ECED& 134 - Family Child Care

3 Credits

Learn how to manage a family childcare program. Topics include: licensing requirements, record-keeping, relationship building, communication strategies, guiding behavior, and promoting growth and development.

Fees

Quarters Typically Offered
Summer Online

Designed to Serve Professional-Technical students in Education. Individuals interested in starting their own family/home child care program. Current providers.
Active Date 20190709T10:50:38

Grading System Decimal Grade
Class Limit 25
Contact Hours: Lecture 33
Total Contact Hours 33
Degree Distributions:
ProfTech Course Yes
Restricted Elective Yes
Course Outline
I. Regulations, licensing, and business practices related to family home child care

II. Growth and Development

III. Relationships with families

IV. Environments

V. Curriculum & Interactions

VI. Professionalism

Student Learning Outcomes
Describe strategies for complying with Family Childcare Minimum Licensing Requirements.
(WSCC) V. 3a- Verbalizes and adheres to emergency, illness, and injury procedures.
3b-Informs others of emergency procedures.
VII. 4a- Applies knowledge of federal, state and local legislation, regulations, and professional standards to provide healthy and safe practices for infants and toddlers.
VIII. 1e- Supports and complies with regulations and licensing standards.

Describe strategies for meeting the developmental needs and guiding the behavior of all children in multi-age groups.
(WSCC) II. 3a- Uses opportunities throughout the day to incorporate activities that facilitate development in language, fine/gross motor, social-emotional, and cognitive areas.
3.b- Promotes children’s development of age-appropriate, self-regulated behaviors by using routines, schedules, and classroom design.
3e- Plans and adapts curricula and environments, including the selection of materials appropriate to the developmental levels within a setting.
VI. 3d-Provides an appropriate balance of child-led and child-directed activities with adult-guided activities.
3e- Relates guidance practices to knowledge of children’s personalities and levels of development.
3b- Provides experiences that engage children and respond to their interests.
3d- Plans and guides activities that promote children’s supportive relationships with peers, family, staff, and community.

Identify strategies for family child care business management including tax planning and record-keeping.
(WSCC) VII. 1.b- Follows bookkeeping procedures.
2a- Uses generally accepted business practices

Create written documents, such as a contract and policy handbook, that facilitate communication between the provider and the families.
(WSCC) VII. 5e- Develops and implements program policies.

Develop strategies for creating reciprocal, culturally responsive relationships with families.
(WSCC) IV. 3b- Understands how cultural perspectives influence the relationship between families, schools, and communities.
3c- Recognizes that information on cultural and family beliefs about child-rearing is learned through active outreach and engagement with parents.
VII: 3a- Verbalizes the relationship between the program’s philosophy and daily practice.
VIII: 2c- Interacts in a manner reflecting the value of self and respect for others.

Articulate knowledge and skills that define Family Childcare Providers as professionals.
(WSCC) VIII: 4.b- Articulates personal philosophy of early childhood education based on knowledge of child development and best practices.

Discuss strategies for family child care providers to balance the demands of operating their business with meeting the needs of their families. WSCC VIII. Professional Development and Leadership- Professionalism 2.a, 2.e