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Monday, July 24, 2017

About Toolbox Training

Since its formation in January 1998, Toolbox Training has strongly advocated that proper training of afterschool workers and child care providers must incorporate a wide spectrum of methods including workshops, resources, and consulting.


About Dave Whitaker, the Founder:
  • Entered the child care/afterschool field in 1987
  • Has been a trainer, consultant, author, program coordinator, and lead teacher
  • Has worked with preschoolers, kindergartners, school-agers, and middle schoolers
  • Has worked in school, church, center, and recreation-based facilities
  • Master in Education (Lesley University, Cambridge, MA) with a focus on Creative Arts in Learning and a Bachelor of Arts in Speech Communication
  • Served on the Missouri School-Age Community Coalition and Missouri Accreditation state boards
  • Past faculty for Concordia University (St. Paul, MN) in the School Age Department

Workshops:
  • Delivered hundreds of workshops at the national, state, and local levels
  • Dozens of topics including behavior management, parent communication, and lesson planning
  • Oversaw more than a dozen trainers in developing and delivering more than 200 workshops as the Caring Communities Trainer for the Local Investment Commission
  • Certified Youth Works Methods trainer for the David P. Weikart Center for Youth Program Quality

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Resources:

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Consulting: