Baltimore City Child Care Resource Center
Baltimore City Child Care Resource Center (BCCCRC) serves as the hub for issues relating to the care and education of young children in the City of Baltimore. BCCCRC is a member agency of the Maryland Child Care Resource Network, and serves parents, child care providers, the business community and others who are interested in early care and education. BCCCRC is committed to providing leadership and services to improve the quality, accessibility and affordability of child care in Baltimore City.
September and October 2023 Virtual Training Schedule
Introduction to the Maryland Credential NAPTIME
The Maryland Child Care Credential Program recognizes individual childcare providers who increase their qualifications beyond the requirements of state licensing and registration regulations.. If you would like more information on how to participate in the Maryland Child Care Credential this workshop is for you!
Topic: 2 hours Professionalism
Date: Tuesday, September 19
Time: 12:30 pm-2:30 pm
Cost: $10.00; Must pre-register
Basic Health and Safety and Breastfeeding
This class fulfills the MSDE requirement for basic health and safety and breastfeeding training.
Topic: 3 hours Health, Safety and Nutrition
Date: Tuesday, September 19
Time: 6:00 pm-9:00 pm
Cost $10.00; Must pre-register
Teaching Parents About School Readiness
This training will teach techniques to actively create meaningful family engagement in the school readiness process. The information will allow early care professionals to help families be more familiar with all areas of school readiness.
Topic: 2 hours Community
Date: Wednesday, September 20
Time: 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
Cost $10.00; Must pre-register
Including All Children and the Americans with Disabilities Act
This class fulfills the MSDE requirement for all childcare professionals.
Topic: 3 hours Special Needs
Date: Saturday, September 23
Time: 9:00 am-12:00 pm
Cost:$10.00; Must pre-register
Creating a Language Rich Environment
Language plays a key role in our ability to function within our environments. Participants will learn ways to foster language skills in the children they work with and how to identify when there is a possible delay.
Topic: 3 hours Curriculum
Date: Wednesday, September 27
Time: 6:00 pm-9:00 pm
Cost:$10.00; Must pre-register
Managing Stress at Any Age
This training is designed to increase participants’ knowledge of stress and how to manage its symptoms. The participants will also be able to examine the similarities and differences of stress in different age groups.
Topic: 2 hours Health, Safety, Nutrition, 1 hour Professionalism
Date: Saturday, September 30
Time: 9:00 am-12:00 pm
Cost:$10.00; Must pre-register
October 2023
Exploring Math Concepts with Children’s Books
Literature is an ideal vehicle to help young children see the importance of numbers and math concepts in their daily lives. This workshop explores the many ways of creating a classroom environment that stimulates mathematical thinking and preparing fun math activities based on children’s literature.
3 hours Curriculum
Wednesday, October 4
6:00pm – 9:00pm
$5.00 Must pre-register
Medication Administration (In-person)
Note: This class will be held at the Julie Center –100 S Washington Street, Baltimore MD 21231.
This class fulfills the MSDE/OCC requirements for all Childcare professionals.
6 hours Health, Safety and Nutrition
Saturday, October 7
9:00am – 3:30pm
$60.00 Must pre-register
Discipline is Teaching
Prevention is the best form of intervention! Challenging Behavior is to be expected when working with children but not everyone is equipped with strategies on how to prevent and manage challenging behavior. Participants will learn strategies to both prevent and to handle challenging behavior including natural consequences, discipline, and ways to teach self-discipline. Participants will leave with a “toolkit” of approaches surrounding behavior to use in their early childhood programs.
1.5 hours Child Development 1.5 hours Curriculum
Saturday, October 7
9:00am – 12:00pm
$5.00 Must pre-register
Basic Health and Safety and Breastfeeding
This workshop provides basic information about critical health and safety topics for all childcare providers to meet the requirement of the proposed licensing regulation regarding training in basic health and safety areas and breastfeeding. Key topics include establishing and maintaining safe and healthy environments; safe practices to prevent and reduce injuries, identification and reporting of abuse or neglect and proper sanitation practices and procedures. This class fulfills the MSDE requirement for basic health and safety training.
3 hours Health, Safety and Nutrition
Wednesday, October 11
6:00pm – 9:00pm
$10.00 Must pre-register
Sensory Play for Infants and Toddlers
Sensory play enables infants and toddlers to scaffold learning, building on prior experiences. Providers will learn how to use non-traditional everyday sensory items to create discovery baskets to scaffold memory and enhance brain development in Infants and Toddlers.
2 hours Curriculum
Wednesday, October 18
6:30pm – 8:30pm
$10.00 Must pre-register
All Children are Gifted
Understanding the special needs of children prepares child development professionals to create environments and programs for the children in their care.
2 hours Special Needs
Wednesday, October 18
6:30pm – 8:30pm
$10.00 Must pre-register
Exploring the Great Outdoors in Autumn
The connections we make as children to the nature of the world around us impact our ability to become attentive, self-confident, respectful, responsible people. Come explore how to incorporate the great outdoors into your program in a meaningful and fun way!
