California law (AB243) requires that at least one staff member at each childcare center and family home day care have 15 hours of certified health and safety training. The law also requires that one staff member be certified in pediatric CPR (adult, child and infant) and first aid be available at all times when children are present. The American Red Cross program is recognized by the State as the standard for this training. For course descriptions, times, dates and costs click here.

There is no job more important than ours, no job anywhere else in the land. We are the keepers of the future; we hold the smallest hands.

Into our care we are trusted to nurture and care for the young, and for all of our everyday heroics, our talents and skills go unsung.

We wipe tears from the eyes of the injured. We rock babies brand new in our arms. We encourage the shy and unsure child. We make sure they are safe from all harm.

We foster the bonds of friendships, letting no child go away mad. We respect and we honor their emotions. We give hugs to each child when they're sad.

We have more impact than does a professor, a child's mind is molded by four, so whatever we lay on the table is whatever that child will explore.

Give each child the tools for adventure, let them be artists and writers and more; let them fly in the wind and dance on the stars and build castles of sand on the shore.

It is true that we don't make much money and we don't get a whole lot of praise, but when one small child says,
"I Love You,"
we're reminded of how this job pays.