Download or read book The Business of Child Care 5e written by Karen Kearns and published by Cengage AU. This book was released on 2021-08-05 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text has been substantially revised to include a broader range of knowledge and practice necessary for the challenging role of leading and managing children’s education and care services. The provision of quality early childhood education and care requires knowledgeable leaders and managers who possess a range of twenty-first-century workplace skills necessary to guide the organisation through a process of continuous improvement to meet the increasing demands of service delivery. To address learning needs this text now includes knowledge related not only to the Children’s Services training package but also to the Business Services training package. In particular, knowledge content related to a number of competencies from the Diploma of Leadership and Management has been added. In practical terms The Business of Child Care can be used as a textbook for students completing their initial children’s services diploma training and for experienced educators seeking to develop leadership and management skills by undertaking a Diploma of Leadership and Management. Additional content includes emotional intelligence, risk management as a continuous improvement tool; workplace wellbeing, the need for which became very evident with the stress of the pandemic; critical thinking skills – essential for evaluating service delivery and engaging in self-reflection. Communication has been closely examined so that having difficult conversations, influencing and persuading others, supporting conflict resolution, and guiding meetings to ensure that all team members are supported to have a voice in the organisation, are addressed. Premium online teaching and learning tools are available on the MindTap platform. Learn more about the online tools cengage.com.au/mindtap

Download or read book The Basics of Starting a Child Care Business written by Marnie Forestieri and published by Business of Child Care. This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As more families shift to both parents working outside the home, the demand for high-quality child care continues to rise, creating ample opportunity for entrepreneurs like you. Now that you've identified the market need, what's next? How do you set up something as complicated as a child-care center? The Basics of Starting a Child-Care Business, the first book in The Business of Child Care series, walks readers through each step of planning, developing, and launching their own child-care business. Regardless of the scale--joining an established franchise, creating an on-site center at your office, or hosting a program in your home--entrepreneurial expert Marnie Forestieri, CDA, will guide you from start to finish: Understand the economics of the child-care business Write a comprehensive business plan Prepare a thorough financial plan Develop efficient operations for smooth day-to-day functioning Master marketing to promote your business to potential customers Provide excellent quality control and customer service

Download or read book Child Care Millionaire written by Brian Duprey and published by . This book was released on 2018-10-08 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is written for early childhood business owners wanting to grow their business into a (multi) million-dollar company. Anyone from the home daycare provider that dreams of one day opening a center, to the small center owner who dreams of having a larger center or a single center owner that wishes to have multiple centers. Brian shares 101 golden nuggets to bring your business greater success. He shares secrets to successful operations, financial insights, management principles, employee management tips, and expansion strategies. He has also included business profiles of more than fifteen center owners who have all created seven figure child care businesses, so you can learn from and be inspired by their stories. If you are ready for the ultimate in child care business success, you'll want to get yourself a copy of this gem!

Download or read book Start Your Own At home Child Care Business written by Patricia C. Gallagher and published by Mosby. This book was released on 1995 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This step-by-step guide to some of the difficult issues that surround the establishment of a home-based child-care business--including licensing, insurance, and zoning--explains how to develop clientele, increase business through advertising and promotion, daily activities, where to obtain free supplies, and more.

Download or read book Family Business written by Malinda Pennoyer Chouinard and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This visual guide illustrates why Patagonia's on-site child care center is a key component of our corporate mission, and why providing high quality on-site child care to working familites is essential. In safe and engaging environments we support unstructured play where our children learn, and where physical strength, creativity and confidence develop. True to Patagonia's climbing roots we encourage risk as the children learn and grow in an atmosphere of trust. This book is the visual story of how one corporation provides the support working families need to preserve American ingenuity that begins in early childhood"--Publisher.

Download or read book Business of Childcare written by Karen Kearns and published by Pearson Higher Education AU. This book was released on 2010-06-30 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces students to the business side of planning, supervising and co-ordinating the day to day operation of a children’s service. This text supports delivery of the Diploma of Children's Services. WORKING IN CHILDREN’S SERVICES SERIES Each of the books in the award-winning Working in Children’s Services Series has been written to assist students in attaining the skills and knowledge required to achieve a Children’s Services qualification. With its easy-to-read style and engaging full-colour presentation, this series is an excellent resource for students.

Download or read book The Business of Childcare written by Karen Kearns and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Dollars Sense written by Janet Bush and published by Wadsworth Publishing Company. This book was released on 2001 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This invaluable resource is a self-study curriculum designed for small child care businesses. It offers over 50 best practices developed by industry innovators to raise the level of professionalism in this important industry. This invaluable resources covers the fundamentals of sound business practices specifically as they relate to the child care industry. Child care providers learn to design effective business policies, customize contracts, set prices, keep financial and legal records, and market their business. This comprehensive guide offers the child care provider everything they need to run a successful business, including reproducible forms, contracts, ledgers and income statements.

