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SUMMARY:Child Care Provider Professional Development Series
LOCATION:The Rose Garden Banquet Hall & Catering 2350 E 8th St.
DESCRIPTION:Program: Bringing the Classroom Outside Speaker: Brenda Holopir
 ek\, Regional Community Consultant at ChildCare Aware of Kansas Course Des
 cription: Join us as we discuss and identify elements of design for a cost
  effective outdoor learning environment. Attendees will receive 2 hours of
  KDHE health and safety approved training. We are also pleased to offer FR
 EE fingerprinting services at this event from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Pr
 eference will be given to child care providers and their spouses whose fin
 gerprints expire within 45 - 60 days of each event. Fingerprinting will al
 so be provided during the remaining Child Care Task Force of Ellis County 
 evening meetings from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Welcome Center at 2700 Vine 
 Street on June 25th and September 24th\, and the Child Care Provider Profe
 ssional Development event scheduled for November 14th from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m
 . Child care providers will be treated to a delicious meal from 6 p.m. to 
 6:30 p.m.\, with the formal workshop beginning at 6:30 p.m. There will als
 o be a prize drawing for attendees that evening. This is a wonderful oppor
 tunity for child care providers to connect with fellow professionals and b
 uild strong networks. Thanks to the Robert E. & Patricia A. Schmidt Founda
 tion for sponsoring this year’s Child Care Provider Professional Develop
 ment series as well as the Child Care Task Force of Ellis County for provi
 ding these quarterly opportunities to area child care providers. Brenda's 
 Bio: Brenda Holopirek is a Professional Development Trainer and Regional C
 ommunity Consultant with Child Care Aware of Kansas. She is passionate abo
 ut children and their development in their early childhood years. Brenda h
 erself is a lifetime student in staying at the leading edge of early child
 hood development and best practices. Brenda has served as a director of a 
 childcare center for 5 years\, owned her own preschool program for 5 years
 \, director for Head Start program 12 years\, family service worker\, and 
 Lead teacher for birth - 6 years of age. She has worked with K-6th graders
  in after school programs\, summer programs and tutoring with Ameri-Corps.
  She has also served as the children’s minister 9 years in Texas and 3 y
 ears in Dodge City and 3 years in Larned Kansas. Brenda started babysittin
 g at the age of 12 and has never stopped working with children in one way 
 or another. Brenda has her National Directors Credential’s\, a Bachelor
 ’s degree in Psychology\, Family Counseling and her Early Childhood Endo
 rsement. She has 5 children of her own and 8 grandchildren that are the ap
 ple of her eye. Brenda loves the outdoors and is passionate about getting 
 children outdoors as much as possible. She will be speaking to you tonight
  about how to take the classroom outdoors. Her mantra is\, “Anything you
  do indoors you can do outdoors\, but not everything you do outdoors can y
 ou do indoors”. Fees & registration details RSVP's are requested by Mond
 ay\, April 22nd at 4:00 PM so the speaker can prepare enough materials and
  handouts for everyone.\n\nhttps://members.hayschamber.com/events/58642
URL:https://members.hayschamber.com/events/58642
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