Animal welfare organizations, are you looking to acquire some new skills and knowledge this spring? We have three spectacular and varied online apprenticeships to help with that! Whether cats are your fancy, turbocharging your foster program or shelter clinic management is your thing, we think just about anyone can benefit from these online apprenticeships. Each apprenticeship is four weeks long and is made up of a combination of self-paced learning and four 90-minute weekly Zoom meetings with your instructor. 

The application period opens on Monday, March 8 and closes on Friday, March 12. Seats are limited, so don’t delay! 

Feline Lifesaving
Learn how to create and manager essential cat programs, lead staff and volunteers to accomplish goals and be as effective as possible with limited resources. With the engaging Monica Frenden, Maddie’s^® Director of Feline Lifesaving at American Pets Alive! at your side, your live outcomes are surely to increase. 

A New Model for Shelter Care: Replace Kennels with Foster Homes
Does placing 50% or more of your shelter pets into foster homes seem like a dream? Make “high volume” foster care a reality with Kelly Duer, Foster Care Specialist at Maddie’s Fund^® at the helm. 

Shelter Clinic Management 
Do you want to learn how to balance quality care with caring for a large volume of animals? Do you want to ensure each animal in your care receives the medical care and kindness they deserve? Join Jordana Moerbe, Maddie’s Medical Program Advisor at American Pets Alive!, for this essential course. 

Learn more about each class over on Maddie’s^® University.