Early Learning Programs

Forming connections to support the well-being of Oregon’s communities

Welcome Early Learning Programs!

We are happy to have you and hope that you will use this program to care for yourself personally and professionally.

If you have a child care program licensed by the Department of Early Learning and Care, you likely qualify to use this program.

Program Eligibility

  • Be a licensed child care program
    • Registered Family Child Care
    • Certified Family Child Care
    • Certified Center
    • School-Age Center

Enrolled Programs

  • Receive up to 50 hours of subsidized substitute time per calendar year
  • Enrolled programs receive support from trained substitutes

Frequently Asked Questions

from Early Learning Programs

How do I enroll my child care program in CCSO?

Please fill out our enrollment form.

What are the requirements for substitutes?

To be qualified as an eligible substitute, the following must apply:

  1. Minimum of 18 years of age
  2. Must pass a federal background check done by the Central Background Registry (CBR) and WOU Background Check
  3. Complete all required safety set trainings (this can be done after hire), including:
    1. Recognizing and Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect
    2. Safe Sleep for Infants
    3. Introduction to Child Health and Safety
    4. Prevention is Better than Treatment
    5. Foundations for Learning
  4. CPR/First Aid training
  5. Food Handler’s Card
  6. Completion of required onboarding the CCSO professional development and Substitute Orientation

All training that occurs upon hire is eligible for hourly rate payment. Additional requirements apply for substitutes that are working at the Lead Teacher level. Please see the differences between Lead and Support Substitutes for more information.

What is the pay rate for substitutes?

The base pay rate will be $20-$22 depending on the substitute’s qualifications.

If a substitute works:

  1. In a program that has infants and/or toddlers
  2. Has to use a language other than English
  3. A shift in the evening or on the weeken
  4. work in geographic locations that CCSO has identified as rural or a child care desert

Substitutes will receive a 5% differential, these differentials are stackable and offered to any substitute working in these types of programs.

What is the difference between a Support Substitute and a Lead Substitute?

Lead Substitutes meet the qualifications of a Teacher within Certified Center programs.

Support Substitutes meet the qualifications of an Aide or Assistant within Certified Center programs.

What types of professional development opportunities does CCSO offer?

CCSO provides all required ongoing professional development opportunities for substitutes visiting your program. We require all substitutes complete 15 hours of professional development each year.

Do you know a potential substitute?

Have them apply! Did you know that many of the programs and providers that use our substitutes are using substitutes that they already know?

 If you have a spouse, a neighbor, a family member of a child in your program, or anyone else that meets the requirements, send them our way to get started.

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