Teachers
Every morning at Childcare Network, you’ll put your child in trustworthy hands. We are committed to the recruiting and hiring of the best qualified staff. After a new teacher is hired, we support them through ongoing professional development and training. At Childcare Network, all newly hired teachers must complete an extensive six-week long training and orientation program. Upon hire, new teachers are paired with another senior staff member or school trainer to guide them through the orientation program using our comprehensive teacher training manual. The program provides new teachers with the advantage of receiving hands-on training, coaching, and mentoring during the completion of assigned activities and requirements.
Even then, the training doesn’t end. Our teachers have access to our online training center with over 120 modules available in our ever expanding course catalog. We also provide various instructor led trainings throughout the year. Finally, our Company sponsored educational assistance program covers 100% of the cost of tuition and books for our teachers enrolled in an early childhood degree program. During the past five years, we have invested over one million dollars in this program. All to ensure our teachers are the best in their field. The way we see it, better-trained teachers mean a better environment for your child and a better experience for you.
In short, we at Childcare Network have developed a program that will help children grow to their fullest potential. Just as importantly, you’ll find that our teachers set the standard for professionalism and training.
July 2012: Tameka Hicks, NC
Tracy Reeves, director at school #82 in Wilmington, NC, has nominated Tameka Hicks as this month’s Spotlight employee. Tameka is a very outgoing, loving teacher with a winning personality and a love for children, which expands further than just at the workplace. Tameka started with Childcare Network in February, 1999. Throughout her 13 years of employment, Tameka has worked with almost every age group in the school. Her passion lies in the two-year-old room, where she is currently the lead teacher.
June 2012: Employees in District 5: Charlotte, NC
A great District Manager knows how to think outside of the box. Four very happy Childcare Network employees find themselves with a free vacation based on the ingenuity of their District Manager, Summer Reid-Elliot. Summer sponsored her district’s first annual teacher appreciation banquet on May 12, 2012. During this event, the employees of District 5 enjoyed dinner, dancing and awards. Knowing that the local Partnership for Children was drawing to an end of their fiscal year, District Manager Summer Reid-Elliot contacted them to see if they could fund some special awards at this banquet. The Partnership for Children agreed to give a grant to District 5. Three teachers received teacher of the year awards and were given a free cruise to the Bahamas with the money from the grant! An assistant director was also honored as assistant director of the year. Congratulations to all award recipients and to Summer Reid-Elliot for such a fantastic show of support for her staff. One of four award recipients are spotlighted below.
May 2012: Theresa Ramppen
This month we would like to take a moment to celebrate a great crewmember of our staff at Childcare Network #127 in Wilmington, North Carolina. Theresa Ramppen was recently nominated for the Presidential Pin by her Director, Aimee Newber. This pin was presented in honor of the outstanding contributions she has made to her school.
March 2012: Margo Moore, AL
This month we would like to take a moment to highlight an outstanding teacher from Childcare Network #44 in Alabaster, Alabama. Margo Moore has been a member of the Childcare Network family, as a teacher for the two year olds, for a little over two years.
