Formación de formadores de negocios

The TTT will prepare you to teach the Family Child Care Business Series to family child care educators in your community. All Our Kin mentor trainers will present sections of the Business Series to model the activities and teach the content. They will pause and reflect often, pulling back the curtain to share all the tips and best practices that they know. The TTT is designed to be engaging and fun, and is flexible to meet the needs of all participants. Participants should be prepared to use a computer, rather than a phone or tablet.

The TTT is best suited for groups of 2 or more  trainers or coaches at organizations that have direct contact with family child care educators. This may include staffed family child care networks, provider associations, Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies, nonprofit organizations, or child care unions. Participants should have a passion for supporting family child care educators, a commitment to equity for all caregivers, and dedicated work time and resources to implement the Business Series after the TTT.  You do not need to have extensive business knowledge, though you should be comfortable with basic math. Participants should also be familiar with technology, such as Zoom and Google Suite. 

We are especially seeking bilingual applicants who can offer the Business Series in Spanish or Mandarin in their home communities.

Delivering each Business Series will require a budget of $75 per family child care educator for materials, and sufficient staff time for 1-2 trainers per class for at least twelve weeks. We encourage you to budget for technology needs, such as access to pro-level Zoom for trainers, and loaner laptops or hotspots if needed for participating educators. Because delivering the Business Series requires logistical coordination such as registration, ordering and shipping materials, etc, administrative support may be an additional benefit.

The cost per participant covers:

• 5 days of virtual training 
• A hard copy of the training manual and other resources
• Certification to lead the AOK Business Series and access to the curriculum
• Implementation support from All Our Kin
• Access to a professional learning network of certified trainers around the country

We recommend teams from a state or organization apply to the TTT.  

Note that delivering the Business Series requires additional funding, primarily for staff time and student materials (See: What resources are required to implement the Virtual Business Series?).

We ask that you commit to participating in the TTT in its entirety and  delivering a pilot Business Series in your community within 12 months of the TTT. During this period, we ask that you share feedback and evaluative data with All Our Kin. You are welcome to repeat the Series in your community as many times as you'd like on your own schedule after the pilot.

If accepted, we will ask you to sign a Memorandum of Understanding. In short, the MOU stipulates that:

• The Business Series must be offered free of charge to family or group child care educators, not center directors or other business owners
• The Business Series must be offered as a series, not single topics 
• Individuals teaching the Business Series must be trained by All Our Kin directly
• All Our Kin copyright notices must remain on all written materials