Daycare Center Research Paper

Through interviewing Joyce I gained insight into a strong philosophy, leadership style, and how her background experiences have created the director she is today. When deciding to become a director of a daycare, there are two options: opening and owning your own center or directing an established or corporate owned daycare. While I have done much research on owning my own daycare, I have little experience about what it would be like to be the director of an established center. Financial responsibilities and budgeting are also two aspects that are important, but the level of responsibility is drastically different in each scenario. Lastly, legal and ethical responsibilities exist in either scenario as well.

Risk assessments should be carried out regularly to make sure that there are no safe guard threats towards the children in the setting. Childcare settings need risk assessing for example is there entrances and exits to the building that an unauthorised person could use? Could a child leave the setting without anyone noticing? Could a child get seriously hurt due to a broken piece of equipment?

An onsite Daycare is a place directly located at the employers of parents with toddlers or babies who need full time child care while their parents are at work. It allows the parents the advantage of being close to their children while still being able to maintain stability with their careers.

Early years practitioners should be aware of the developmental, learning and care needs of children in their care. By completing regular observations on the children, talking to the parents/carers and looking out for any changes in the children’s behaviour, I can ensure that I am aware of a child’s changing needs. Throughout my observations and discussions with parents/carers I must be open to the possibility that a child in my care could have a safeguarding issue. It is my responsibility as an early years practitioner to attend safeguarding training and to keep up to date with new legislation and guidelines. I can also keep up to date with other safeguarding issues by reading journals such as Nursery World (https://www.nurseryworld-magazine.co.uk/)

Child protection is linked to safeguarding and the definition is protecting the child that is suffering or is likely to suffer significant harm or any kind of abuse or neglect and it involves in preventing it from happening. (RCPCH 2016)

By providing a secure environment ensures that the employees, customers and visitors to the premises are safe from harm, such as having a security gate with intercom at a nursery school, this ensures that the children cannot wander out and others enter the premises without permission, makes it a safe place for the children to be left and reassuring the parents of their safety as well.

The legislation regarding safeguarding and chid protection ensures that all the children are safe, secure and protected from any kind of potential harm which may affect their health or development.

The cost of child care in the United States is skyrocketing. The Economic Policy Institute even found that, in 23 states, full-time care for a 4-year-old cost more than in-state tuition at a public college!

The three programs I chose to analyze were the transportation program, the Day Away program, and the Stepping on program.

Safe guarding is ensuring that Children's health and development is good and on track, Its also trying to help give them the best outcome in life it is also protecting them from any form of abuse or harm. (NSPCC 2014)

The Bureau of Labor and Statistics reports that in 2010 about 58 percent of U.S. families had both parents working outside of the home. (Meredyth Glass, Demand Media) This suggests a strong market for quality child-care. Majority of the parents in Maldives also do job and leave their children with a maid or a family member.

In the future when I become a mother I am very concerned for the lack of health, safety and secure attachments that my child could be receiving at childcare centers. Knowing that I will most likely have to be a working mom this means that my child will most likely be placed in a childcare center. In one of the power point slides it was stated, “ Several studies have shown that the majority of childcare is not quality, and that most centers and family care homes do not meet the children’s needs for health, safety, and secure attachments”. This is not only concerning but also terrifying! When I have children and am not able to physically care for them because I am at work, I want the best possible holistic care for my children possible. I was

Does your child have anxiety about attending child care? Although new places, faces, and experiences can be difficult for kids at first, professional child care facilities such as Learning Jungle School in San Marcos, CA offer a wide range of powerful benefits for children. From teaching your kids crucial early learning concepts to offering opportunities for social interactions with other children, daycare can be an overwhelmingly positive experience. Here are three essential tips for preparing your kid for child care.

Safeguarding - is to protect all the children against abuse, maltreatment, neglect, unfair treatment and violence.

I currently do not work in a daycare setting however, I have had some experience in building relationships with the children at my Practicum placement. One thing I always did was greet the children by their name when I arrived or they arrived. At times when I arrived to my practicum placement the children would be having free play at this time I would go up to the children and ask them questions such as what are you building, what is that, what are you drawing. Often times each child has been eager to talk. Having communication with each and every child in your care is not only extremely important to get to know the children but also is key to building relationships with the children. Another thing I did to build relationships with the children at my practicum placement is play with them. During free play I would walk around to each center