Course Outline for Early Childhood Development 65

Chabot College Fall 2003

Course Outline for Early Childhood Development 65

ADMINISTRATION

Catalog Description:

65 - Administration 3 units

Principles and practices of program planning, organization, budgeting, personnel, records; relationships with community resources, regulatory agencies and child nutrition, food purchasing, and requirements of State and Federal programs. Prerequisite: Early Childhood Development 62 and 63 (both completed with a grade C or higher). 3 hours.

Prerequisite Skills:

Before entering the course the student should be able to:

1. plan early childhood programs utilizing the principles of human growth and development as they apply to young children’s needs;

2. discuss the learning process in early childhood;

3. plan curriculum to meet the needs of groups and individual children;

4. plan and facilitate the following activities for young children in a developmentally appropriate fashion: story corner, dramatic play, creative arts, sand/water, outdoor, anti-bias, food/nutrition, music/movement, carpentry, science, blocks, table toys;

6. apply Maslow's hierarchy of needs;

7. identify increased variety of living arrangements that may constitute "the family" of a child;

8. discuss Bronfenbrenner's ecology of human development in a variety of child rearing practices in various family settings;

9. identify and describe the possible types of interaction between family members, and the roles of such members;

10. identify services offered by a modern community (local, state, and federal) to meet the needs of individual family members with special emphasis on young children;

11. identify what services preschool and child care centers offer to families;

12. apply concepts of learning community diversity to self and peers.

13. communicate effectively with people of other cultures and collect data on these variations.

Expected Outcomes for Students:

Upon completion of this course, the student should be able to:

1. discuss legal and ethical aspects of operating a pre-school or child care program;

2. identify and describe the responsibilities and tasks associated with administrating an Early Childhood Development program;

3. identify and utilize community agencies and resources needed to facilitate the development of children within the group setting;

4. develop and implement operating policies and procedures in child care programs;

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Expected Outcomes for Students (Cont’d):

5. develop and implement an appropriate nutritional program for the children served and demonstrate the ability to provide documentation to satisfy the regulations of monitoring agencies.

Course Content:

1. Administrative principles

a. Purposes

b. Functions

2. Legal and ethical aspects

a.  Licensing regulations

b.  Labor laws

c.  Ethical dilemmas

3. Administrative practices

a. Program Planning

b. Organizational structure - board of directors

c. Budgeting - income, purchasing, maintenance, future planning

d. Personnel policies and practices

1) Staff qualifications, use of references

2) Job responsibilities, salaries, hours, vacation, sick leave, etc.

3) Induction and supervision

4) Staff meetings

5) In service training

6) Evaluation

e. Records, statistic reporting

f. Relationship with community resources, interpretation

g. Relationship with regulatory agencies

h. Relationship with parents

i. Operating policies and procedures

4.  State and federal regulatory programs

a.  Nutritional program

b.  Grants

Methods of Presentation:

1. Lecture and discussion

2. Class reports

3. Audio-visual aids

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Assignments and Methods of Evaluating Student Progress:

1.  Typical Assignments

a.  Research topic on management styles and write a three to five page paper

b.  Interview a director using specific questions related to administrative practices

c.  Reply to written ethical dilemmas using the NAEYC professional code of ethics

d.  Conduct an observation of a children’s program using an evaluation tool

2.  Methods of Evaluating Student Progress

a.  Assignments

b.  Midterm project

c.  Final project/exam

Textbook(s) (typical):

Management of Child Development Centers, Patricia Hearron, Verna Hildebrand, Merrill Prentice-Hall, 2003, or latest edition

Early Childhood Environmental Rating Scale, Clifford Harms, Teachers College Press, 2000, or latest edition

Special Student Materials:

None.

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Revised: 10-23-02