Join us for Episode 8 of OCDEL’s Certification Services Podcast as Ruby Martin and Chris Loos discuss the most recent announcement regarding transferring care between Child Care facilities and schools.Read More

Special guest Phil Sirinides from Penn State and the Office of Child Development and Early Learning’s own Bureau of Policy and Professional Development Director, Luisa Oliva-Wolf, discuss the importance of the Market Rate Survey and how the data benefits child care providers across the Commonwealth.Read More

For this episode, we will explore a variety of prevention strategies for behaviors we know are occurring in programs and potentially could cause health and safety concerns. Our special guest, Staci Kenney, Division Chief of Bureau of Early Intervention and Family Supports, joins to provide insight on when and how to request early intervention.Read More

There is sometimes confusion around what is general health and safety and certification requirements and what are the standards and processes for quality initiatives, both local and national. Join us, with special guest, Luisa Olivo Wolf, Bureau Director of Early Childhood Policy and Professional Development in OCDEL, as we explore these complexities to clarify for...Read More

This episode explores the Building Comprehensive Networks for Home-Based Providers through Home Grown grant opportunity. Special guest, Janine Pagano from the Pennsylvania Key has joined us to discuss the specifics of this opportunity for our much valued, Family Child Care community.Read More

In this episode we discuss and clarify announcement C-25-01 pertaining to CPSL requirements for provisional hiring in all child car program types and answer some frequently asked questions from the field.Read More

During this episode, we will be diving deep into the content of the new Health and Safety training to understand the why, and what, with our first ever Special Guest, Better Kid Care’s, Rebecca Escott.Read More

Join Ruby Martin, Director of Bureau of Certification Services and BCS Division Chief, Chris Loos as they discuss their “WHY” for being part of certification and what goes into a Federal Monitoring Visit.Read More