Types of Child Development Programs

1. Types of Child Development Programs

2. What is management? –Hearron & Hildebrand (2003) • Management- includes • Setting goals • Developing resources –human and material to achieve goals • Doing the work to achieve goals • Monitor the work and action of others • Develop standards • Take necessary steps to achieve goals including adjustments and change

3. Child Development Center • Child care that is provide outside of the child’s personal home.

4. Awareness as a professional Organizational skills Fiscal management Community involvement Facilities management Health and safety management Food and nutrition management Curriculum Specialists Resources of parents Marketing and public relations development Advocacy Assessment and evaluation of organization Roles of a Director of Child Development Centers

5. Investment in human capital Consumer Service Supplement to care provided by families Remedial and compensatory service Substitute for parental care Research and teacher preparation Sponsorship- types of funding for the organization Types of Child Development Programs

6. Investment in Human Capital • Foster child’s skills, talents, knowledge and abilities. • Project Head Start • Public pre-k’s

7. Consumer Service • Private Preschools • Parent co-ops • Some for profit preschools

8. Supplement to care provided by parents • Day care centers • Drop off centers • Some for profit preschools • Family day cares

9. Remedial or Compensatory Service • Early Childhood Special Education • Preschool classes for specific disabilities

10. Substitute for Parental Care • Foster care • Orphanages

11. Research and Teacher Preparation • Lab Schools

12. Family Pay Tuition based Sponsored Programs United Way Non-profits Church Sponsored Child Care Corporate sponsored-USDA or Corp of Engineers College or University Sponsored Lap Schools Hospital- Sponsored Military Child Care Government Sponsored Grants Government backing Lottery Funding Types