Administration of Programs for Children II Syllabus for 2014-2015
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Instructor Information
Instructor
Mary Clare Munger (Curriculum Vitae)Phone
8063715188Office Location
Dutton Hall 104GOffice Hours
Tuesdays and Thursdays 9:00-10:00 or by appointment Please call or email anytime.
Course Information
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Course
CDEC-2328-001 Administration of Programs for Children II
Prerequisites
Course Description
An in-depth study of the skills and techniques in managing early care and education programs, including legal and ethical issues, personnel management, team building, leadership, conflict resolution, stress management advocacy, professionalism, fiscal analysis and planning parent education/partnerships, and technical applications in programs.
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Department Expectations
End-of-Course Outcomes: Discuss codes of ethical conduct; explain the administrator's role in advocacy; describe interpersonal management skills; explain legal issues; and evaluate parent involvement strategies.
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Hours
(3 sem hrs; 3 lec)
Class Type
Hybrid
Syllabus Information
Textbooks
\ Sciarra, Dorothy J. and Dorsey, Anne G., Developing and Administering a Child Care Center. Delmar, 2009, 7th Edition. Please get the most current version of this textbook. If you have an old edition - ok- we can work with that, too. If you are purchasing this, please get the most current edition.
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Supplies
\ Paper, pens, pencils, text, access to a computer with internet access and printer. Other supplies will be discussed in class.
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Student Performance
\ The student will discuss codes of conduct; describe communication skills needed in effectively administering an early care and education program; discuss the importance of parent education and partnerships in early care and education programs; explain the administrator’s role in advocacy; describe personnel management skills necessary to administer programs, explain legal issues which impact programs; evaluate fiscal responsibilities of an administrator and examine current technology and issues in early care and education administration. The student will utilize skills in speaking, writing, computation, and computer.
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\\ Performance/Learning Objective:
\\ The student will be able to:
\\ 1. Discuss codes of conduct and ethical standards
\\ 2. Describe communication skills needed in effectively administering an early care and education program.
\\ 3. Discuss the importance of partnerships with cohorts in early care and education programs.
\\ 4. Explain the administrator’s role in advocacy.
\\ 5. Describe personnel management skills necessary to administer programs.
\\ 6. Explain legal issues which impact programs.
\\ 7. Evaluate fiscal responsibilities of an administrator.
\\ 8. Examine current technology and issues in early care and education administration.
\\ 9. Utilize skills in speaking, writing, computation, and computer utilization.
\\ SCANS Competencies: Resources, Interpersonal Skills, Information, Systems Technology, Thinking Skills, Basic Skills, and Personal Qualities
Students Rights and Responsibilities
Student Rights and ResponsibilitiesLog in using the AC Connect Portal
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If you are an active staff or faculty member according to Human Resources, use "Exchange". All other students, use "AC Connect (Google) Email".
Expected Student Behavior
\ Students are expected to follow all Amarillo College and instructor policies and procedures. Please the pamplet Student Rights and Responsibilities for addtional information.
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Grading Criteria
The following grade scale applies to this course:
\ \A = 92 –100 Semester Grade=
\ \B = 91 – 83 Employee packet 30%
\ \C = 82 – 70 2 articles for literature review 20%
\ \D = 69 – 65 staff handbook 20%
\ \F = 65 – 0 Final 20%
\ \Participation 10%
\ \Project Topics for any absence: Staff Training Plan, Budget Plans for operations, Budget Plan for capital funds, Case Study for orientation, Case Study for reassigning duties, Orientation outlines,
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Make-up Policy: If a student is absent on the day of a major exam or lab assignment due date, the student may make up the missed work according to the following:
\ \1. The missed exam must be made up as soon as possible and within one week of the assignment for full credit.
\ \2. Late papers and tests will receive 80% of the original score. All assignments will be accepted late. After one week the assignment will earn a top grade of 70.
\ \Over the semester we will cover Text Chapters and skills for directors. They may not be addressed in the same order of the text. Please read these and be prepared to discuss and question during class time as the related material is presented.
\ \Please mark these dates on your calendar:
\ \Project due: Monday, May 5th and Final May 12th .
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Attendance
\ Hybrid class schedules require working at a very fast, intense pace.Be sure to schedule the face to face classtimes so that all class expectations can be met. If an absence is necessary, please contact the instructor as soon as possible.
