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| Workshop |  | Test |
| Department |  | ESU 10 Early Learning Connection |
| Default Contact |  | Alexandra Dillon |
| Language | | English |
| Default Location | | Adobe Connect |
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| Description | | Module 1 Business
of Child Care
This module will explore policies, procedures, and
practices that promote quality in child care centers. Participants will be
expected to share their own policies and procedures at the end of this training
series.
• Identify requirements of operating a center-based child
care business
• Create budget strategies
• Demonstrate the importance of professionalism
• Predict record-keeping needs
Module 2 Child
Development and Learning
This module provides an overview of child growth and
development, and how early childhood professionals can support all children's
growth and learning within their program.
• Understand how children develop
• Develop strategies which include all children in programs
• Develop ways to support children's development
• Understand how the environment can support children's
growth and development
Module 3 Policies
and Procedures
This module focuses on the importance of having policies
and procedures in an early childhood program.
Develop policies and procedures for the program
• Draft parent agreements
• Outline health policies
• Determine ways to share your policies and procedures
• Develop a personal philosophy about child care
Module 4
Supporting Children Center Wide
This module focuses on what early childhood professionals
can do to provide guidance and support young children's social/emotional
development in the child care setting.
• Explore the advantages of center-wide strategies
• Develop a center-wide discipline policy and
accompanying procedures
• Examine the connections between center-wide curriculum
and guidance strategies
• Discuss strategies for a child who needs extra support
Module 5 Effective
Workforce
This module explores the various aspects of developing a
good and stable workforce for the early childhood program.
• Examine ways to create an effective workforce through
personnel policies, job descriptions, and evaluation and hiring practices
• Identify components of developing and sustaining staff
• Describe supervisory models
• Determine staffing patterns
Module 6 Inside
the Building
This module focuses on the child care space, looking at
making the most of the space that you have, and creating a developmentally
appropriate learning environment for all of the children in the program.
• Explore ways to make optimal use of space
• Discuss what to do when space isn't perfect
• Define developmentally appropriate material selections
Module 7
Relationships in Child Care
This module focuses on the relationship skills necessary
to be a successful child care provider. Such skills include: assertiveness,
communication, setting and respecting boundaries, and conflict management.
• Explore the importance of relationships
• Develop strategies for building partnerships
• Examine our own professional goals
• Determine ways to manage our own needs
Module 8
Transitions
This module focuses on the many transitions that occur in
childcare for both staff and children. Participants will also share their
policies and procedures handbook and supporting documents that they have
developed throughout the course.
• Explore the transitions that child care managers
experience
• Share handbooks and documents
• Celebrate completing all of the modules |
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| Audience | | Audience: Child Care Center Directors |
