Early Childhood: Child Care Administration - Certificate
The Early Childhood Education Administrator Credential supports the development of skills and competencies needed by administrators and directors to be successful. You will receive an overview of the roles and responsibilities of administrators in early childhood programs and will learn about budgeting, fiscal management, marketing, licensing, and accreditation, as well as operations and facility management. The Administrator Credential is a six-course, 18-credit sequence, courses can be taken in any order and concurrently, as long as 10-307-186 ECE: Child Care-Administrator is taken last. Completion of all six courses will prepare learners to receive Wisconsin Registry’s Child Care Administration Credential, along with meeting the requirement from The Department of Children and Families for directors of group childcare programs licensed for 51 or more children, without an education degree.
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Program Costs & Financial Aid
Tuition: $2,980, Books: $158, Supplies: $0
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Curriculum
Students following the study plan below will complete the certificate in the number of semesters shown.
First Semester
8 Week 1
8 Week 2
Second Semester
8 Week 1
8 Week 2
- Curriculum Note: Students must earn a grade of "C" or higher in all 10-307-XXX courses to successfully graduate the Early Childhood: Child Care Administration Certificate. If a grade earned is "D" or "F", the course must be retaken to earn the grade of "C" or better to continue in and graduate from this program. If the course is sequential, the successful retake must occur before continuing the sequence.
Course Descriptions
Roles and responsibilities of directors, coordinators, supervisors and other administrators in early childhood programs.
Course Typically Offered: Summer Fall SpringThis course includes an introduction to systems and operations theory and the identification of concepts, processes, systems, and policies involved in the internal management of early care and education programs. It offers opportunity to apply this knowledge to plans for the improvement of these necessary systems, and for the development of standard operating procedures as appropriate.
Course Typically Offered: Summer Fall SpringThis course includes the principles and practices in budget planning, preparation and fiscal management including hands-on experience with program applications.?*If you are taking one of the Administrator Credential Courses to meet Licensing regulations, we recommend that you take one of the first three courses as listed.
Course Typically Offered: Summer Fall SpringThis course covers the external factors and relationships that provide constraints and opportunities that affect an organization’s quality and ability to survive. It includes predicting supply and demand, marketing, licensing and other required regulations, funding, accreditation, external evaluation, collaboration with community organizations and agencies, public policy issues in early care and education, advocacy, and working for public policy changes.
Course Typically Offered: Summer Fall SpringThis course covers childcare as a family-friendly community; integration of child growth and development principles into all aspects of the program; establishing and maintaining quality in the program; developing partnerships with families; multi-cultural and anti-bias approaches in curriculum, materials, activities, and relationships; space design and equipment.
Course Typically Offered: Summer Fall SpringThe strategies learned in this course build upon management skills and take students beyond management to incorporate leadership in their programs, communities, and profession. In this course, students are ready to synthesize the material they have learned. Through the development of a major project, students demonstrate the integration and application of the concepts and skills acquired in the full series of courses.. (Prerequisites: 10-307-204, ECE: Administration and Supervision; 10-307-181, ECE: Operations Management in ECE; 10-307-182, ECE: Financial Management and Planning; 10-307-184, ECE: Programs and External Environments; 10-307-185, ECE: Best Practices in ECE)
Course Typically Offered: Fall Spring