Online Courses for Directors |
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The National Child Care Association has approved this educational program as meeting the criteria for continuing education for the
National Administrator Credential. |
We are now offering e-courses for directors interested in expanding their knowledge base and finding a community of colleagues, all from the comfort of their own offices. These excellent, targeted professional development opportunities are designed to be completed over your lunch hour, center nap time or afternoon down time. Each class is tailored to the specific scheduling and learning needs of the participating center and staff. You will finish your coursework with a management training plan, budget plan or new leadership resources under your belt.
Essential Management Skills for Child Care Center Director Success
Explore nine important management competencies to strive for in your skill development and director training. Each student will develop an individualized management-training plan based on her/his own needs assessment and interests.
Instructor: Karen Foster-Jorgensen
Leadership & Supervision
Explore techniques for developing the skills you will need to be successful a successful leader and supervisor of your child care team. Examine interpersonal communication, group dynamics, group decision-making, conflict resolution, job stress, workplace diversity, as well as developing essential leadership skills
Instructor: Sue Baldwin
Financial Forecasting: Taming the Crystal Ball
Gain control over your child care center’s financial future. Topics include: developing departmentalized budgets and managing income and expense with a practical cash flow tool.
Instructor: Karen Foster-Jorgensen
Financial Reporting: Numbers Tell the Story
Gain a clear understanding of your child care center business’ financial status
through income and expense statements, year-to-date budget comparisons and balance sheets.
Instructor: Karen Foster-Jorgensen
Personnel Budgeting: Mastering the Juggling Act
Learn to create staffing patterns that assure quality child care while controlling personnel expenses.
Instructor: Karen Foster-Jorgenson
Planning for Individual Professional Development of Teachers: The Director’s Role
This course will focus on creating and implementing individual professional development plans for early childhood teachers. The course will prepare program directors to conduct training needs assessment, create development objectives, match training needs to training techniques, and to work in partnership with teachers to craft individual plans using a suggested format. Special attention will also be given to the rational for individual professional development plans and the stages of teacher development that impact training needs.
Road Map to Success: Creating a Business Plan
Instructor: Kristi Smythe
Beyond the Yellow Pages & Classifieds Marketing Child Care
This workshop covers the importance and usefulness of a marketing plan in reaching and maintaining your enrollment goals. It provides a thorough overview of basic marketing principles and concepts, and practical application of these concepts to the child care field.
Instructor: Kristi Smythe
Management Practicum Project: To be determined with Instructor
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