Qualifications

• Providing child care and teaching young children since January of 1990

• Licensed as a group home with the City of Idaho Falls

• Post-Secondary Technical Certificate in Family Child Care

• Technical Certificate in Early Childhood Care and Education

• Associate of Applied Science (AAS) in Child Development

• Recipient of a Quality Child Care Award in 2006

• Star rated facility as per the Quality Rating Improvement Program.

• Enrolled in the Idaho State Training and Registry System (IdahoSTARS), a professional development system designed to recognize and reward Child Care providers who commit to professional growth and improving the quality of child care.

• Member of 3 local and national early childhood associations

• Actively involved and committed to improving the quality of early childhood programs in Eastern Idaho by serving on the board of Eastern Idaho AEYC (Association for the Education of Young Children).

• Keep up to date by attending relevant training and conferences, reading child care publications and books, and taking online courses and approved home training’s on numerous topics related to child care, development and education.