Staffing Child Care Programs
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$10.50
1 Clock Hour of Early Childhood Education
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Staffing Child Care Programs
Tuition: $10.50
Description of Training Session:
Adding a new employee to a child care business requires special planning and preparation. Certain issues must be addressed, such as taxes and insurance requirements. Also, it is important to screen candidates carefully to find the right person for your childcare facility. This course discusses characteristics of a good child care provider, as well as responsibilities involved in hiring and managing a staff of child care providers. It also addresses ways to retain quality employees.
Adding a new employee to a child care business requires special planning and preparation. Certain issues must be addressed, such as taxes and insurance requirements. Also, it is important to screen candidates carefully to find the right person for your childcare facility. This course discusses characteristics of a good child care provider, as well as responsibilities involved in hiring and managing a staff of child care providers. It also addresses ways to retain quality employees.
In-Service Training Course Code: ECE 0307
CDA Competency: Effective Program Operation [1 hour / .1 CEU]
DCYF MERIT Washington Core Competency: Content Area 7: Program Planning and Development [1 hour]
Training Type: Annual Continuing Education - PD Registry STARS Inservice Courses
Training Delivery Method: Online Distance Learning for Child Care
Language(s) used in training: English
Content Focus Group:
Learning Objectives:
This is a self-paced course that and can be saved and resumed during any point. Assessment question and answer sessions during the course monitor the students’ progress, and support the student’s progression, and learning objectives. There is a test at the end of each course. The questions on the test are completely based on the materials covered in the specific course. The student must get 70% or better to pass the test. If 70% is not achieved, then the training system automatically takes the student back through the course to review the materials that were missed on the test. The student is then returned to the test to try again for a second attempt if needed.
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CDA Competency: Effective Program Operation [1 hour / .1 CEU]
DCYF MERIT Washington Core Competency: Content Area 7: Program Planning and Development [1 hour]
Training Type: Annual Continuing Education - PD Registry STARS Inservice Courses
Training Delivery Method: Online Distance Learning for Child Care
Language(s) used in training: English
Content Focus Group:
- Staff
- Administrators
Learning Objectives:
- IDENTIFY characteristics of a good child care provider.
- RECALL responsibilities associated with managing child care staff.
- RECALL standard hiring practices.
- IDENTIFY ways to retain employees.
- RECALL guidelines for employee training and evaluation.
This is a self-paced course that and can be saved and resumed during any point. Assessment question and answer sessions during the course monitor the students’ progress, and support the student’s progression, and learning objectives. There is a test at the end of each course. The questions on the test are completely based on the materials covered in the specific course. The student must get 70% or better to pass the test. If 70% is not achieved, then the training system automatically takes the student back through the course to review the materials that were missed on the test. The student is then returned to the test to try again for a second attempt if needed.
* Currently Enrolled Students Log-In Here *
Terms of Use for this Course
You have access to online courses for 1 year from the date of payment, with the exception of the Child Care Basics which is a 6-month enrollment period.
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Monday - Friday 7 am – 8 pm
Saturday & Sunday 9 am – 8 pm
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- Internet access is required. There are no text books for the training. The coursework is done completely online.
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- Once you log in and start a course, a refund is not available. After 72 hours, the payment credit can be transferred to a different training or to a new student if the training was not started by the original student for up to 30 days after enrollment.
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- Our courses may, or may not, meet annual training requirements in your state. Please provide us with your state, and any State registry ID number, and if we are able to record your completed training with your state, we will. In some cases, for annual state credit, you will need to submit the certificate to the appropriate registry and they may or may not award annual credit. Providing a State Registry number to us does not guarantee that your state will approve the training for annual continuing education credit. Many states have QRIS systems that require specific courses to be completed for annual or in-service training. Do not enroll in this course for the purpose of completing a state specific mandated course without first verifying exactly what course requirements need to be met.
- For Washington State students, completed courses are recorded in MERIT Monday through Friday, throughout the day continuously, between 8 am and 3 PM. If you complete your training in the evening or over the weekend, it will be recorded on the next business day during those hours.
- During the last two weeks of December, expect longer processing times for enrollment and certificates due to the high volume of enrollments and completed trainings during the year end rush. We recommend enrolling and completing your training prior to the end of December whenever possible.
- Enrollment expires in 1 year from the date of payment for all courses, with the exception of the Child Care Basics.
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