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ECED& 134 - Family Childcare Management

Credits: 3
Learn how to manage a family childcare program.  Topics include licensing requirements, recordkeeping, relationship building, communication strategies, guiding behavior, and promoting growth and development.

Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

  1. Describe strategies for complying with Family Childcare Minimum Licensing Requirements.
  2. Describe strategies for meeting the developmental needs and guiding the behavior of all children in multi-age groups.
  3. Identify strategies for family childcare business management including tax planning and record keeping.
  4. Create written documents, such as a contract and policy handbook, that facilitate communication between the provider and the families.
  5. Develop strategies for creating reciprocal, culturally responsive relationships with families.
  6. Articulate knowledge and skills that define Family Childcare Providers as professionals.

Program Outcomes
  1. Use developmental milestones and observations of children’s behavior as a foundation for planning appropriate activities.
  2. Advocate for strategies that promote the cultural diversity of children, families and their communities.
  3. Demonstrate effective written, verbal and non-verbal communication
  4. Discuss current issues and trends in early childhood education.
  5. Identify typical and atypical growth and development (cognitive, linguistic, motor, and social).
  6. Positively support children’s whole development.
  7. Display a positive attitude and enthusiasm for the job
  8. Develop rapport and contribute to the work environment as a member of the instructional team.
  9. Practice ethical and professional standards of conduct
  10. Comply with laws (such as IDEA, Section 504, ADA), workplace policies, and procedures in relation to confidentiality, reporting of abuse, discipline, chain of command and delegation and supervision.


College-wide Outcomes
  • Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.



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