The Childcare Starter Bundle

Topic Area: Principles of child growth and development – Growth and Development Infancy to School Age (2 hours)

• Identify the different stages of a child development from the birth to 60 months.
• Recognize what to look for in the event a child is not performing on their peer’s level and demonstrate what to do.
• Choose different activities for each age group that will aid a child in development.

Topic Area: Strategies to establish productive relationships with families – Attract New Families “Marketing 101” (2 hours)

• Identify the benefits of a child care program and how to communicate them to families.
• Compare the rates and services of a competitor to the rates and services offered in their child care program.
• Identify the different methods to fill slots in a child care program

Topic Area: Maintaining a commitment to professionalism – Professionalism (1 hour)

• Apply good values in an early childhood program to help the program prosper.
• Identify what behaviors are acceptable and what behaviors are inappropriate
• Discuss ways to prevent unethical behavior within the work place.

Topic Area: Maintaining a commitment to professionalism –  A Commitment to Professional Development  (1 hour)

• Demonstrate a commitment to ongoing professional learning and development by establishing objectives and goals.
• Determine training and development methods to initiate learning opportunities to advance personal professional knowledge and skills.
• Identify ways to evaluate training and development effectiveness.

Topic Area: Strategies to manage an effective program operation – Initiate, Sustain and Maintain an Effective Organization (2 hours)

• Apply effective strategies to manage day-to-day activities within the child care program.
• Organize a safe environment by developing and maintaining the equipment.
• Implement the best practices for record keeping.
• Identify an effective communication strategy to promote awareness and family engagement.
• Adapt to change to maintain an effective child care program

Topic Area: Observing and recording children’s behavior – Observation and Assessment In Young Children (2 hours)

• • Identify the different observation and assessment techniques.
  • Discuss the importance of childhood observation and assessment.
  • Implement observation and assessment during class time and incorporate it in a curriculum.

• Writing Paper
• A pen or pencil

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• Access to a Laptop or Desktop
• Internet connection. High speed broadband access (LAN, Cable or DSL) is highly recommended for the optimal learning experience.
• A graphical browser is required, such as, Chrome, Firefox, etc.
• An E-mail account that is accessible.

To receive credit for completing this course participants must read all material, take notes, and complete all the required assignments. There is a final assessment at the end of this training course. Participants will have two attempts to take the final assessment and must pass with a 70% or higher to earn a certificate of completion and 1 CEUs. Participants will receive GEORGIA CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION after each training course is completed.

Please note there will be no extra attempts to re-take the final assessment, once you have started the final assessment be sure to complete it without interruption. If you are not able to pass the final assessment with a 70% or higher we encourage you to consider taking another course that meet your requirements or wait 30 days before you re-take this course.

Octavia Dixon | Phone: (770) 347 – 7030 | E-mail: support@earlycareevolution.com