Language: English
Short Description: This interactive course is designed for those who are looking for child daycare management courses online. By completing this course, you can become a childcare worker and help take care of them at your own daycare business.
This multimedia-rich course will teach you the ins and outs of being a childcare worker. You’ll learn how to develop patience, management techniques, and various organizational skills. Thus, through this course, you’ll learn:
• What elements are required for starting your own daycare business
• The considerations and requirements for planning,organizing, and executing a daily schedule
• How to generate enrollment, set professional goals, and solve common problems
• How to develop a curriculum
• Example activities that you can incorporate in early childhood curricula
While this course does show you how to be an effective manager, it also focuses on how to perform tasks that are central to childcareworkers. Therefore, you’ll help children gain new skills, learn, and grow every day. You’ll also provide hem with emotional and behavioral support that will help them feel comfortable and safe.
In order to help you learn these skills, this course contains several multimedia presentations that enrich the course material in the lessons and make for an engaging learning experience on the whole.
Instructor Description: This class supported by an Educational Mentor. Educational mentors have worked or are working in the subject they mentor. Educational Mentors review student work, student progress, and interact with students as needed. They respond to any questions or concerns you might have, as well as encouraging and motivating you to succeed.
Certification: Upon successful completion of our Child Day Care Management course, students will be prepared for a job in the Child Day Care industry and, in part, for the education requirements to become a Child Development Associate (CDA) and/or NCCB’s Certified Child Care Worker (CCCW).
Candidates seeking to apply for CDA assessment must meet the following eligibility requirements:
• Be 18 years of age or older
• Hold a high school diploma or GED
• Have 480 hours of experience working with children within the past five years
• Have 120 clock hours of formal child care education within the past five years
Each state may have additional licensing requirements, be sure to research your states requirements for employment by visiting your states occupation board.
Requirements
All required reference materials are provided with this program. Technical requirements:
Internet Connection
• Broadband or High-Speed (DSL, Cable, Wireless)
Hardware Requirements
• Processor - 2GHz Processor or Higher
• Memory - 1 GB RAM Minimum Recommended
Software Requirements
• Operating Systems - Windows 7, 8 or 10; Mac OS x 10 or higher
Mac computers MUST have Microsoft Window Operating Systems over Bootcamp (Bootcamp is a free download from Apple''s website)
• Google Chrome is the best browser for this course
• Cookies MUST be enabled
• Pop-ups MUST be allowed (Pop-up Blocker disabled)
• Kindle Reader App may be needed for some reading assignments (No special equipment needed. This can be downloaded onto your computer.)
• Adobe PDF Reader
• Adobe Flash Player
• Adobe Acrobat Reader, Apple Quicktime, Windows Media Player, &/or Real Player
• PowerPoint Viewer (Use this if you don''t have PowerPoint)
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Lesson 1
Child Day Care Management Module 1
Observation, Assessment, Evaluation and Documentation
• Developmentally Appropriate Practice
• Importance of Play
• Communication with Families
• Process of Evaluation
• Purposes of Observation, Assessment, and Evaluation
• Plan of Observation
• Methods of Evaluation
• Authentic Assessment
• Documentation
Child Day Care Management Module 2
Curriculum and Learning Enviroment
• Process of Planning and Scheduling
• Schedules and Routines
• Curriculum Development
• Anti-Bias Considerations
• Themes, Units, Projects, and Webs
• Lesson Plans
• Managing the Early Childhood Environment
• Equipment
• Materials
• Supplies
• Managing the Environment with Appropriate Guidance Techniques
Child Day Care Management Module 3
Science and Technology
• Science in Early Childhood Defined
• Developmental Stages of Science Play and Learning
• Planning and Preparing the Environment
• Integrating Science in the Curriculum
• Diversity of Science
• Technology in Early Childhood Defined
• Integrating technology in the Curriculum
• Diversity in Technology
Child Day Care Management Module 4
Engineering and Math
• Engineering Play, Block Play, and Woodworking Defined
• Developmental Stages of Block Building
• Integrating Engineering and Construction Play in the Curriculum
• Developmental Stages of Math
• Integrating Math Activities into the Curriculum
• Diversity in Math Play
Child Day Care Management Module 5
Language, Literacy and Art
• Language, Literacy, and Literature Defined
• Developmental Stages of Language and Literacy
• Literacy Development of Young Children
• Integrating Language and Literacy into the Curriculum
• Developmental Stages of Art
• Planning and Preparing the Environment
• Diversity in Visual Arts
Child Day Care Management Module 6
Music and Performing Arts
• Developmental Stages of Music
• Integrating Music Play in the Curriculum
• Creating Partnerships with Families
• Dramatic Play and Social Studies Defined
• Developmental Stages of Dramatic Play and Social Studies
• Integrating Dramatic Play and Social Studies in the Curriculum
• Diversity in Dramatic Play and Social Studies
Child Day Care Management Module 7
Physical Senses of the Body
• Fine Motor and Manipulatives
• Large Motor and Outdoor Play
• Integrating Large Muscle and Outdoor Play
• Sensory Play
• Developmental Stages
Child Day Care Management Module 8
Establishing Your Business
• Getting Off to a Good Start
• Advertising Your Business
• Establishing the Ground Rules
• Preparation for the Children
• Health and Safety
Child Day Care Management Module 9
Running Your Business
• Building a Good Relationship with Parents
• Craft Recipes
• Play and Learn Activities
• Troubleshooting
• Starting a Mother’s Day Out Program
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