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Early Childhood Career Planning Center

No matter what interest or experience you have, you’ll learn more about advancing your career, increasing your education and providing quality education and care by contacting the P.E.T. Career Planning Center where you can:
 
  • discover and discuss career options;
  • receive individualized, confidential career planning assistance*;
  • attend career workshops*;
  • find training information to advance your career;
  • access professional career materials and resources;
  • explore certifications and accreditation;
  • gather college information;
  • navigate financial aid processes;
  • search employment listings; and
  • access internet and career web sites.

Contact us today to schedule an appointment with one of our knowledgeable career planners who’ll help you assess your current situation and develop a career plan that works for you.

* fee may apply
 

Working in a Child Care Center

Working in a child care center means...

  • Being part of a large community of people caring for children, a classroom teaching team.
  • Teaching and evaluation children together.
  • Sharing the maintenance of the classroom, arranging and caring for materials.
  • Keeping records and communicating with parents.

Teachers come from very different family and cultural backgrounds and bring different skills, professional development and ideas about what is good for children. Therefore, teachers need...

  • A commitment to good communication
  • Openness to new ideas and negotiation.

Child care programs often have...

  • Resources to support your professional growth.
  • Training and in-services in the program.
  • Learning opportunities at staff meetings.
  • Resource libraries, books and materials.

With so many voices - parents, teachers, administrators, the board of directors - good communication in a center requires mutual respect, lots of staff and/or team meetings and patience, as a long decision-making process sometimes occurs. On the other hand, the community that forms can be very supportive, rich in resources, committed to developing high quality, diverse, innovative and joyful!

The above Career Tip was taken from CCRC's "Career Counseling Kit for Child Care Professionals"

 

Call 413.736.3900 or email us at info@preschoolenrichmentteam.org.

Day or evening appointments available.

Enrich the lives of children—and your own—by developing your career in early education.
   
 
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PRESCHOOL ENRICHMENT TEAM OFFICE
If you get lost or the doors of the building are locked, call 736-3900 and press ext. 120
Mass Pike Exit 6 - Springfield, at light at end of ramp turn left onto Rt. 291. Follow Rt. 291 to Exit 2B Dwight Street Exit, at end of ramp take left at light (this is Dwight St.). Through 4 sets of lights, turn right onto Bridge Street. Our office, at 293 Bridge Street, is on the left next to Cafe Manhattan.
From Rt. 91 South Exit 7 Downtown Springfield - stay in left lane and turn left at light, then left again onto E. Columbus. Turn right onto Worthington, through one light (Main St.) turn right onto Stearns and right onto Bridge Street. Our office, at 293 Bridge Street, is on the left next to Cafe Manhattan.
From Rt. 91 North Exit 4 Broad St., you are on East Columbus. Go through lights, turn right onto Worthington, right onto Stearns, right onto Bridge Street. Our office, at 293 Bridge Street, is on the left next to Cafe Manhattan.