Training for Area Childcare Providers
A Best Care class for all childcare providers has been planned for February 26.
Nashville, Ark. -
Don't miss out on all the free training opportunities and resources available to childcare
professionals in Arkansas! All childcare training programs are offered free of charge
by the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service in partnership with the
Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education and the Professional Development
Registry (PDR).
So, what are the top 5 reasons to participate in Best Care? Training classes are registered
with PDR & Supports Better Beginnings, training is offered face-to-face and ONLINE,
new curriculum is developed every year, Continuing Education Units (CEUs) are available,
and it is free to our local childcare providers.
The 2022 course topics will be offered in a face-to-face atmosphere that equal to
10 Best Care hours. The topics are Growing Young Gardeners, Healthy Habits: Nutrition
and Fitness Practices, STEAM in Outdoor Learning, Infant Care and Self-Regulation,
Music in Early Learning, Making a Clean Sweep, Child Care Prepared –Disaster Preparedness,
Effective Communication, Playground Safety, and When Accidents Happen –First Aid.
The 2022 Best Care professional development training has been scheduled for Saturday,
February 26 from 8:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M in a classroom setting in the Howard County
Extension Homemakers Educational Center at 425 Second Street (behind the courthouse)
in Nashville, AR. This is an all-day event and participants are asked to bring their
own lunch. Light snacks will be provided during the day.
The deadline to register is February 18. For more information about The Best Care
classes for early childhood professionals, contact Howard County FCS Agent, Jean Ince,
at (870) 845-7517 or email at jince@uada.edu.
The University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture is an equal opportunity
institution. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate or need materials
in another format, please contact the Howard County Extension Office as soon as possible.
Dial 711 for Arkansas Relay.
By Jean Ince
County Extension Agent - Staff Chair
The Cooperative Extension Service
U of A System Division of Agriculture
Media Contact: Jean Ince
County Extension Agent - Staff Chair
U of A Division of Agriculture
Cooperative Extension Service
421 N. Main St, Nashville AR 71852
(870) 845-7517
jince@uada.edu
The Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service is an equal opportunity institution. If
you require a reasonable accommodation to participate or need materials in another
format, please contact your County Extension office (or other appropriate office)
as soon as possible. Dial 711 for Arkansas Relay.
Pursuant to 7 CFR § 15.3, the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture
offers all its Extension and Research programs and services (including employment)
without regard to race, color, sex, national origin, religion, age, disability, marital
or veteran status, genetic information, sexual preference, pregnancy or any other
legally protected status, and is an equal opportunity institution.