This guide is designed to assist Tribes in ensuring that Tribal child care centers (also known as Tribally Operated Centers) and center-based providers have safe and healthy learning environments utilizing the flexibility that Tribes have in a way that is most effective for their community. Monitoring staff, inspectors and partners can use this guide to enhance their understanding of effective communication skills, how to conduct a monitoring visit, and tips on handling common situations in the monitoring process. This training guide will help prepare monitoring staff and inspectors to:

Better understand the anxiety that a provider may feel when the monitoring staff or inspector is coming in to inspect the center and how to make the provider feel comfortable. Be prepared to conduct these inspections and use them as an opportunity to support your providers. Monitor child care centers. (author abstract)