3 hours Curriculum
Saturday, October 21
9:00am – 12:00pm
$10.00 Must pre-register
Infants and Toddlers Developing a Sense of Self
As infant and toddler caregivers, our values and practices shape our responses to the children we care for, and children quickly become sophisticated in interpreting our behaviors and responses. Infants take these adult responses to heart and incorporate them into their sense of self. It is our responsibility to respond in ways that keep infants rooted in their culture and firmly attached to their family. This interactive training will explore how children develop a sense of self though interaction with and how caregivers can support these interactions with specific “Caregiving Gifts” that help support a healthy social identity and sense of belonging.
1 hour Child Development, 1 hour Professionalism, 1 hour Community
Saturday, October 21
9:00am – 12:00pm
$10.00 Must pre-register
Recognizing and Responding to Challenging Behavior
This workshop reviews the importance of recognizing challenging behaviors. Participants will learn what challenging behaviors look like, how to identify them, and what they can do to help. Participants will also learn how to create written observations of behaviors to identify patterns and implement strategies to prevent challenging behaviors from occurring.
2 hours Child Development
Wednesday, October 25
6:30pm – 8:30pm
$10.00 Must pre-register
SIDS, SUID and Other Sleep Related Infant Deaths
As infant and toddler caregivers, it is important to understand SIDS and sleep-related deaths, including the many strategies which can be implemented to reduce the risk of sleep-related death. Participants will review what is SIDS and sleep-related death, review recent research and statistics, gain greater understanding of the role childcare plays in keeping infants safe, and the recommendations and strategies for keeping children safe. This class fulfills the MSDE requirement for SIDS training.
2 hours Health, Safety and Nutrition
Saturday, October 28
9:00am to 11:00am
$10.00 Must Pre-register
Zoom In Spaces
“Zoom In” are spaces where you can connect with BCCCRC staff and the childcare community in Baltimore City. During these informal sessions you can ask questions, listen to what others share, and learn about a variety of topics related to childcare.
During “Zoom In” Child Development Associate (CDA) sessions you will join a cohort of family childcare providers who want to learn more about the process of earning their CDA’s.
When: Monthly
Time: 6:30-7:30
Preregistration is required.
For more information contact:
Brandi Walker at bwalker@familytreemd.org
During “Zoom In” Family Childcare Accreditation Support Group sessions you learn about the process of becoming a nationally recognized family childcare program of excellence through NAFCC’s Accreditation Program.
When: Monthly
Time: 6:30-7:30
For more information contact Brandi Walker at bwalker@familytreemd.org
During “Zoom In” Infant & Toddler Advisory Committee sessions you will learn more about caring for infants and toddlers, curriculum ideas, and resources to share with new parents.
When: Monthly
Time: 11:30-12:30
For more information contact Sue Penix at spenix@familytreemd.org
During “Zoom In” Childcare Provider Virtual Support Group sessions you will be given space to
share personal experiences, offer one another emotional and moral support, and discuss a range of topics with the BCCCRC Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultants.
When: 3rd Tuesday of each month
Time: 12:30-1:30
Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86487817720
Zoom Meeting ID: 864 8781 7720
Preregistration is not required.
For more information contact: Suzanne Funk sfunk@familytreemd.org or Tova Hoicowitz thoicowitz@familytreemd.org
During “Zoom In” STEAM in a Backpack sessions you will join a community of learners in a discussion group where all things science, technology, engineering, art, and math are shared with an emphasis on the incorporating the natural sciences in fun and exciting ways into your program.
When: Monthly
Time: 6:30-7:30
For more information contact Sue Penix at spenix@familytreemd.org
During “Zoom In” Credentialing Support Group sessions you will have the opportunity to learn about the credential and receive assistance going through the initial credentialing process or renewing your credential.
When: Monthly
Time: 6:30-7:30
For more information contact Chaquana Truitt at ctruitt@familytreemd.org
Find a BCCCRC Group on Facebook
Supporting Infants and Toddlers in Child Care – This group is a place for providers, parents and those working with infants and toddlers to share curriculum ideas and seek help with issues related to infants and toddlers. To find the group simply type Supporting Infants and Toddlers in Child Care in the in search box on Facebook. For more information contact Sue Penix at spenix@familytreemd.org
Free Swap Child Care Baltimore, Baltimore & Carroll Counties – This is a group where providers list FREE items related to caring for children that they no longer need but are still in good working order for others who may have a need for them in their program. Items being offered include art and crafts supplies, children’s books, resource books, toys, and furniture for childcare programs. Everything on the site is free. Exchanges are arranged between the two providers for pickup or delivery. To find the group simply type Free Swap Child Care Baltimore, Baltimore & Carroll Counties search box on Facebook. For more information contact Sue Penix at spenix@familytreemd.org
Baltimore City Child Care Resource Center-The official Facebook site for the Baltimore City Child Care Resource Center. To find the group simply type Baltimore City Child Care Resource Center in the search box on Facebook.
BCCCRC Programs
Training & Technical Assistance for Providers
BCCCRC provides technical assistance and high quality training on a wide variety of topics to assist early care and education providers and others in expanding their knowledge of child development and best practices for caring for young children. The Training Department offers 2-hour to 6-hour workshops, series trainings, and pre-service certificate trainings all of which meet the Office of Child Care’s regulation requirements as well as Core of Knowledge for the Maryland Child Care Credential.
