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
- The scope of the job of director of an early childhood program
- The need for and process of developing personnel policies
- How the interviewing and hiring of staff members impacts the success of an
early childhood program
- Effective techniques for interviewing prospective staff members
- Ways to communicate effectively with staff members
- Techniques for motivating staff
- How to conduct effective staff meetings
- Effective staff evaluation techniques
- Techniques for building an effective team attitude among staff members
- Effective techniques for solving problems and managing change
- Components of financial planning
- The director's role in financial management in the typical early childhood
- Differences in the perspectives of the board of directors, the director, and
the staff
- Ways to ensure that the board of directors, the director, and the staff work
together effectively
- 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