Virtual Zoom) Policies, structures, procedures, and processes to counteract and prevent bias and racism will be embedded into learning environments and curriculum. These structures will promote expanded communities of learners that enable everyone to learn and grow in an environment with mutually respectful relationships. Facilitators: Dewana Thompson & Joelfre Grant- Brazelton Touchpoints

Learn about science, technology, engineering, art and math and ways to incorporate lessons into your program curriculum. STEM includes problem solving, asking questions, and exploring the world around us.

STEAM Starters- California Early Childhood Online (6 hours of training) The STEAM Starters course is live on the California Early Childhood Online website. https://www.caearlychildhoodonline.org/en_home.aspx  Be sure to email your certificates to workforce@tribalchildcareca.org for stipend credit.

Tamar Andrews STEM Webinar Series (Virtual/Zoom)

February 2024 STEM it UP! In Person- Southern Summit (2hrs) With Tamar Andrews.  Immerse yourself in a STEM environment where you get to experience many facets of STEM work and play as a child would.  Learn how easy it is to use found and free materials to build a space where children want to explore, discover, create, imagine and be curious about the world they live in. Included will be physics, coding, robotics, math, science, engineering, and more. Participants will get to take home materials and handouts to use in their own programs.

Other Approved Professional Development

Up to 20 hours of additional approved ECE Professional Development as funding allows.