Description

FFCCHA In-person Training
January 9, 2027 (Saturday)
Time: 9:00 am – 1:00 pm

Sign-in early at 8:30 am

Registration Link for January 9 Training

Utilizing Effective Mentoring Strategies
This highly interactive training is designed to strengthen your confidence, consistency, and effectiveness as a mentor while providing practical strategies you can immediately use during your mentoring visits for achieving NAFCC accreditation. A booklet is included.

In the Training you will learn how to effectively:

  • Develop and use practical observation checklists
  • Identify program strengths and opportunities for growth
  • Assess and strengthen the indoor and outdoor learning environments
  • Create individualized action plans
  • Establish realistic and measurable outcomes
  • Provide constructive and supportive feedback
  • Facilitate meaningful coaching conversations
  • Ask intentional questions that encourage self-reflection
  • Prioritize needs and establish achievable next steps
  • Create a clear roadmap from observation to action and measurable improvement
  • Connect the four key areas of the FFCCHA project system to observation, documentation, coaching, and follow-up
  • Conduct a structured four-hour mock observation visit

About the Presenter:
Arleen Lambert-Simons is a Distinguished Toastmaster, coach, early childhood strategist, keynote speaker, and Founder and CEO of Early Education Link, a mission-driven organization dedicated to designing innovative systems, programs, and leadership pathways that support children, families, and community-based early learning enterprises. Her work is grounded in more than 22 years of experience operating a family child care program, including 16 years as a nationally accredited provider through the National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC). She is a former President of the Florida Family Child Care Home Association (FFCCHA) and currently serves as an NAFCC FL State Representative and a NAFCC Accreditation Observer, supporting quality improvement in family child care programs.

Ms. Lambert-Simons currently serves as the Family Child Care Accreditation Facilitator for the Business Leadership Institute (BLI) for Early Learning, where she leads statewide efforts to support family child care educators across Florida. Through structured quality improvement systems, she promotes continuous improvement, accountability, and program success. Her work equips educators to meet accreditation standards, strengthen business operations, and improve educational outcomes for the children they serve.

Who should attend: All FFCCHA Family Child Care educator members who are NAFCC accredited (or in process) and are currently mentoring other educators, or those planning to become a mentor.

Training cost: $105 Scholarships are available. Pay only $35

$70 scholarships are available for FL Registered OR Licensed family child care provider members OR co-provider FFCCHA members. Pay only $35

Check YES above if you are applying for a scholarship.

In order to receive a Training Certificate, you must:

  • Submit your payment by January 4, 2027
  • Be present for the entire training session.
  • Submit via the registration Link by January 4, 2027
  • Questions? Email: scholarship@familychildcare.org
  • Complete and submit an evaluation after the training.

OR option to mail payment to:
FFCCHA
9207 Edgemont Lane
Boca Raton, FL 33434

For questions, email: training@familychildcare.org or scholarship@familychildcare.org or call 954-581-1192 and leave a message