Target Audience: Early Childhood Program Directors and Educators, Family Child Care Owners, and Entrepreneurs
This hands-on, 3-credit course is designed for early childhood professionals interested in child care administration, as well as current and seasoned administrators seeking additional program management training.
It will be delivered through four sessions plus online work that participants complete between sessions. Each meeting is designed to help early childhood directors/entrepreneurs develop skills, knowledge, resources, and tools for effective legal and financial program management. Each session will be taught by experts in specific areas of program administration and early childhood education. Participants will use their own child care programs to apply what they are learning in this course. Each will develop a business plan, network with other directors, gather resources, examine business strategies, and develop techniques to improve business performance.
NOTE: This course has been reviewed by Northern Lights at CCV and may count toward the management course requirement in rule 7.3.1.5 and/or the program management course requirement in rules 7.3.1.3 and 7.3.1.4 of the CBCCPP regulations. Be sure to speak with your licensor or your Northern Lights Resource Advisor to discuss how this course might be used to help you meet the staff qualifications requirements for your specific role.
For the completed course credits to count as “related credits” for the purposes of BFIS and Northern Lights, as well as meet 7.3.1.5, the course must be completed with a grade of a C- or better. For graduate credit, a minimum of a B- is required.