Online Course – Google Certified Professional Internship in Home Childcare, The State University of New York

Have you invested in a home and want to open a childcare center? Learn essential techniques and master key components of running a family-run childcare center, providing quality and welcoming care.

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Professional Certificate

Beginners

No prior knowledge required

Time to complete the course

7-day free trial

No unnecessary risks

Skills you will acquire in the course

  • Developing and operating a home care center for children
  • Understanding the stages of children’s development
  • Best practices for encouraging learning
  • Important safety precautions
  • Required business fundamentals
  • Preparing a family policy manual
  • Observation and diagnostic techniques
  • Behavior management and discipline
  • Supporting diversity
  • Educational training and certifications
  • Disease prevention and the importance of physical activity
  • Nutrition and CACFP
  • Social-emotional learning
  • Emergency plan/mandatory reporting
  • Requirements and setup costs
  • Accounting and Insurance Fundamentals
  • Contracts, including state sources
  • Pricing and billing process

What you will learn in the course

Courses for which the course is suitable

  • Child care center managers
  • Educational guides
  • Family counselors
  • Educational program managers
  • Child development professionals
  • Education project managers
  • Child safety experts
  • Marketing professionals in the field of education and care
  • Human Resources Managers in Education
  • Workshop instructors for parents

Internship – Series of 3 courses

This course series is designed to provide participants with the tools to develop and operate an in-home child care center. The courses cover the stages of child development, best practices for encouraging learning, important safety precautions, and the necessary business fundamentals.

Hands-on Learning Project

Upon completion of the three courses and their project assignments, participants will benefit from a family policy guide that can be refined and distributed to potential families and business clients.

The guide includes 16 chapters:

  • introduction
  • philosophy
  • Curriculum
  • Parent/family involvement
  • Observation and diagnostic techniques
  • Behavior Management/Discipline Policy
  • Supporting diversity
  • Educational training and certifications
  • Disease prevention and the importance of physical activity
  • Nutrition and CACFP
  • Social-emotional learning
  • Emergency plan/mandatory reporting
  • Requirements and setup costs
  • Accounting and Insurance Fundamentals
  • Contracts, including state sources
  • Pricing and billing process

Details of the courses that make up the specialization

Introduction to early childhood

Course 1

10 hours

4.8 (78 ratings)

Course Details

What you will learn: You will learn the basics of early childhood development, the importance of play, and the significance of the family in early education programs.

Skills you will develop:

  • Childcare
  • Decision Making
  • communication
  • creativity
  • Planning and teaching

Health and Safety in a Home Childcare Center

Course 2

10 hours

4.3 (11 ratings)

Course Details

What you will learn: You will learn the basics of setting up a safe child care center in your home.

Skills you will develop:

  • Emergency management
  • diet
  • Mental health
  • safety
  • Recruitment

Childcare as a profession

Course 3

12 hours

4.9 (11 ratings)

Course Details

What you will learn: You will learn the basics of running a quality and supportive childcare center as a business.