Serves Statewide.
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The Tennessee Infant & Toddler Quality team consists of 15 Infant & Toddler Quality Coaches. Each Infant and Toddler Quality Coach is extensively trained in caring for infants and toddlers in a group setting through the WestEd Program for Infant and Toddler Care (PITC).
Our mission is to provide high-quality training and technical assistance to child care educators caring for children birth – 3 years and to provide families with information and resources about finding quality child care services.
Infant Toddler Specialization
The TN CCR&R Infant Toddler Specialization is designed to provide a training and coaching experience that will enhance and improve the quality of infant-toddler child care in the state of Tennessee. This exciting new opportunity will improve the practices of early child care educators in the infant and/or toddler classroom. Those who complete the training may be eligible for incentives, both for themselves and the agency they work for.
The specialization will have monthly trainings followed by one-on-one or group coaching opportunities, as well as certificates from 7 different trainings as well as a graduation certificate.
Infant-Toddler Needs Assessment
The TN CCR&R Infant Toddler Needs Assessment linked below is an independent qualitative study, performed by the Ochs Center, whose findings outline the needs of Infant and Toddler educators across TN. This study was contracted by the Tennessee Child Care Resource & Referral and Signal Centers.
OUR TEAM
Infant & Toddler Quality Coach
Brittney Fitzgerald
Serves Shelby County.
Infant & Toddler Quality Coach
Emily Watts
Serves Upper Cumberland Counties: Cannon, Clay, Cumberland, DeKalb, Fentress, Jackson, Macon, Morgan, Overton, Pickett, White, & Wilson Counties.
Infant & Toddler Quality Coach
Emily Malec
Serves West Counties: Chester, Decatur, Fayette, Hardeman, Hardin, Haywoood, Henderson, Lauderdale, Madison, McNairy, & Tipton Counties.
Infant & Toddler Quality Coach
Erin Cox
Serves Sumner County and Central Counties.
Infant & Toddler Quality Coach
Melissa Hobbs
Serves East Counties: Anderson, Blount, Campbell, Claiborne, Cocke, Grainger, Hamblen, Jefferson, Knox, Loudon, Monroe, Sevier, & Union Counties.
Infant & Toddler Quality Coach
Melody Chambers
Serves Southeast Counties: Bledsoe, Grundy, Hamilton, Marion, & Sequatchie Counties.
Infant & Toddler Quality Coach
Nadia Harris
Serves Mid Cumberland Counties: Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Robertson, Rutherford, Stewart, Sumner, & Williamson Counties.
Infant & Toddler Quality Coach
Nikki Owens
Serves Southeast Counties: Hamilton, Bradley, Meigs, McMinn, & Polk counties.
Infant & Toddler Quality Coach
Rabeka Monaghan–Forrest
Serves Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Robertson, Rutherford, Stewart, Sumner, and Williamson Counties.
Infant & Toddler Quality Coach
Summer Freeman
Serves South Central Counties: Bedford, Coffee, Franklin, Giles, Hickman, Lawrence, Lewis, Lincoln, Marshall, Maury, Moore, Perry, & Wayne Counties.
Infant & Toddler Quality Coach
Tamara Oliver
Serves Shelby County.
Infant & Toddler Quality Coach
Tiara Conway
Serves Upper East counties.
Infant & Toddler Quality Coach
Tonya Ray
Serves East Counties: Anderson, Blount, Campbell, Claiborne, Cocke, Grainger, Hamblen, Jefferson, Knox, Loudon, Monroe, Sevier, & Union Counties.
Infant & Toddler Quality Coach
Victoria Harris
Serves Shelby county.
Infant &Toddler Quality Coach
Zoe Matthews
Serves Mid Cumberland Counties: Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Robertson, Rutherford, Stewart, Sumner, & Williamson Counties.