From April 2023 through April 2024, the Education, Training, Professional Development, and Outreach (ETPDO) Section within the Bureau of Child Care Services proudly facilitated Pre-Service Orientation trainings to 942 child care providers.

Please see the Memorandum attached for more information

The Bureau of Child Care Services (BCCS), with the essential assistance and feedback of the licensed child care providers on Guam, has reached a checkpoint in developing a quality improvement system (QIS). Session 5 covers a brief presentation on the subject of "Cultural Humility" that emphasizes culture in the design of Guam's QIS and how incorporating recognition and acceptance of other cultures is important in high-quality child care settings. The session also featured an activity where the child care providers discussed and gathered evidence for each of the six (6) areas of quality and their indicators. The discussions and feedback gathered are important in formulating the next steps towards completing Guam's QIS.

For more information, please see report: Provider Workgroup Session 5 Report

The Bureau of Child Care Services continues to coordinate small group sessions with licensed childcare providers to develop a quality improvement system (QIS) and have the system implemented in Guam. Session 4 is focused on an in-depth review of the QIS survey results, recommendations, and discussions in collaboration with the lead facilitator from the Child Care State Capacity Building Center.

For more information, please see report: Provider Workgroup Session 4 Report

The Bureau of Child Care Services continues collaborative discussions with a small group of licensed childcare providers in pursuit of developing a quality improvement system to be implemented in Guam. Session 3 is focused on developing a vision statement and crafting definitions of quality, which will be validated by a survey to be disseminated to all licensed childcare providers.

For more information, please see report: Provider Workgroup Session 3 Report

The Bureau of Child Care Services holds a second round of provider workgroup sessions with a small group of licensed child care providers to discuss ways to improve the quality of child care services in Guam. 

For more Information: Provider Workgroup Session 2 Report