New Shelter Care Specialist Certification Program! – Weekly Community Conversations 9/16/24 @MaddiesFundEducation
New Shelter Care Specialist Certification Program! – Weekly Community Conversations 9/16/24  @MaddiesFundEducation
Uploaded September 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Are You a Shelter Team Member on the Frontlines or a Shelter Leader looking for support to level-up your staff training?

Learn all about the new “Shelter Care Specialist” certification program offered by the Koret Shelter Medicine Program at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. As part of the Maddie’s® Million Pet Challenge Shelter Learniverse online learning program has designed this certification program to help provide training, elevate skills, and provide professional development for dedicated shelter team members.

What We’ll Talk About:
A game-changing professional development program for shelter team members. Elevate your (or your team’s) professional skills and credentials, positioning yourself for a fulfilling career in animal welfare. This program will provide you with a robust foundation in critical areas of best practices in animal care and shelter operations, leading to certification as a Shelter Care Specialist.

Our Guest Speaker:
Cindi Delany, DVM, KPA-CTP, FFCP, Maddie’s® Million Pet Challenge Director of Online Learning, Koret Shelter Medicine Program, School of Veterinary Medicine at University of California, Davis

Chapters:
00:00 Welcome
00:22 Question of the Day
04:15 National updates
06:09 Presentation

To access the full agenda and resources from this call or to ask questions of our speakers, visit https://maddies.fund/communityconversations91624

About Community Conversations, hosted by Maddie’s Fund:
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in early 2020, animal sheltering transformed overnight. Foster-based sheltering, home-based employees and volunteers, along with collaboration galvanized our communities. The pandemic, along with social injustice, has motivated our industry to look at how we partner with our communities and confront our own biases. Shelter and rescue staff across the country began talking on a weekly basis, offering support and innovative ideas to do things differently. To learn more about these calls, visit forum.maddiesfund.org/communityconversations.
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