Skills And Strategies For The Childcare Teacher

Revised in 2024, this Child Care Foundational Training will prepare individuals to be successful in the role of a lead child care teacher in a child care setting. This will be accomplished by thoroughly examining the subjects of curriculum planning and activity selection in a developmentally appropriate early childhood environment. Additional topics to be covered include exploring strategies to involve parents and the role of observation in a developmentally appropriate program. Child guidance and professionalism are also further developed. This course fulfills one of the introductory noncredit course requirements as specified in the Department of Children and Families (DCF) 251 Licensing Rules for Group Child Centers. 

Online work will be completed via ECExplorer, face-to-face meetings will be on Zoom 

This course is 45 hours total, 10 hours of face-to-face instruction via zoom and 25 hours of online/homework.

Zoom meetings will be held on Tuesdays: 10/22, 10/29, 11/05, 11/12, and 11/19 from 12PM-2:00PM