Quality Early Learning

Educare training helps extended family provide quality child care

On Thursday, Nov. 19, MARC’s Department of Early Learning will provide a course focused on kinship care. This is an online class starting at 6:30 p.m. and ending at 8:30 p.m. This course is part of MARC’s Educare initiative. The Educare initiative provides resources, training opportunities and technical assistance to child care providers with an […]

by Paul Lampe

Quality enhancement project supports 10 early learning centers

MARC’s Department of Early Learning recently received grant funding from the Kauffman Foundation to support a quality improvement project for early learning centers from now until June 30, 2021. Throughout this project, MARC staff and qualified coaches will work with 10 small, licensed early learning centers in Missouri to improve the centers’ learning environments and […]

by OntheMARCKC

MARC Early Learning Department, partners provide guidance to reopen child care centers

In partnership with other nonprofits and public agencies, MARC’s Department of Early Learning created Preparedness and Planning for Child Care Programs, a guide to help child care providers assess their ability to reopen as local and state governments lift stay-at-home orders. This guide assists program directors and staff in navigating the process of reopening child […]

by OntheMARCKC

Head Start educators implement the Project Approach to encourage learning and imagination

At the annual Celebration of Young Investigators in May, MARC’s Head Start program recognized 12 teaching teams and home visitors and their coaches for their successful implementation of the Project Approach to learning. This approach starts with a “project,” which is a real-world topic or location familiar to children such as the doctor’s office, pets […]

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