Great Training Opportunity!

AFSCME-CCPT understands these tough economic times, so we are offering all day training for only $35 which includes Saturday night’s Banquet Dinner and a convention kit! 

You can receive 8.5-12 hours of Registry approved training.

We would like to invite all Wisconsin Family Child Care Providers to join us at Council 40’s 67^th Annual Convention on April 16 & 17, 2010 in Middleton at the Marriott West Hotel & Conference Center at 1313 John Q. Hammons Drive.

Workshops offered:

Fri 6:30-10:00 pm        *CPR with AED (Additional $27.50)

                                      (Please add $10 if you require the CPR book)

Sat 7:00-10:30am        *CPR with AED (Additional $27.50) (Max 12 participants per CPR class)

Sat 7:30-9:00am          *Wii Relax  

Sat 9:00-10:30am        *Songs, Finger plays & Other Fun Activities to do with Young Children

Sat 10:30-12:00pm      *QRIS/YoungStar

Sat 12:00-1:00pm         LUNCH  (On your own)                              

Sat 1:00-2:30pm          *Paperwork Success, no more Stress!

                                     *WI Shares Subsidy Training

Sat 2:30-4:00pm          *Woodworking Not Just For Men

                                     *Wii Relax                                                                                                                                                                          

Sat 4:00-5:00pm          *All Members on the Convention Floor   

Sat 5-6pm                     WICCPT Local 373 - Second Annual Meeting & Elections

Sat 7pm                        BANQUET DINNER                                                                                                                   

For more info and to Register please contact us at 1-877-772-4453 ext. 222 or by e-mail at wiccpt@afscme40.org  Please RSVP by April 2, 2010. You can also visit our web-site at: www.wisconsinccpt.org  to print a Registration form or to view more details.

Child Care Workshop Details:

CPR with AED: There will be two CPR-AED classes held – one Friday, April 16, from 6:30-10:00 pm and one Saturday, April 17, from 7:00-10:30 am. Limit is 12 people per class. By the end of the class you will be certified for 2 years in infant, toddler, child, and adult CPR, and you will be trained on how to use a defibrillator. The cost for this class is an additional $27.50 plus $10.00 for the book, if you if chose to keep it. Contact Silke O’Donnell at the Council 40 office (toll free 1-800-362-8261) by April 2 to pre-register.

Wii Relax: Join us for a fun and relaxing experience. Learn how to use a Wii to relax, exercise, get healthy and reduce stress. Come practice and play with us.

Songs, Finger plays & Other Fun Activities to do with Young Children: Come join professional caregivers and learn all about all of the fun activities you can do with young children as an alternative to watching TV.

QRIS/YoungStar: What can child care providers do to prepare for the QRIS/YoungStar? What star level are you reaching for? What steps can you take to earn those stars? How will this system affect providers, parents and communities?

Paperwork Success, no more Stress: Do you need help organizing all of your paperwork? Join us for this session and learn how to easily organize your paperwork by using a simple kit-n-kaboodle.

WI Shares Subsidy Training: Join us for a frank discussion on current issues in the WI Shares Subsidy program. Bring your questions and concerns. Get the answers you are seeking.

Woodworking Not Just For Men: This workshop is designed to teach anyone how to use power tools in order to build anything for their home and yard. Come get ideas and be inspired to build shelves, lofts, toy cars, etc at a much lower cost than catalogue prices.

 Click here to download the Registration form

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The following Local 373 members have been nominated to be Delegates representing CCPT Local 373 at the Council 40 2010 Convention in Madison, Wisconsin:

Diana Smith

Anneliese Sheahan

Terrie Stinski

Peggy Kelbel

These delegates have been determined by mail in nominations. These nomination were received by the extended due date of March 2, 2010. Since the number of nominees does not exceed the number of delegates that Local 373 is entitled to, no election is necessary. These above mention members will represent Local 373 at the 2010 Council 40 Convention once they have accepted their nomination. The deadline for declining or challenging the eligibility for any nominee is March 8^th, 2010. Membership in good standing has been verified for all of the above mentioned candidates.

Hello Fellow CCPT Members!

We would like to apologize for the delay in our last Newsletter mailing. In order to save membership dues we sent our last mailing via bulk mail. However, this mailing contained time sensitive information regarding Election and Delegate deadlines. Therefore, please review the revised delegate and election attachment. The revised deadline to submit CCPT delegate nominations to the Council 40 convention has been extended to March 2^nd, 2009. Respectively all other CCPT C-40 delegate deadlines have also been extended.

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