Child Care Aware of Kansas (CCAKS) has transitioned it’s shopping experience for professional development opportunities to Cape, a career and professional empowerment portal tailored for Kansas’ early childhood workforce.
Designed to empower professionals, facilities, and training organizations, Cape provides seamless access to professional development resources, training tools, and career support. All Early Childhood Professionals will create profiles within Cape and can choose to affiliate their profile with a facility. With Cape, you’ll find it easier than ever to shop for and access CCAKS’s professional development opportunities while advancing your career and strengthening the early childhood workforce.
It’s the same great trainings, trainers and opportunities from CCAKS, just accessible in a different platform.
Key features include:
Ready to get started? Visit www.yourcape.org and create your Cape profile today by clicking the “Log In” button.
Collaborative Development
The Cape portal is a collaborative effort among KCCTO; Child Care Aware of Kansas; and early childhood state agencies including the Kansas Children’s Cabinet and Trust Fund, Kansas Department for Children and Families, Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE), and Kansas State Department of Education. KDHE is the State Lead. “Cape represents another step forward in cementing the expertise of our early childhood workforce in Kansas. Our early childhood care and educators have long deserved a platform to empower their personal and professional development. We are proud of our collaboration with our many partners and providers and are especially proud of KCCTO’s commitment to making this a reality,” said Derik Flerlage, KDHE Bureau of Family Health Director. Learn more about the collaboration, All In For Kansas Kids, at allinforkansaskids.org.
Child Care Aware of Kansas offers professional development courses so you can complete your requirements for the Child Development Associate (CDA) credential or a CDA renewal.
Core Competencies are what you need to know to provide children and youth with quality activities and interactions. The Core Competencies are organized into eight Content Areas, each providing specific standards that help professionals learn to fully include children from various backgrounds and with diverse needs and abilities.
(Spanish: Competencias Básicas)
The Legacy Scholarship, in honor of Leadell Ediger, is a needs-based, reimbursement educational scholarship. The Legacy Scholarship is designed to fulfill a financial gap for a child care professional(s) wanting to obtain an early childhood certificate through a Kansas community college. The Legacy Scholarship will support early care and education providers in their efforts to provide quality child care services, and expand providers’ knowledge of child development by connecting them with continuing education opportunities.
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