Outreach and Professional Development

Professional Development

OCCFR provides professional development for the campus staff and community.  Campus child care teachers please visit the Campus Child Care Teacher page on our Web site for more information.  If you have any questions regarding professional development, please contact Lynn Edlefson.

Outreach

Campus child care center directors provide consultation and training to the community.  To request services, please contact the site directors below:

Name of Center	Director
Bernie's Place	Amy Welk
Eagle's Wing	Debb Schaubs
Little Chicks Learning Academy & Chicken Soup	Krista Dignan
University Preschool Lab-Linden*	Jill Riley
University Preschool Lab-Mineral Point	Paula Evenson
University Houses Preschool	Karen Beck
Waisman Early Childhood Programs	Joan Ershler

*Temporarily at #39 University Houses (through fall 2012)

Odyssey

The University of Wisconsin-Madison Odyssey Project provides members of our community facing economic barriers with a chance to start college, many of whom are parents of young children. Those who enroll in this introductory humanities course have access to evening child care through the Office of Child Care & Family Resources.

Evening care for Odyssey students is provided by contract with Dane County Parent Council at the South Park Street location. For information about Odyssey, contact Professor Emily Auerbach at eauerbach@dcs.wisc.edu. For child care information, please contact Jen Dittrich-Templin, Child Care Tuition Assistance Program, jdittrich@provost.wisc.edu.

Family Child Care Training

OCCFR provides family child care training through contact with Satellite Family Child Care for the purpose of enhancing the quality and availability of family child care. Satellite Family Child Care is the accrediting agency for family child care providers. Satellite is a resource for support and information for family child care providers and the children and the families they work with.

Please contact Erica Avery of Satellite Family Child Care at (608) 270-3441 for more information and how to enroll.