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Head Start Enrollment Open Please pass the word along about Siletz Tribal Head Start! If you or anyone you know has a child who is 3 or 4 years old, then we need you! That is, we need you to fill out a Siletz Tribal Head Start application. We always accept applications for Siletz Tribal Head Start. This is a fun and exciting place to be, just ask anyone who has attended our program. Not only is it a fun learning experience for children, our parents enjoy it just as much as their children do. We have three classrooms in Siletz, one in Lincoln City, two in Salem and one in Portland. Please call 541 -444-8376 or 800-922- 1399, ext. 1376, for more information or an application. Childcare Assistance Program If you are a working family whose children are enrolled Siletz Tribal mem bers and live in the 11-county service area, then you may qualify for the Tribal Childcare Assistance program. For more information or an applica tion, please call 541-444-8363, 541-444- 8376 or 800-922-1399 and ask for the Childcare Assistance program. Photo by Natasha Kavanaugh Award recipients, I to r: Cat Tufts, Shawna Henarie, Trish Daniel, Teresa Ueland, Delina John, Rachelle Endres, Kathleen Furgason, Kelley Ellis, Stuart Whitehead, Michele Rowan and Al Warren. First and Second Quarter Incentive Award Winners Employee of the Quarter Tribal children need you as a foster parent Do you value Siletz Native culture and want to help preserve it? If so, please consider fos tering for the Tribe. The Siletz Tribe needs loving, stable, nurtur ing homes in all areas. If you are interested, please contact Shawna Henarie, foster care certifier, at 541-444- 8275 or 800-922-1399, ext. 1275; or visit ctsi.nsn.us, click on Tribal Services, then Employment & Social Services, then Indian Child Welfare. Shawna Henarie Nick Sixkiller Norma Trefren Mari Kramer Bev Owen Michele Rowan Janet Wicklund Tami Miner Cat Tufts Teresa Ueland Stuart Whitehead Extra Effort Cost Savings/lnventions Denis Bosque Kathy Furgason Kristi Martin-Bayya Dean Sawyer Rosie Williams Employee Suggestion/lnvention Award Marci Muschamp Wendi Schamp Special Acts and Services Sammy Bayya Denis Bosque Erin Carrington Kelley Ellis Rachelle Endres Priscilla Gomez Shawna Henarie Yvonne Messmer Performance Bonuses (Outstanding Service) Frank Aspria Ed Biancone Michele Cornwall Bobbi Foley Delina John Trish Daniel Al Warren Employee Time Off Award Lisa Taylor Incentive Awards Committee Robert Arce-Torres Justin Mason Maggie Norton Anna Renville Marci Simmons Congratulations! Oregon Registry recognizes achievements of child care providers, workers The Tribal Child Care Assistance Pro gram is dedicated to ensuring that Tribal children receive the highest quality of care and supporting child care providers to ensure they offer quality child care. One of our goals is to have all child care providers become licensed through the State of Oregon and be recognized for the steps they’ve taken to enhance the quality of service they provide to children. To assist with these efforts, a workshop took place at the Tenas Illahee Childcare Center in Siletz on June 15. Amy Wechter and Katrina Kosydar from Childcare Resource & Referral/Childcare Connection of Lincoln County facilitated the workshop. Approximately 12 child care workers/ child care providers learned about the wonderful benefits of the Oregon Registry. It’s a statewide program that recognizes all child care providers/workers who dedi 6 * Siletz News • cate their lives to helping children learn and grow. It documents and recognizes the achievements of these dedicated individuals. The Oregon Registry acknowledges there are two pathways to professional development: 1. 2. A degree or certificate pathway A college course credit or community based training The Oregon Registry recognizes that individuals can use a variety of sources to increase their expertise in the core body of knowledge for the profession. Ten dif ferent categories make up the core body of knowledge: 1. 2. 3. Diversity Families and Community Systems Health, Safety and Nutrition August 2011 4. 5. Human Growth and Development Learning Environments and Curriculum 6. Observation and Assessment 7. Personal, Professional and Leader ship Development 8. Program Management 9. Special Needs 10. Understanding and Guiding Behavior A person must meet a specified amount of time in each of these catego ries in order to reach a higher step in the Oregon Registry. The Oregon Registry has 12 steps within each step representing increased knowledge in the child care profession. The best part about the Oregon Registry is that it has education awards of $100 to $500 depending on which milestone you have met. There are three milestones (first mile stone is $100) and a person can receive one education award per fiscal calendar year. The highest award a person can receive is $500. There is a $10 fee after a person reaches the third step (first milestone), but there are several grants a person can apply for to cover that cost. Wechter also discovered that this informative workshop counts as two hours of program manage ment for all people who attended. If you would like more information about the Oregon Registry, call Family Care Connection at 541-265-2558 and ask for Kosydar, or e-mail her at Katrina. Kosydar@oregonstate.edu (she took over Wechter’s position on July 1). You also can visit the Oregon Regis try website at centerline.pdx.edu/oregon- registry or call the office at Portland State University at 877-725-8535.
