August 6, 2008
For Immediate Release

RCCC Offers Seminar
For Child Daycare Directors

          SALISBURY, N.C. — Rowan-Cabarrus Community College is registering participants for a seminar approved by the N.C. Division of Child Development for directors of child development centers and daycare centers.

           RCCC will offer the seminar, "Tools to Becoming an Effective Leader," Aug. 15 from 9 a.m. to noon, North Campus building 600, room 637. The registration fee is $40.

           Participants will earn three hours of state-approved in-service training credit. To register, call RCCC's Continuing Education Department at 704-216-3512.

           Those attending the seminar will:

		Role play best practices in various management situations;
		Compare the differences between a leader and a manager;
		Receive research-based information on the most effective management styles for the child care settings;
		Be inspired to encourage their teachers and maximize their own potential; and
		Conduct personal evaluations to learn their strengths and weaknesses.

          Africa McComb from the AM Professional Development Firm will serve as the seminar leader. RCCC's North Campus is located at I-85 and Jake Alexander Blvd., in Salisbury.    

           Rowan-Cabarrus Community College is a comprehensive, community-based institution of higher learning, serving the citizens of Rowan and Cabarrus Counties. RCCC offers approximately 40 programs of study in business, health and human services and engineering technologies at multiple campus locations. RCCC annually provides more than 2,000 course offerings, serving an enrollment of approximately 20,000 adult students. RCCC programs include an associate degree in arts and sciences, an associate degree in applied science, and diploma and certificate programs focusing on workforce training, continuing education and basic skills education.

           In addition, RCCC provides the education and job-training programs needed to meet many of the workforce demands of the North Carolina Research Campus, under construction in Kannapolis, N.C.

           For complete details, see the RCCC website at www.rowancabarrus.edu.