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UMaine Alert

Posted: April 19, 2024 - 1:32 PM

At approximately 9:24 a.m. on Friday, April 19, a University of Maine graduate student was struck by a university vehicle on Long Road at the University of Maine campus in Orono. The student reports that they are at a local hospital with minor injuries.

Emergency services, including the Orono Fire Department, University Volunteer Ambulance Corps, University of Maine Police Department, Orono Police Department and Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene.

The university vehicle involved in the incident was a Chevrolet Express van. It was being operated by a university employee.

Counseling services and support are available for students, faculty or staff who may have been affected. The Counseling Center can be reached at 207-581-1392 and the Dean of Students Office can be reached at 207-581-1406.

The scene has been cleared and Long Road is now accessible. An investigation is being conducted by the University of Maine Police Department with assistance from the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office Crash Reconstruction Unit. Any witnesses to the incident are encouraged to contact Lt. Noel Santiago at noel.santiago@maine.edu.

Caring for Young Children — Business Matters – Virtual Toolkit

Professional Development Activity

Begin by reading the Growing Ideas: Caring for Young Children Tipsheet (PDF) and completing the Growing Ideas Into Action Handout (PDF) – A resource to use as you read and use the tipsheets.

Training Materials to use right away:

Four Key Tips on Contracts and Policies (PDF) – from Tom Copeland, www.tomcopelandblog.com
Coming To Terms: How to Effectively Use Contracts & Policies (PDF) – from Tom Copeland, www.tomcopelandblog.com

Try, Review, Reflect and Plan:

The Four Key Tips on Contracts and Policies (PDF) explains some basic rules that can help providers communicate clearly with parents and reduce potential conflicts. The Coming To Terms: How to Effectively Use Contracts & Policies (PDF) provides information to help set some rules/policies for your business.

Download and review Four Key Tips on Contracts and Policies (PDF).
Download and review Coming To Terms: How to Effectively Use Contracts & Policies (PDF) .
Select and try out the strategies in these resources in your program.
Use the Caring for Young Children — Business Matters Self-Reflection Guide and Documentation Sheet (PDF) to:
- Review, reflect and plan your work with children.
- Document your training hours.

Highly Recommended Resource:

Family Child Care Recordkeeping Guide book cover

Copeland, T. (2010). Family Child Care Record-Keeping Guide (8th ed.). St. Paul, MN: Redleaf Press

From Publisher’s website:

This new edition of the bestselling guide has even more valuable information for keeping your business records and saving money on taxes. Revised and updated, the Family Child Care Record-Keeping Guide covers everything you need to keep accurate business records-from tracking income and expenses to working with a tax professional

Children’s Book Selection:

Wells, R. (2016). Max’s Bunny Business. New York, NY: Viking Juvenile

Book Description:

“Bunny business? Funny business!

Max’s sister, Ruby, and her best friend, Louise, are in business. They have big plans for the profits from their lemonade stand, and they definitely don’t want Max to help or share. But trust Max to have plans of his own. He just might show Ruby that he has a better way to run a bunny business.”

Interested in additional information on this topic? Visit our Caring for Young Children – Business Matters Selected Resources page.

Have a professional development plan? As you read the Growing Ideas Tipsheets, and use the Virtual Toolkit training materials be sure to place your handouts/documentation of this work in your personal professional development portfolio.

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Updated: 09/18/2017