Family Daycare Provider Mentor Project
Purpose
The family daycare provider mentor project is to serve as directory to match up experienced family daycare providers with those just starting their daycare program. Running a child care program from your home can be an isolating experience. Even if you have had a strong educational background in child development or child care, chances are that you have not had much training or experience in running a business! This is an opportunity to interact and get one on one feedback from someone who has been a family daycare provider.
How it Works
Below are the profiles of providers that have volunteered to be mentors. You may contact a person directly through their website or email. If you would like to be a mentor please contact me via email. Mentors will recieve periodic resources and information from me to help them. They will also have the opportunity to interact and support each other.
| Here are some local family
daycare agencies that offer mentoring services as well: Pennsylvania Home-based Child Care Providers
Association, Inc. |
Please note: Except in rare cases, I have not met either the mentors or the providers involved in the project. I will not take responsibility for your interactions once I have made your connection. Exercise appropriate care when divulging personal information or meeting people from the internet in person.
Mentors
Crystal I My name is Crystal Skinner and I have owned and operated Crystal Skinner Child Care since 1981. Crystal Skinner Child Care is a fully licensed Family Child Care home that has been continually licensed by the State of NH Division of Health and Human Services Bureau of Child Care Standards and Licensing. I attended Plymouth State College and earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Health and Physical Education in 1971. I have five years experience in a public school setting, teaching Physical Education to students in grades K-12. I am a member of NAEYC, NHAEYC, and Early Learning New Hampshire. I have been a workshop presenter at both a NH Family Child Care Association Fall Conference and an Early Learning New Hampshire Fall Conference. I held the position of Recording Secretary on the Board of Directors of the New Hampshire Family Child Care Association for 5 years. I have mentored other child care providers online for the past 4 years. I have helped those who have been interested in owning and operating their own child care business. Please feel free to e-mail me at ship4_1949@yahoo.com and visit my child care website |
Jaci IHello, I am Jaci Seerat, a registered home provider and a single parent to a beautiful 20 yr. old daughter. I have been in the field of child care for about 23 yrs. I have an extensive educational background in Early Childhood Education and I am up to date on the Ohio state regs. I have hundreds of resources available to providers and parents on my web site My passions outside of childcare are working on my website, designing spreadsheets for childcare and scrap booking (I am currently doing a daycare scrapbook of the past 23 years.) We have 2 pets, a Guinna Pig named Pixie and our Shis Poo puppy named Lil' Bit. |
Deborah
My name is Deborah and I own a home daycare. I live in Jerseyville Illinois. I have 2 children of my own and 2 Grandsons. When not doing work around our farm, my husband manages a popular store in town while I run our home. I am licensed to have 8 children in my home at one time. As of this date, I have been in the early childhood profession for over 12 years. In April 2005, I opened my home to daycare families, making life changes that will last forever in my heart and with the children who enter my home daycare. I am a CDA Advisor for other providers interested in earning a CDA (Child Development Associates). MY web pages are barnyardkidz.com for daycare. tools. |
Pat Alexander (Miss Pat) |
Eva Hello to All the wonderful professional childcare providers in America. My name is Evaemail me and I have been doing child care for 7 years. I am License with the state of Florida and am a large family childcare center, Florida Goal Seal and NAFCC accredited. I am married and we have 3 wonderful teenager children. I am also a Florida Voluntarily Preschool site and I love working with preschoolers. I also have my state Director’s Credential. I have my CDA, working on my bachelor in Early Childhood Education. I would like to help any provider that needs my assistance. I attend trainings on a monthly basis to maintain my professional growth in this profession. My goal as a mentor is to help new providers learn to be professionals, enhance their environments and most of all support and to help them to move on up the corporate ladder of success with their home daycare business. |
Nena Hello to my fellow home daycare
providers! My name is Nena and I am from Illinois. I am
married to a hardworking man and and we have two school
age children. I have 12 years child care experience and 4
of them is being a home daycare provider. Most of my
career I spent in daycare centers and preschools. I
prefer doing home daycare. I really love being at home in
a more personal and family-like setting with my 4 dc
children. While working in the centers, I received both
center based CDA’s and then I finally graduated with
my 2 year early childhood degree in 2003. It takes a
while a class or two a semester but it was well worth
waiting for. Thanks Nena~ |