The Rio Salado College Early Childhood Professional Development Program was selected to participate as the site to launch Arizona’s Mind in the Making and joins seven other state Mind in the Making: The Science of Early Learning sites that were launched between 2004 and 2006 in New Mexico, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Florida, Oklahoma, Rhode Island and Pennsylvania.

Through the commitment of Rio Salado College, the first Arizona Mind in the Making "train the trainer" institute was completed on March 6, 2008.  Thirty professional development educators who find value in offering Mind in the Making to community partners they serve completed the training and will begin to offer this training throughout Maricopa County in late spring 2008.