Technical assistance, information, and expert advice are provided to current and prospective child care providers in both family and center based programs.
Early Intervention Project
Providing social/emotional support to Baltimore City pre-school children in child care settings. If you are concerned about your young child’s development, behavior, interaction with peers, or If your child has experienced difficulties in a group setting, the Early Intervention Project can help with free on-site consultation and support for young children in child care or nursery school settings.
Resources For Families & Parents
LOCATE Child Care
Selecting child care is an important decision for you and your child. The quality of care, cost and convenience of location will have a big impact on your lives. LOCATE: Child Care is a free phone service that can help you find child care that fills your needs. LOCATE can also help you find Head Start and Early Head Start programs, private nursery school and kindergarten programs, public pre-k programs, school age programs and summer camps.
LOCATE: Child Care Hours
Monday through Friday
8:30 am – 4:00 pm
Call LOCATE: Child Care at 1-877-261-0060
If you would like to save time and complete the intake form prior to talking with a LOCATE counselor, submit the Parent Intake Form online.
If at any time during your child care search or after making child care arrangements, you should have concerns regarding your child’s care, you can always call LOCATE: Child Care and speak with a referral counselor. If your concern is based on a regulatory issue, you can call the Office of Child Care at 410-554-8300 and describe your complaint to a licensing specialist or a LOCATE counselor can take the complaint and forward it to the Office of Child Care for you. For concerns about a Child Care Program, Click Here.
Special Needs Services
Do you have a child with a special need? Do you need child care?
LOCATE: Child Care can help you find care that meets your child’s needs!
Archived Newsletters
More Resources for Providers
Online Trainings
Great news….the 90-Hour Pre-service Training (Preschool) is now available through the eLearning platform. Go to the ONLINE CHILD CARE PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION CENTER for registration information and to see all the available high quality eLearning options available.
If you purchased elearning prior to December 7, 2021, you may continue to access those materials here. It is recommended that you complete all purchased training by June 30, 2022, prior to this website being deactivated. Should you have any questions, please contact Maryland Family Network at MCCRNinfo@marylandfamilynetwork.org.
LOCATE for Providers
LOCATE: Child Care is one (but not the only) tool that providers can use to market their programs. Program records that are complete and accurate help counselors serve the needs of parents best and help us to refer your program to parents looking for services you provide.
CDA Grant Program
Maryland Family Network, the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE), and the Council for Professional Recognition are partnering to provide thousands of Maryland’s early childhood educators with financial support to help them earn the Child Development Associate (CDA) Credential. These financial awards will cover registration and other fees as well as books required for the program. By earning their CDA, Maryland’s child care professionals will expand their career options and have greater knowledge with which to serve young children across our state.
Maryland Family Network’s LOCATE: Child Care is a comprehensive directory of child care offerings throughout the state. Because parents regularly visit this site to make informed decisions about child care, it is critically important that information be accurate and updated. The more complete your listing is, the better MFN can help parents find and choose your child care program.
Please review and, if necessary, update your record today.
Click to update your Child Care Provider Record
Helpful Links From MSDE
Other Important Data, Tools, and Resources
Home | Maryland Family Network
Maryland State Child Care Association
Maryland State Family Child Care Association
The Family Child Care Alliance of Maryland
Baltimore City Child Care Coalition
National Association of Family Child Care
National Association for the Education for Young Children (NAEYC)
About BCCCRC
MISSION
BCCCRC helps parents who are looking for child care, provides training and technical assistance for child care professionals, and assists employers interested in helping their employees to balance work and family life. BCCCRC is Quality Assured by Child Care Aware America.
STAFF
Administration
- Tracy Harris, Director
- Jennell Bailey, Administrative Assistant
- Jennifer Lentz, Program Manager
Training and Technical Assistance
- Sue Penix, Infant Toddler Coach
- Brandi Walker, Early Childhood Coach, TA Family Child Care
- Chaquana Truitt, Early Childhood Coach, TA Center-based Programs
- Courtney Ross, Technical Assistance Specialist for Growing Opportunities in Family Child Care
- Dazhane Clark, Technical Assistance Specialist for Growing Opportunities in Family Child Care
- LaTonya Anderson, Family Resource Specialist
- Nea Williams, Family Resource Specialist
- Michelle Giove, Early Childhood Business Coach
Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation
- Suzanne Funk, Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant
- Tova Hoicowitz, Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant
- Kelly Darcey, Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant
- Chakyra Whittington, Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant
Hours:
Monday – Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Resource Room:
Monday -Friday, 8:30am – 4:00pm or by appointment
Address:
The Family Tree
2108 N Charles St.
Baltimore, Maryland 21218
Contact Us:
Phone: 410-889-2300
Fax: 410-637-8385
Email: childcare@bcccrc.org
The Baltimore City Child Care Resource Center is a member of the Maryland Child Care Resource Network with funding provided from the Maryland State Department of Education, through Maryland Family Network.