Tammy Wachter is a certified trainer with the Minnesota Center for Professional Development and listed on the Develop webiste. MNCPD (Minnesota Center for Professional Development) administers support for a statewide trainer approval system for trainers in the field of early childhood and school-age care and education. Trainers interested in becoming MNCPD approved trainers must apply online. Quality training relies on trainers who have background content knowledge, strong training skills and are committed to strengthening children, families and communities. MNCPD is committed to ensuring access to high quality learning experiences to early childhood and school-age professionals. Develop offers professional development and quality improvement tools to support early learning & school-age care. This is the one-stop-shop where you and your organization can get the tools you want and need to build upon your success. Together, we're developing a brighter future for all of Minnesota’s children. Develop is supported by the Minnesota Department of Human Services, in coordination with the Office of Early Learning. To see all currently approved workshops…

Tammy can offer many training through Child Care Aware that offer many approved workshops including many of the Parent Aware classes required for the Parent Aware Rating Program. Parent Aware’s Star Ratings help parents find programs that go above and beyond to prepare children for school and life. Our One- to Four-Star Rating system – a free service – measures best practices identified by research that help children succeed. Participating programs have: • Volunteered for extra, in-depth training • Devoted themselves to strong, caring relationships with each child • Adopted the latest approaches to keeping children’s learning on track • Committed to daily activities and routines that help children learn • Placed a focus on children’s health and safety. An accelerated pathway to a Parent Aware rating is currently available to certain types of programs (accredited child care, Head Start and public school pre-kindergarten programs) statewide. The Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) leads Parent Aware in coordination with the Minnesota Office of Early Learning. Child Care Aware of Minnesota is working in local communities to share the Ratings with parents and prepare child care and early education programs.

TKW Consulting can also provide customized training and keynote presentations on a wide variety of early childhood educational topics. These workshops have been presented in a varitey of settings, including Child Care Centers, headstart and ECFE trainers, school / teacher tainings, child care organizations and associations, as well as family child care providers. To see some of the workshops and trainings that I present. Note that some of are not currently aproved by the MNCPD…

TKW Consulting is certified to provide training for many of the projects and initiatives that have been offered in the State of Minnesota. Most of these programs are offered in multiple sessions and many can only be scheduled through your regional Child Care Resource and Referral Agency. This includes most of the trainings offered through the Center of Inclusive Childcare.

Many workshops offered are part of an ongoing series of trainings. Some classes you can pick and choose, some must be taken in order. Please note session requirements for each of these workshops. In addition to the Projects and Initiatives and Individual Workshops, the following are workshop series currently offered:

What are the training requirements for child care providers? Pre-Service Training Requirements (for new applicants) Family child care applicants with a license effective date on or after July 1, 2014, must meet these training requirements before a license will be issued: •Child Growth & Development / Behavior Guidance (4 hours) •Supervising for Safety (6 hours) •Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID) •Abusive Head Trauma (AHT) •First Aid •CPR •Child Passenger Restraint (if going to transport children) In-Service Training Requirements (for licensed providers) Family child care providers that are licensed before July 1, 2014, will begin completing the new training requirements on July 1, 2014. County licensors will begin monitoring for increased training requirements on July 1, 2015. A total of 16 hours of in-service training is required annually. The following required areas of training count toward the total of 16 required hours: •Child Growth & Development / Behavior Guidance (required annually) •Supervising for Safety (2 hours required annually) •SUID (required annually, with a video/online option allowed in the alternate year) •AHT (required annually) •First Aid (required every two years) •CPR (required every two years) •Child Passenger Restraint (required every five years for those who transport children)