Download or read book The Business of Child Care written by Gail Jack and published by Cengage Learning. This book was released on 2005 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Business of Child Care: Management and Financial Strategies focuses on the most essential business skills child care owners and administrators need. Aimed at helping owners and administrators manage their human and financial resources, this book details the most successful approach to managing enrollment, staff recruitment and retention, budgets, financial record keeping, and more. Written by a veteran child care administrator who holds an MBA, and has over 12 years of experience as an Early Childhood Administrator, the material is presented in a straightforward manner with charts and illustrations in every chapter. The accompanying CD-ROM with financial spreadsheets makes it easy to establish a successful business system for the administration of a child care center. Book jacket.

Download or read book Business Administration Scale for Family Child Care BAS written by Teri N. Talan and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2018-05-18 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Business Administration Scale for Family Child Care (BAS) is the first valid and reliable tool for measuring and improving the overall quality of business and professional practices in family child care settings. It is applicable for multiple uses, including program self-improvement, technical assistance and monitoring, training, research and evaluation, and public awareness. It is currently embedded in many state quality rating and improvement systems (QRIS) across the nation. Using a 7-point rating scale (inadequate to excellent), this easy-to-use instrument assesses 10 items: Qualifications and Professional Development Income and Benefits Work Environment Fiscal Management Recordkeeping Provider-Family Communication Family Support and Engagement Marketing and Community Relations Provider as Employer The second edition of the BAS includes refinements to support the reliable use of the instrument and to reflect current best practices in administering a family child care program: The Notes for the BAS items are expanded to increase understanding and facilitate greater consistency in both interpretation and scoring. There is greater emphasis on practices that promote family and community engagement. New national norms for the BAS are reported based on data collected between 2009 and 2017 from 439 home-based programs in 22 states. Use the BAS second edition with the Family Child Care Environment Rating Scale (FCCERS-3 or FCCERS-R) for a comprehensive picture of your family child care learning environment and the business and professional practices that support the program.

Download or read book Family Child Care Record Keeping Guide Ninth Edition written by Tom Copeland, JD and published by Redleaf Press. This book was released on 2014-10-28 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most up-to-date and reliable record-keeping resource for home-based family child care providers

Download or read book The Essentials written by Marie Masterson and published by Essentials. This book was released on 2018-08-31 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The basic information family child care providers need to run a successful program in a warm, welcoming setting for children and their families

Download or read book The Business of Child Care written by Karen Kearns and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Finding Your Smile Again written by Jeff A. Johnson and published by Redleaf Press. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using warmth and humor, this book offers techniques for dealing with the everyday stress of being a childcare professional. Written by a caregiver who’s been there, it describes the symptoms and causes of burnout, with advice to get through each challenge.

Download or read book Improving the Business of Childcare written by Presland Allan and published by . This book was released on 2017-06-09 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Improving the Business of Childcare is an invaluable business reference for the Childcare sector. It will show you how to create a successful, best-practice Childcare business. Allan Presland is the founder and CEO of Parenta, the UK's largest provider of business support systems for the Early Years sector.

Download or read book The Basics of Leading a Child Care Business written by Marnie Forestieri and published by Gryphon House Incorporated. This book was released on 2021-04 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now that you've identified the market need for high-quality child care and you've taken the first steps to building your practice, what's next? How do you ensure quality care? How do you create a culture of growth and stem turnover? The Basics of Leading a Child-Care Business, the second book in The Business of Child Care series, explains how to develop and lead a high-quality program where children can play and learn in the care of a well-educated, committed, and trained workforce. Explore key questions that shape understanding: What are the root causes of turnover? How do you set the culture of your organization? How can you build the best team for your organization? How do you construct professional-development plans for sustained growth?

Download or read book An Overview of Child Care Center Management First Edition written by Colleen Fawcett and published by . This book was released on 2017-07-18 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The anthology An Overview of Child Care Center Management features outstanding articles that are directly related to the assignments required for credentialing. The material is organized into three primary sections covering administrative organization, financial and legal issues, and childcare and educational programming. Specific topics include writing a center philosophy and mission statement, conducting evaluations, developing a budget and marketing plan, complying with employment law and health and safety guidelines, designing curriculum and learning activities, and planning a system of parent support. Chapters can be taught in any order, which allows instructors to tailor their programs of instruction. Each chapter includes discussion questions that promote critical thinking and student engagement. An Overview of Child Care Center Management was developed specifically to meet the needs of students pursuing a director's credential program in the state of Florida but can be used in any credential program. The book is particularly well-suited to classes in child care center management and early childhood development. Colleen Fawcett earned her Ph.D. in early childhood education at the International University of Costa Rica. Dr. Fawcett is now a faculty member at Palm Beach State College where she teaches courses in early childhood language arts, fine arts and movement, conflict resolution, child care center management, and child growth and development.