Child Care Administration

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20 Clock Hours / 2.0 CEUs for CDA renewal 

Coursebook for one student — $48.00 

Textbook fee — $12.00 ‡ 

Explore the many facets of the job of early childhood facility administrator including personnel management, problem solving, and financial planning/management. Learn effective ways to work with the board of directors.

This course uses the textbook The Human Side of Child Care Administration: A How-To Manual, and you must have a copy to do the course. It is available from us for $12.00. More than one student may share the textbook, but every student must have their own copy of the course book.

20 clock hours in early childhood facility administration

  1. The scope of the job of director of an early childhood program
  2. The need for and process of developing personnel policies
  3. How the interviewing and hiring of staff members impacts the success of an early childhood program
  4. Effective techniques for interviewing prospective staff members
  5. Ways to communicate effectively with staff members
  6. Techniques for motivating staff
  7. How  to conduct effective staff meetings
  8. Effective staff evaluation techniques
  9. Techniques for building an effective team attitude among staff members
  10. Effective techniques for solving problems and managing change
  11. Components of financial planning
  12. The director's role in financial management in the typical early childhood
  13. Differences in the perspectives of the board of directors, the director, and the staff
  14. Ways to ensure that the board of directors, the director, and the staff work together effectively
  15. The NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct for early childhood professionals

Comments on Child Care Administration:

"I enjoyed this whole course.  The book was very informative.  Thank you." - Johnston, Rhode Island

"I am so happy with these courses. They are very informative. I have been a licensed daycare provider for five years. I am currently going to my local college for my associates in early childhood development. The course I have taken from you are Child Care Administration and the Art of Child Care. They have a lot of information in them. I will soon open my own center and be the Director.  Your courses are wonderful. Thank you." -  Johnston, Rhode Island

 

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