Hiring and Supervising Qualified Staff in Child Care
Course Description
This course is designed for administrators, directors, and anyone responsible for hiring and supervising staff in an early childhood program.
In this course you will learn how to conduct effective interviews and identify qualified candidates. This course covers employee benefits, appropriate personnel policies, types of supervision, corrective feedback, performance evaluation standards, and staff retention strategies.
See the learning outcomes and course topics below for more information on what is covered.
Course formats
This course is offered in both our coursebook (with required online component/testing) and our fully online format. The online format of this course includes audio narration in most course sections. Click here to learn more about Care Courses' training formats.
Listen to this page read aloud in a format similar to the online course
Acceptance information
This course is accepted for child care professional development training requirements in most states and for the CDA credential and for CDA renewal training requirements.
NAC training
The NECPA Commission, Inc. has approved this educational program as meeting the criteria for continuing education for the National Administrator Credential. Click here for more approved NAC training.
CACFP: CCNP Certification & CMP Certification
This course covers 4 hours in CACFP “Specialty 6. Management” towards obtaining and renewing the CACFP Child Nutrition Professional (CCNP) certification and CACFP Management Professional (CMP) certification.
Learning outcomes
After completing Hiring and Supervising Qualified Staff in Child Care you will be able to recognize characteristics of qualified staff; identify how to effectively interview and hire; describe personnel policies and employee benefits; and discuss supervision, performance evaluation, and staff retention strategies.
Topics covered
- Characteristics of qualified staff
- Requirements and responsibilities of different roles
- Appropriate questions to ask during interviews
- Working interviews
- Staff scheduling
- New employee orientation
- Personnel policies
- Mandatory and discretionary benefits
- Types of supervision
- Reflective supervision
- Types of feedback
- Performance evaluations
Prerequisites
Must be able to fluently read and write English.
Instructional methodology
Read written material, view videos, and listen to audio segments.
Assessment methods
Multiple choice quiz and written assignments.
What our students say about Hiring and Supervising Qualified Staff in Child Care
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