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
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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.