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Area
Cooperative Educational Services (ACES) 350 State Street,
North Haven, CT 06473 www.aces.k12.ct.us/support/childhood/index.asp
Contact: Alice Torres 203-458-6868
Casa
Otonal, 135 Sylvan Avenue New Haven, CT 06513 Phone
(203) 773-8911 Contact: Nelida Otero
Charter
Oak State College, Offer can help you to convert your
CDA into college credits through the Pathways placement
exam. www.charteroak.edu/Visitors/CDA.cfm
Phone 860-832-3822
Connecticut
Charts-A-Course is the statewide professional development
system for early education and school-age care.
Connecticut
Department of Labor Free Workshops Offered At CT Works Centers
in Hamden and New Haven. Calendar
of Events
Gateway
Community College offers Associates degrees in Early
Childhood Education as well as Child Development Associates
degrees.
GreatKidsCT.org
maintains a statewide calendar of continuing education opportunities.
Hamden
Adult Education provides the following programs free
to Hamden Residents:
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Americanization for people wishing to become US Citizens.
Adult Basic Education (ABE) for Adults who need to "brush
up" or learn basic skills.
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ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages).
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Hamden High School is a GED Test site.
- Three
different routes to earn a high school diploma.
Hamden
Kids sponsored by Hamden School Readiness Council whose
mission is to work with families and the communities to
plan, coordinate, and improve services for all children.
They provide calendars for parent workshops, and child care
provider workshops.
JUNTA
offers free ESL (English as a Second Language) at four different
levels, GED (General Equivalency Diploma) in Spanish, Computer
classes and one-on-one Literacy lessons. Junta for Progressive
Action, 169 Grand Ave., New Haven, CT 06513 Tel: 203.787.0191
New
Haven Adult and Continuing Education Center provides
GED Programs, HS Credit Diploma Program and Enrichment Courses.
The
CityWide Youth Coalition (CWYC) is a network of over
twenty community-based agencies and resource people working
to enhance the lives of New Haven's children, youth and
their families. A list of programs
offered by City Wide Youth Coalition Member Organizations.
The
Resource Center (TRC) at 495 Blake Street serves
anyone working in New Haven’s early care and education
community with children ages birth to eight years of age.
TRC is located in the New Haven Public Schools Early Childhood
Learning Center and is open every Wednesday from 4:00 -9:
00 or by appointment. Contact: Sharon Adams (203) 946-5320
TRC
offers:
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A Library of nearly 1,000 books, journals and videos in
all areas of early childhood education
Curriculum kits on over 60 topics and can be borrowed
for up to 4 weeks
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Training opportunities for workshops and courses. Teachers’
Night Out is a monthly series of workshops covering a
wide range of curriculum topics.
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Make it and Take it every Wednesday from 4:00 pm - 9:00
pm to all teachers to create materials to use in your
classroom
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Recyclable materials to be taken back to your program
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A Conference room for training's and meetings
Valley
Regional Adult Education
provides Adults to earn a high school diploma, to improve
their basic literacy skills, to learn English as a second
language, to enroll in the Valley Even Start family literacy
program, to participate in onsite Workplace Education programs,
or to take advantage of numerous enrichment courses offered
in each Valley town.
The
Yale New Haven Center for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster
Response offers a series of online courses on emergency
preparedness topics for health care workers. The courses
are free and available to all health care workers. At the
end of each course is a brief quiz that tests your comprehension
of the material and documents your completion of the course.
The
Yale
University Teacher Preparation program offers coursework
and a certification program for early childhood educators
to students at Yale.
WorkLife
offers links to Connecticut colleges and universities can
help you explore how to begin or continue in a degree program.
Some sites also offer non-degree programs.
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