e-Pathways
A twice-monthly resource for early childhood professionals:
in Southwest Ohio, the Miami Valley and Northern Kentucky

	New dates for  'Early Learning Content Standards: Building Blocks' and 'Infant and Toddler Guidelines' workshops have been added to the spring schedule! Search for these dates and register.... Warren County Directors' Network. Discuss the new way to register for 4C workshops: Feb. 18,12:30-2:30 p.m. at the Countryside YMCA in Lebanon. Call Jean Johns, 513-758-1223, to reserve your spot. Step Up To Quality Roundtables. All program administrators interested in becoming star-rated or working on rating renewals are invited to roundtables on the second Thursday of each month from 12:30-2:30 at the 4C Cincinnati location. To attend, contact Kim Ginn at kginn@4cforchildren.org or 513-758-1220.
	'Block-Center Blues.' Jazz up your block center and solve some common block-center problems, Feb. 18. To register... 'Orientation for Early Care and Education Professionals.' This six-hour workshop is required for all newly certified family child care providers and child care center staff. Next dates: Feb. 20 and 27. To register.... 'Have All Your Ducks in a Row.' Explore how day-to-day planning and organization sets the foundation for an appropriate learning environment, Feb. 22. To register... 'Pediatric CPR and First Aid.' Required for all certified family child care providers and for child care center staff, this eight-hour workshop is presented by the American Red Cross: March 6. To register...

• Registration for all Ohio workshops resumes! Providers will need to sign up for an account on the OPDN Registry to register for Ohio workshops. For step-by-step instructions to create your account. Do you need help creating an account, getting an e-mail address or just have questions? 4C will be holding open houses in both Cincinnati and Dayton to guide you through the process. For open house dates and to RSVP...

• Hamilton County Family Child Care Providers! Need help getting online for the new

  payment system? 4C can help! For more...

• Save the Date for the 4th Annual Northern Kentucky Leadership Conference: "Learning. Growing. Evolving. The Life of an Early Care and Education Director," Friday, May 14. Registration information will be coming soon!

• Congratulations to 4C's Leadership Coach, Kathleen Bryan, who was nominated by her CDA class for the "Outstanding Mentor" award at the 2010 Ohio AEYC Early Childhood Awards, May 1. For conference details...

• NACCRRA needs your votes! Help them win a $250,000 grant from Pepsi to develop a training program called "Parent Essentials for Your New Baby." To cast your vote...

• The 2010 For the Love of Kids seminar, March 25, hosted by Beech Acres, is featuring Rosalind Wiseman's Girl World Tour for moms and daughters (ages 8-14). A fun-filled evening of mother-daughter bonding and interactive discussion about confidence, friendships, sweat-inducing moments and common mother-daughter challenges. For more...

• 'Moving Matters: The Power of Dance.' Read 4C's blog post about The Treasure House Child Development Center's creative movement dance classes for children.
• Register for the 2010 Ohio Early Care and Education Conference at the Greater Columbus Convention Center, April 29-May 1. For more...

4C is the child care resource and referral agency for 23 counties in Ohio and Kentucky.
e-Pathways is an electronic companion to our quarterly print newsletter, Pathways to Quality.

http://www.4cforchildren.org/ / 800-256-1296