2014-2015 Academic Catalog 
    
    Nov 21, 2024  
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ECED& 134 - Family Childcare



3.0 Credits
Learn the basics of family home childcare program management. Topics include: licensing requirements; business management; relationship building; health, safety, and nutrition; guiding behavior; and promoting growth and development.

Course-level Learning Objectives (CLOs)
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. Describe family childcare licensing standards. [COMMUNICATE]
  2. Evaluate specific practices, determining effectiveness in meeting children’s needs for maintaining good health, safety and nutrition. [REASON]
  3. Compare strategies for establishing developmentally appropriate, socially and culturally relevant, and safe childcare environments in the home setting. [REASON]
  4. Demonstrate plans and activities that are appropriate developmentally, socially, and culturally, to meet the needs of children in multi-age groups. [EXPLORE]
  5. Describe and evaluate guidance methods that foster responsibility, independence, self-reliance, and positive social and emotional growth in children. [COMMUNICATE]
  6. Identify strategies for family childcare business management, including marketing, risk management, staffing, tax planning, accounting, and record keeping. [REASON]
  7. Discuss strategies for family childcare providers to balance the demands of operating their business with meeting the needs of their families. [REASON]
  8. Identify resources meeting the needs of family childcare providers and the families they serve. [REASON]
  9. Apply knowledge of children’s development in a child-directed and active learning home-based program that supports each child in a relationship-based context that is the foundation for children’s learning. [REASON]



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