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Build, Learn, Grow Summer Scholarship
The Indiana Office of Early Childhood and Out-of-School Learning — in partnership with the Indiana Afterschool Network — is offering a new Build, Learn, Grow Summer Scholarship program.
Many students lost valuable instructional education time due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In order to ensure that students are ready to learn during the 2022-2023 academic year, we have created a new Build, Learn, Grow Scholarship program for children of essential workers.
BLG Summer Scholarships will cover up to 80% of a school-age child’s summer program tuition. We encourage summer programs to utilize the Build, Learn, Grow Summer Scholarship program to increase recruitment and retention of students.
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Ending Onboarding Stipends and Background Check Fees
Onboarding stipends and waived background check fee initiatives have now ended as Indiana’s Build, Learn, Grow program transitions into its next phase of support.
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CCDF Co-pays Have Resumed
Waived co-pays have ended for families utilizing CCDF vouchers, and programs should begin collecting co-pays again this week.
If your program charges overages, we encourage you to use your program’s Stabilization Grant dollars to temporarily waive the overages and help families transition back to making payments. If families have experienced a change in their financial situation, please encourage them to contact their CCDF eligibility specialist.
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Free One-day Computer Science Professional Development Opportunity for Pre-K Educators
As STEM education becomes an increasingly important part of our children’s lives, it’s important to offer computer science lessons, which combine all the STEM subjects. Indiana pre-K educators have an opportunity to learn more about implementing computer science into their curriculum through an innovative, one-day professional development workshop offered by education nonprofit, Nextech. This workshop is intended for pre-K teachers and other providers working with 4-year-olds who are interested in learning about computer science. Training will cover how to incorporate computer science easily and appropriately into lesson plans.
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SPARK! Live Resource: Navigating the System CCR&R Network
SPARK Learning Lab has teamed up with the Child Care Resource & Referral (CCR&R) Network to present an information session about their services. During this session, you will learn more about what services are offered by the CCR&R and SPARK. No certificate is awarded for this live resource.
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Fast-Track CDA Locations
Ivy Tech Community College is inviting early childhood educators in the Muncie, Anderson, and Bloomington areas to earn their 12-credit Child Development Associate (CDA) credential in just eight weeks through its fast-track CDA course this summer.
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Muncie and Anderson classes run June 6 through July 29 and meet weeknight evenings virtually on Zoom. Participants must be currently employed and have at least 480 hours of prior experience. For more information, contact Erin Donovan, early childhood education department chair, at edonovan2@ivytech.edu.
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Bloomington classes run June 6 through July 31 and meet weeknight evenings. To sign up for classes, students must demonstrate college readiness in English through assessment or previous coursework. Students can choose whether to attend part of the required course instruction live on zoom or live in person. This program serves students from Brown, Greene, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe, Morgan, Orange, and Owen counties. To set up an appointment to begin the registration process, contact Marjie Risen, Bloomington early child hood education department chair, at mrisen@ivytech.edu.
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