VIRTUAL AND ON-SITE CONSULTATION
Virtual and On-site consultation is FREE and available in all regions of Maine!
Virtual and On-site consultation involves individualized, virtual and/or on-site support to programs using a partnership approach. Trained consultants offer a fresh perspective and provide opportunities to share ideas, learn more about a topic, and practice new strategies.
Working together, the consultant and the practitioner:
Meet and discuss the focus of consultation
Jointly develop a plan with agreed-upon goals and activities
Identify who will do what, and by when
Implement the plan
Meet to discuss how the activities worked and next steps
Programs can request consultation on a variety of issues or topics, such as:
Healthy and Safe Environments
Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Infant, Toddler, Preschool, and Out-of-School Time Settings
Utilizing observation and assessment
Rising Stars / Program Quality Improvement
Implementing a Curriculum
Program Leadership, Business Management, Professionalism
Program Philosophy and Curriculum including Nature-Base and, Emergent-Play Based
Getting Started – opening a new program
Request Virtual or On-site Consultation today!
Program Directors, Administrators or Family Child Care Owners may request consultation.
Our TA Manager will contact you within three business days.
Our office hours are Monday – Friday from 8:00am to 5:00pm
(with the exception of state and federal holidays and University-wide snow days).