Home Away from Home: An Environmental Analysis of the Childcare Industry

I believe that by implementing my proposal, Child Care program employers will be willing to pay specialized teachers adequate money and organizations will expand their operations. This will result to an increase in the number of specialized educators providing care/support for children, increase in the support provided by organizations, and also a great benefit for atypical children and their

For the classroom observation assignment I was able to observe at Stepping Stones Family Childcare and Preschool Program. I conducted observations for five hours each on the dates of September 24th and September 25th of the year 2015. This licensed home-based daycare and preschool program is located in a quiet suburban neighborhood on 4103 Bryant Street, Blasdell, New York. The facility allows for a twelve-child capacity (ages 6 weeks to 12 years with four additional school age) and is owned and founded by Kim Bannister. When I observed, there were two additional staff present. Therefore, there were a total of 3 adults and 12 children at the center when I observed. New York State Senator Marc C. Panepinto was also present on September 25th as he read to the children and toured the home. I chose this specific setting as I personally thought it would be an interesting dynamic to study how a home-based preschool program is run.

The purpose of this research is to explore the benefits of onsite childcare for big corporations. More specifically answering the questions of “What is cost effective for business owners to provide onsite childcare?” and “Will providing childcare for working parents alleviate their stress; and increase productivity on their job?” The review of this literature will discuss the stress of childcare on working parents; the advantages and disadvantages of onsite childcare; the benefits of corporations providing onsite child care. The research methods that would be conducive to complete this research would be surveys and separate focus groups between employees and their employers. The literature review will explain each topic in detail

The costs of this expansion will mostly go toward labor, as labor is the single largest component of costs for early infant and toddler care centers (Marshall et al., 2004). For teachers to stay invested in the children they teach and care for, they must be fairly compensated to maintain the high quality of care. According to a study in Massachusetts, 72 percent of typical full-time, full-year center expenditures go toward labor (Marshall, et al., 2004). In dollar amounts, “average expenditures per child care hour were $4.42 for centers serving infants and $4.28 for centers serving toddlers. These correspond to full-time care expenditures of $10,343 and $10,015 for the two groups of centers [infants and toddlers, respectively]”

While daycare/ childcare centers provide a safe haven for young children and left in the care of licensed caregivers, there is more to daycare then just temporary relief for parents. These facilities offer a nurturing and fun learning environment to promote curiosity, innovation, and continuous growth in developmental abilities and positivity in children, and they also have the ability to provide encouraging and engaging activities that endorse emotional, social, and academic development (Phillips 1987). Within these facilities, high quality care calls for each child reach greater levels of learning and can develop skills at their own pace under supervision.

. The daycare and child development business is booming and profits are soaring. With more people looking at the child care field from different angles, these type of programs have more opportunities for more allies and partners, for funding and positive public relations, for improving, and “professionalizing” the programs that we offer to our children in our communities. Non-profit groups and higher education have increasingly partnered with schools, often including after-school hours.

During this thanksgiving break I met with Zurlay Rivera, a daycare provider back in Revere, MA. Being a business owner she supervises her 2 assistants and she makes sure all is running well with the kids. Ms. Rivera is sponsored also sponsored by Child development. Child development and education is the largest child care system in Massachusetts. This company supports children’s learning, partners with families and it is a

When I went to NAEYC conference, Nov 18-Nov 21, Orlando, Florida, I attended 4 session. One of them was “America’s Best and Brightest: New Market Research on Attracting and Retaining Early Childhood Professionals.” Because I lack English listening skills, I couldn’t understand whole contents. However, I came to know about ‘understanding the attitudes and beliefs of current educators about the profession’ and ‘identifying factors that will be most helpful in encouraging educators to make the field a long-term profession.’ I thought that these contents would be useful and helpful for our classmates, as well as me, in understanding “current preschool teacher in the United States.”

There are many issues that need attention in the field of early childhood, for instance, role of early educator in our society, benefits of quality care, staff wages. Particularly, early childcare staff wage is an inequity issue for me and numerous other stakeholders. Yet, those efforts are not enough to have made any real changes to bridge the equity. My dissertation research topic was, “The impact of wages on childcare staff job satisfaction, program quality, and job commitment.” I would like to continue a policy regarding the same topic. I made contribution of my topic to the current pool of research in Olivet Nazarene University library.

Have you ever not wanted to get up to take your child to daycare? One would wanna open a daycare because they love children especially babies. One love’s taking care of them, loves seeing them laugh, fall over, playing, and explore. The career of opening a daycare is a enormous job ,due to the requirements, and the study of children at different stages. This research will describe the career of a daycare center, what is required to become a successful daycare teacher and the impact this career has on society

Working parents face a dilemma each summer—who's going to care for the children? Why pay for a daycare or a babysitter when you could instead choose a program that includes Math and ELA, science classes, and more from a licensed teaching staff. We also have after school programs to fill in the care gap through the end of your work day.

30 percent of Early Childhood educators change or leave the field completely every year. Think of that percentage, 30 percent altogether. That is a pretty large number to factor in annually. “It is estimated that staff turnover can cost, at a MINIMUM $3,000 for each lost employee.” (Page 200) Not only is it hard on the company and director when employees turn over, but it also becomes hard on the children and families at the childcare center because they have created a personal relationship with the employee! As most people know, there has always been a major factor that plays into the childcare field and that is low wages and poor benefits. Whether you are a teacher or a director, you really have to have passion for the field of childcare

Where as a facility has set hours that they are open in the week so you are guaranteed to get your hours in. If I were to own a daycare there is no telling how many hours I would work a week since I would not be setting my own hours. Lastly I looked at the investment I would have to make in order to work in a facility or own my own daycare. If I were to work at a facility the expenses are already set up so I would not have to make my own investments. As for owning my own daycare I could end up making an investment from as little as $500-$100,000. The cost of starting an in-home daycare goes based on how much remodeling is needed. There is a lot of equipment I would want to have in my daycare such as: toys, nap mats, bedding, playpens/cribs, art and craft supplies, first aid kit, child size furniture, and so much more. The equipment needed for a daycare can get expensive.I would not want to invest so much money into an in-home daycare that I have no guarantee that business will be good, or what my hours will be, or how much I would be

In recent years, the homeschooled population in Spotsylvania County Public Schools (SCPS) has continued to grow. Due to state regulations, the governing body of the division, the Spotsylvania County School Board (SCSB) developed a policy to address the procedures and protocols necessary to guide homeschooling options in the division: Policy LBD (2015) (See Appendix A). According to L. Binion, Guidance Director for SCPS, currently the division has 1,036 registered and 31 pending homeschooled students in grades K-12 (personal communication, November 13, 2015). Further, although the division has generally averaged 3-4 additional requests weekly, requests have skyrocketed to 1-2 per day for the past several weeks. The spike is likely connected to two recent negative events associated with the division—a thwarted mass shooting plan, and a case of severe hazing at a high school, (L. Binion, personal communication, November 19, 2015).

Childcare in Australia reflects a market system, providing an attractive business opportunity, as the Commonwealth guarantees up to 50% of the organisations’ income. However, markets and childcare are a poor combination, with the price of quality services increasing, leaving individuals of low socio-economic status (SES) with poorer quality education (Phillips, 2009).