Professional Development

On going professional development is a core requirement of the early care and education field and critical to ensuring children are receiving a high-quality early childhood experience. Child Care Resource and Referral (CCR&R) offers a quarterly newsletter that includes information about upcoming trainings that meet annual training requirements, articles, and resources for child care providers.

View the current Early Childhood Bulletin which has information about community trainings, articles and announcements offered in Southern and Western Arizona Sign up to receive the Early Childhood Bulletin which provides information on trainings in Cochise, Graham, Greenlee, La Paz, Mohave, Pima and Yuma Counties only.

If you would like to submit an article or trainings for Cochise, Graham, Greenlee, La Paz, Mohave, Pima and Yuma Counties, please contact Michelle Saint Hilarie, at msainthilarie@cfraz.org.

View the current Early Childhood Quarterly which has information about community trainings, articles and announcements offered in Central and Northern Arizona Sign up to receive the Early Childhood Quarterly which provides information on trainings in Apache, Coconino, Gila, Maricopa, Navajo, Pinal and Yavapai Counties only.

If you would like to submit an article or trainings for Apache, Coconino, Gila, Maricopa, Navajo, Pinal and Yavapai Counties, please contact Anaiis Ballesteros at aballesteros@asccaz.org.

The above newsletters are made available as Portable Document Format (PDF) files. Adobe Acrobat Reader, available for free from Adobe, allows you to view, navigate, and print PDF files across all major computing platforms. Both of the above files are quite large. If you do not have a high speed Internet connection, we suggest that you contact us to request that we mail you a copy.