Types of Child Development Programs

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Types of Child Development Programs
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What is management? Hearron Hildebrand (2003)

• Management- includes
• Setting goals
• Developing resources human and material to
  achieve goals
• Doing the work to achieve goals
• Monitor the work and action of others
• Develop standards
• Take necessary steps to achieve goals including
  adjustments and change

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Child Development Center

• Child care that is provide outside of the childs
  personal home.

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Roles of a Director of Child Development Centers

• Awareness as a professional
• Organizational skills
• Fiscal management
• Community involvement
• Facilities management
• Health and safety management
• Food and nutrition management

• Curriculum Specialists
• Resources of parents
• Marketing and public relations development
• Advocacy
• Assessment and evaluation of organization

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Types of Child Development Programs

• Investment in human capital
• Consumer Service
• Supplement to care provided by families
• Remedial and compensatory service
• Substitute for parental care
• Research and teacher preparation

• Sponsorship- types of funding for the organization

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Investment in Human Capital

• Foster childs skills, talents, knowledge and
  abilities.
• Project Head Start
• Public pre-ks

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Consumer Service

• Private Preschools
• Parent co-ops
• Some for profit preschools

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Supplement to care provided by parents

• Day care centers
• Drop off centers
• Some for profit preschools
• Family day cares

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Remedial or Compensatory Service

• Early Childhood Special Education
• Preschool classes for specific disabilities

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Substitute for Parental Care

• Foster care
• Orphanages

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Research and Teacher Preparation

• Lab Schools

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Funding Types

• Family Pay
• Tuition based
• Sponsored Programs
• United Way
• Non-profits
• Church Sponsored Child Care
• Corporate sponsored-USDA or Corp of Engineers
• College or University Sponsored
• Lap Schools
• Hospital- Sponsored
• Military Child Care

• Government Sponsored
• Grants
• Government backing
• Lottery