The Profession Of A Child Care Center Director

I was assigned to write a technical research report on my future career or major field for my English 114 class. I chose to focus my research on finding out the qualifications, job expectations, and job outlook of a childcare worker. The information that I used in my report was obtained from a personal interview, and two online websites.

All members of the staff must act as professionals while at work, especially with young children. The administrative and teaching staff must work together to ensure their practices are developmentally appropriate, and share new and/or creative ideas with one another. It is also the responsibility of a teacher to establish an open, trusting relationship with the parents of each children in their care. Thus, parents can freely communicate their thoughts, concerns, and/or suggestions about their child or the program. Parent satisfaction is something that every child care or development center should strive for.

I am currently an owner/ director of a childcare center. God’s Individuals (Gigi’s) Clubhouse is the name of the childcare. The childcare operated out of my home. Running a childcare center consist of making decision as a manger and a leader. The childcare consists of 27 children as of now. We are always looking for children who are in need of a homely childcare environment. Gigi’ clubhouse came about some years ago due to the fact so; many children were getting hurt in a childcare center environment. So, as an early childhood educator I decided to make the childcare center like little cottages and use the Montessori method and

While regulation and standard are the keys to the success of a childcare facility, there are factors that I believe are equally important to be successful in an early childcare program. So, I looked for a highly qualified teacher with good communication skills. Saint Mary Academy Inc. displayed these factors upon entry to the facility. I saw degrees of teacher and directors ranging from masters to bachelor degrees specialized for the profession display behind the desk of the director for the day.

At KinderCare, I have learned a lot of what goes on in the office. I had an idea in my head of what it was that the director and assistant directors did, but never did I imagine all work that goes into being the director. Directors must be able to guide their staff and help them out as much as possible at the same time making sure that the center meets the standards and regulations. The director at KinderCare starts her day at about nine in the morning, there is not specific time that she leaves because of the amount of work she does in her office or in the classrooms. Every morning when she walks in she goes to each classroom to tell all the teachers in the center “Good Morning.” She is very open to ideas and projects that the teachers may

Director: The position of director is responsible for operations within the childcare center, to include acquiescence with regulations and communication with the department. As a director, he or she is to remain on the premises during all hours of operation and will be unable to accept any other form of employment that may interfere with stipulated duties. In order to become a director for a childcare center, an individual must meet several prerequisites before employment. These prerequisites include: background check, finger print clearance, health screening report with TB test, high school graduation or GED and 15 semester units at an accredited college in specified early childhood education classes. Three of the required units are to be in administration or staff relations, the remaining 12 units are to be in areas specific to child growth and development; child, family and community. Among these educational requirements, the individual must have completed four years of teaching experience, in a licensed center or an equivalent childcare program. However, two years are only required if the director has an AA degree in the area of child development or a child development program director permit, which must be issued by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing.

As part of my assignment, I will conduct a five year plan of my future Child Day Care Center. I will Identify my professional goal/s. Include my objectives to guide me in attaining each goal. Record them yearly. E.g. Year 1… Year 2, 3, 4, and 5. Explain how I will incorporate content learned from this course, in my professional journey. Use NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct, Development, Theory, Observation, Play ext. use the table of contents/chapter as a guide if necessary

UMUC offers numerous courses in Psychology so as to provide students with the knowledge that they will need in order to be successful in their future careers. The curriculum offered ensures that students acquire a knowledge base of theory, research, and practice in psychological sciences. Although some of the courses offered are required in order to obtain an undergraduate degree in Psychology, many are available to choose from that meet the interests and needs of each student as well. Upon graduation I plan to search for a job as a Childcare Director. Fortunately, the classes in psychology that I have completed have given me the knowledge and critical thinking skills that I need to be successful as well as given me a deeper understanding of how children develop and learn. The psychology courses that I have taken are:

Overall, childcare staff job satisfaction, program quality, and job commitment influence young children’s foundational growth and development. These children with the strong base will be driving nation’s economy and wellbeing by participating in various sectors of the society in a few decades. Strong public support by different political viewpoints for public investment in early childhood education builds great

The Day Care industry provides centre-based care, home-based care and care from nannies or babysitters to children from infancy to 12 years of age. In the past five years, increasing per capita disposable income and a rising number of women in the workforce have helped drive industry growth as the country continues to recover from the economic downturn. According to IBISWorld Industry Analyst Sally Lerman, “The industry, however, faces significant pressures from the unemployment rate, which remains high, leaving a greater number of parents and family members able to stay home to care for children.” Revenue in the Day care industry is expected to increase slowly in the five years to 2014. With economic conditions slowly improving, industry revenue

1. As a manager when planning for child care centers, manager must consider the following legislative requirements: Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998, Children’s Services Regulation 2004, Any relevant Local, State or Regional Environmental Planning Policies Council is responsible for checking compliance with above, and the Department of Community Services (DOCS) is responsible for licensing child care centers and checking compliance of plans.

The purpose of this paper is to expand my company to a larger facility and will need to hire additional staff in order to sustain the larger demand for day care. This staff will consist of five (5) Certified Day Care Professionals, one (1) Registered Nurse Professional, five (5) After-School Assistants and one (1) Office Support Paraprofessional.

Furthermore when establishing a high quality educational program the new job candidate educational background/field experience & how can they contribute to the organization is very important as well. Teaching Staff Qualifications Worksheet is a great scale to use from page 63 in the PAS workbook it should be used as a guide when staffing classrooms as a director or leader of an quality education center one may want to make sure each class ratio has the correct amount of staff with specific educational qualifications. Every organization may or may not get it right the first time, however when proper tools are used & implemented it is possible to run a lucrative high quality successful childcare center. In every high quality childcare organization every classroom should be provided with the proper tools so that

The Early Child Development, preschool/daycare centers, and other childhood development programs have always struggled to keep and hold onto employees. A major goal in preschool/daycare centers is hiring well balanced employees with education, care and compassion for young children. Enthusiasm, caring, motivation, and attention to detail are normal requirements in their everyday jobs for the benefit of the children and the employers.

The wages for employees in child day care are not high in comparison to other professions (Van Der Kwartel et al., 2007). When employees are content with their salary, they are likely subject to mental agreements (Lee & Lin, 2014). Job motivation and salary satisfaction are feelings that can inspire employees and drive forces in competitive returns for organizations (Lee & Lin, 2014). Mental agreement signifies the expectation of the staff towards the organization and the expectation of the organization towards the staff (Schein, 1980). Over a third of childcare staff leaves their jobs annually in order to earn a better living (Whitebook, 1999).