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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to examine the types of information that should be included in a policies and procedures manual, and the significance of that information on the daily operations of an early childhood center. Analysis of policy and procedures manuals and development of a comprehensive policies and procedures manual are included.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to provide practical experience in designing and managing a financial plan and budget, as well as guidelines and tools for complying with or amending a budget. Content covered will include examination of budget categories, analysis of the expenditure ad income sides of the budget, exploration of basic budgetary terms and tools, examination of the benefits of a financial plan and analysis of personal financial planning and management skills and habits and how these skills and habits could impact the manner in which the professional would manage an early childhood center. Also included will be the development of an early childhood center business plan.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to study the principles, procedures and organizational techniques currently utilized by business in the development and management of personnel. It includes a study of current developments within the general field of personnel development and management, including employment practices, employee assessment and evaluation, orientation, training programs, related federal and state legislation, regulations and orders, workforce diversity, employee and employer/management relations, and compensation management.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to examine the basic components of program development and management. Emphasis will be on the analysis of each component of program development and management and its relationship to the overall operations of an early childhood center education program, and the impact of state and federal guidelines/standards on program development and management and the application of those guidelines/standards to program development and management. It includes the development of a program and program management plan, including program evaluation strategies for an early childhood center.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the elements that define an early childhood facility and the relationship of those elements to program quality, including programming factors, environmental factors, transportation, maintenance, and health and safety factors and how these factors impact facility management. Also covered will be an analysis of the significance of governmental laws, rules, regulations, and executive orders and how they impact facilities management. This course includes the development of a comprehensive facilities management plan.
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3.00 Credits
This course discusses the roles of marketing and public relations in developing and maintaining a successful early childhood center. Emphasis will be on how to analyze and develop tools and techniques that can be used to assess community needs, examine personal skills and characteristics necessary to successfully market the early childhood center, and develop a comprehensive early childhood center marketing and public relations plan.
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3.00 Credits
This course covers the overall significance of performance standards in the operations of the early childhood education program and early childhood center. It includes how to analyze and develop performance standards, develop performance standards for staff training, develop a plan for implementing team building activities, determine how performance standards effect employment policies, and develop a comprehensive program performance standards plan and comprehensive performance standards evaluation plan.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to examine issues related to cultural diversity and how those issues impact the management of an early childhood center. Opportunities are included for self-exploration and self-assessment of attitudes and feelings regarding diverse cultures and the development of a comprehensive plan for addressing cultural diversity in the early childhood center. Emphasis will be placed on educational program, staffing, marketing and public relations, and professional development of self and employees.
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2.00 Credits
This course is designed to examine the concept, as well as the role of leadership, as applied to early childhood programs and management. It will include how to analyze characteristics of effective leadership and differentiate between leadership and management, conduct self-assessment as it relates to personal leadership characteristics, develop a personal plan for enhancing personal leadership skills, and explore opportunities for leadership in early childhood education at the local, state, and national levels. A course requirement is to participation in a minimum of two early childhood education leadership activities-one activity at the local level and one activity at the state or national level.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to examine the administrative responsibilities of the early childhood center director. Content covered will analyze state regulations, examine characteristics of a successful director, explore management techniques, including time management, and tools available to improve personal management skills. The student will develop a comprehensive action plan to become a more effective administrator. This course is the capstone course in the degree program.
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