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Calendar
Daily Schedule:
Week One
Introductions, course objectives, goal setting and the effectiveness cycle.
Week Two Starting From Scratch: new child care center or a center that needs to rebuild a program. Ch 3 4 and 5
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Week Three Assessing the Need, “Is there a strong enough reason to open a business?”
What should this business offer? How can it be unique and special? CH 8 and 11
Week Four Community Support for Child Care = money and grants CH 6 and 7
Week Five So you have a mission…Can you make it walk and talk? Ch 1 2 and 14
The Cycle of Effective Practices
Evaluation of children, program and staff
1 Article Due Literature Review Topic
Week Six Guest Speaker P J Pronger WTAMU Small Business Center
Week Seven Mission, Staffing Plan, Job Descriptions + Selecting Employees CH 9 10 12 and 13
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Week Eight SPRING BREAK
Week Nine Guest Speaker: Beverly Harrison, CEO Hereford Day Care Ch 15
-Staff Orientation
-Hiring and Firing
Week Ten Leaders Build a Program through policy:
*Staffing, Training, Evaluating and Budgeting
*Maintain facilities, schedule and regulations
*Manage children, parents, volunteers and business connections
Week Eleven Successful Policy Writing and Community Partnerships Ch 16
Week Twelve Current complexities in ECE leadership
Week Thirteen “Get a hold on that budget!”
What does a budget include? How do we match our budget to
our mission? Where does the money go? Who should get what salary?
2nd article due Literature Review
Week Fourteen Handbooks Due Today
Budget problems and solutions…charting cash flow
Employee packet due
Week Fifteen Building an Authentic Team for the Workplace Example Situations to Use in the final.
Week Sixteen
Final Due
Project: Staff Handbook or
Policy Handbook DUE: _______________________
Project: Choose One.
Staff Handbook:
Prepare a solid Staff Handbook which clearly covers the important job descriptions, and policies related to successful employment at your center. If you are currently working where a Staff Handbook exists you may evaluate the handbook and write a paper explaining the things you feel are essential and important in this handbook and those that should be deleted or added to the existing notebook.
If you are not working in this situation, you may obtain a handbook and edit it to reflect the policies, jobs, etc. needed for successful work. Make sure you turn in your paper with a copy of the handbook evaluated. You are also welcome to create a brand new book.
The handbook for staff must include information about the Texas Core Competencies.
This must be typed and presented in notebook form. Must be several pages long ….long enough to cover needed policies in a normal working environment.
Quality papers will be very thorough, and well organized with very few grammatical errors.
Policy Handbook:
Very similar to a Staff Handbook but includes all policies established by the business. This notebook will grow as new policies are made and old ones updated or replaced. This may be a real project which you accomplish for your own center. It is difficult to do this without some “policies” to work with.
This must be typed and presented in notebook form. Several pages and dividers will be needed in order to compile all the policies created at a work place.
Quality notebooks will be very thorough, well organized and contain very few grammatical errors.
Note: It is possible to have handbooks which appear similar to each other if both students are working for the same business. Each student will have their own evaluation and assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of the handbook typed and turned in with the handbook.
Articles
Two (2) articles about managing people and/or a business will be collected and reviewed. These articles must come from current and highly respected journals and sources. You may use the WEB, the journals in the classroom or journals from libraries. Our AC library is available online and has reference help available to students. In the literature review, give sources, main idea, and opinion of the information. Remember a source is not an website address. It is the name of the publication and the issue number and date plus the authors name and the page number. The library website can help you with the citation examples.
After each artice review is complete, write a summary (3 pages) that connects the information to practices or recommendations for directors.
Use a format for each paper, such as,
Title:
Author:
Source/Date:
Summary:
Ideas for application:
Summary of information with recommendations:
Employee Packet
A file folder with examples specific to a given job ( lead teacher, assistant teacher, assistant director, director, kitchen, bus driver, after-school director, family advocate) Include a well thought out -
*job description *advertisement *application questionnaire *interview questions* letter of job offer *rejection letter
*contract *training record *evaluation form *Code of Ethics
Additional Information
\ The instructor reserves the right to adjust the syllabus and/or calendar dates if necessary.
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Syllabus Created on:
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Last Edited on:
11/30/-1 12:00 AM