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NTI
Trainers
What is an NTI
Child Care Health Consultant Trainer?
NTI CCHC Trainers are qualified professionals prepared by the National Training
Institute (NTI) to train individuals to become Child Care Health Consultants (CCHC).
They are part of a nationwide system of CCHC trainers. Texas NTI CCHC
Trainers are helping Healthy Child Care Texas establish an infrastructure of
CCHCs who will work directly with early care and education programs, promoting
optimal health, safety, nutrition, and development of children. In
addition to training individuals to become CCHCs, NTI trainers are also
qualified to function as CCHCs, and many do both.
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What is the National
Training Institute?
The National Training Institute (NTI) is a cooperative undertaking of the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's School of Public Health's
Department of Maternal and Child Health and the university's Frank Porter Graham
Child Development Institute (FPG). NTI is funded by the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration,
Maternal and Child Health Bureau.
The goal of NTI is to support the health and safety of young children in early
care and education settings through the development of a national child care
health consultant training program. The train-the-trainer program prepares
child health and child care professionals to train child care health consultants
(CCHCs) in their state, territory, or community.
To find out more, see the
NTI Website.
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Why be a NTI CCHC Trainer?
As an NTI CCHC trainer, you have the opportunity to impact the quality of
out-of-home child care by training qualified individuals to directly assist
early care and education programs in the provision of stimulating programs that
are healthy and safe. You will hone your skills as a trainer, learn how
consultation differs from training, and increase your knowledge of child health
and safety issues. You will be able to advocate for quality early care and
education programs in your community. As part of a national initiative, you will
also be able to network with other NTI trainers throughout the U.S.
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How Do You Become an NTI CCHC
Trainer?
The first step is to contact Healthy
Child Care Texas and ask for an application. The National Training Institute requires that individuals
be approved by their state’s healthy child care program before applying to
attend their training. NTI will expect you to understand your role in
helping to build a statewide infrastructure of child care health consultants in
Texas.
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What are the
qualifications to be a NTI Trainer?
Texas Requirements
Education
At a minimum, an applicant should have a Bachelor's Degree in medicine, child
development, early childhood education, nursing (RN), or related health field.
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
Applicants should have knowledge, skills, and/or experience in
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child health, mental health, child care, and child development
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preferably training and child care experience at state and regional levels
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training adults, providing consultation, communicating orally and in writing,
evaluating program effectiveness, working independently, and working with
diverse populations
• utilizing community resources
Preferred applicants will have a connection to a public or private system that
will support CCHC training on a regional or state level over the long term.
If you are not already registered as a trainer with the
Texas Early Care and
Education Career Development System (TECECDS), you will be encouraged
to register.
National Training Institute Requirements
NTI looks for individuals who
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are active child health, child care, and/or earliy childhood education
professionals;
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have recent experience in or with out-of-home child care;
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are part of a system, either public or private, with the potential for
supporting a CCHC training program on a regional, state or local level; and
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have experience with face-to-face training of child health, child care, or
early childhood education professionals.
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What are my responsibilities as a Texas NTI CCHC Trainer?
Texas NTI CCHC trainers are part of a statewide infrastructure of Healthy Child
Care Texas trainers. All Texas NTI CCHC trainers are required to use the
training modules and materials developed by HCCT and NTI. This requirement is to
ensure consistency across the state. (It is recognized that after training some CCHCs may decide to specialize in specific areas; but, during the training, they
will all receive the same information.)
After completing the National Training Institute’s Child Care Health Consultant
train-the-trainer program, a Texas CCHC NTI trainer will, at a minimum, commit
to
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training CCHC’s for a specified period of time and conducting a specified
number of child care health consultant trainings. (Training sessions cover a
four-day period and can accommodate up to 20 eligible participants per session.)
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arranging training sessions based on local needs which includes determining
training dates as well as obtaining space and any needed audio-visual equipment
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making adjustments to the HCCT training curriculum’s agenda/ outline as
needed to reflect local needs, inviting speakers, preparing handouts, etc.
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helping develop marketing strategies and recruiting eligible participants
on the local level
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assisting in the continued development of the CCHC training program including
revisions and/or updates to the curriculum and training process
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serving as a CCHC
and providing consultation to and/or training for early care
and education providers (includes onsite visits and/or training, workshops
conducted at conferences, etc.)
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completing on-line activity reports of all training, site visits, and community
outreach activities
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participating in bi-monthly conference calls with the HCCT Coordinator and
other NTI trainers
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assisting in developing packets of resource information about Healthy Child
Care Texas and presenting HCCT overviews at regional and statewide early care
and education or related conferences
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attending HCCT Task Force meetings (if funding is available for travel)
Keep in mind that if you are accepted for this program, you will become part of
a statewide team of certified consultants who are committed to improving the
health and safety of Texas children.
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Who Pays for the NTI Training?
Until January of 2005, the HCCT program had grant funding
from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Maternal and Child Health
Bureau for the
development of a statewide infrastructure of CCHCs. Funds were allocated to send
qualified applicants to the National Training Institute. Currently, funds are actively being sought for funding NTI training but none are available at the present time. HCCT Coordinator is available to work with sponsoring agencies on developing a budget to provide trainings in their communities in such a way as to offset expenses. Until such time
as the HCCT program obtains funding, individual participants
and/or their sponsoring agency will be responsible for paying all training costs.
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What NTI
Training is Currently Available?
The next available training will occur in the Fall of 2008.
Again, see
NTI website for details.
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Will I be paid as a NTI CCHC Trainer?
NTI trainers will be compensated if funds are available. In the past, trainers agreed to provide a set number of trainings in
exchange for HCCT paying all costs associated with the NTI training. HCCT sought
qualified individuals who would conduct the training as part of their jobs
(obtaining your supervisor’s approval is part of the application process). HCCT
will continue to seek organizations committed to the Healthy Child Care concept
and that desire to have their staff become NTI Trainers and to conduct training
as part of their job duties.
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Who Pays for the Costs of Providing CCHC Training?
Individuals attending the CCHC training pay a set fee to cover the cost of the
training. NTI trainers are responsible for collecting those fees.
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