RBPD Credential – Module 1: Introduction to Relationship Based Professional Development (ETL) (10/15/19 - 10/22/19)
During this 6 hour introduction to RBPD, participants investigate RBPD definitions, competencies and dispositions through the lens of Minnesota’s Knowledge and Competency Framework for Relationship-Based Professional Development Specialists; interpret research on the impact of RBPD; compare various RBPD approaches; analyze benefits and challenges of RBPD delivery modalities and review the goals, objectives and process of…
Read MorePracticum Project Eager to Learn Online MN (07/11/19 - 02/27/20)
The Directors Credential Practicum Project is a guided independent study project serving as a capstone to the credential program. Participants develop and demonstrate skills in research, project planning, goal setting, creating and following a work plan and time table, and bringing a project to fruition on time. Projects are of a business, organizational or financial…
Read MoreCohort 23 Gathering Place (05/30/19 - 03/07/20)
This is the gathering place for Cohort 23 of the Directors Credential.
Read MoreCommunity Engagement for Early Childhood Programs (01/30/20 - 02/20/20)
Discover how active involvement in a local community is key to carrying out a mission of community service. Determine how through community involvement, collaborating, partnering and clearly developing and interpreting their brand, child care programs can strengthen their organizations, build enrollment and build support for early education in their communities.
Read MoreMarketing for Success: Growing Your Child Care Business (01/09/20 - 01/23/20)
This course covers the importance of a marketing plan in reaching and maintaining enrollment goals in a childcare business, and provides an overview of basic marketing principles and concepts. Participants will gain skills to develop a marketing plan through practical application of concepts in the child care field.
Read MoreMarketing for Success: Growing Your Child Care Business (01/09/20 - 01/23/20)
This course covers the importance of a marketing plan in reaching and maintaining enrollment goals in a childcare business, and provides an overview of basic marketing principles and concepts. Participants will gain skills to develop a marketing plan through practical application of concepts in the child care field.
Read MoreFinancial Management: Taming the Crystal Ball/Mastering the Juggling Act (10/24/19 - 11/21/19)
Gain control over your child care center’s financial future. Study includes developing departmentalized budgets, managing income and expense using budgeting and cash flow tools, and understanding financial statements, with particular emphasis on creating and managing staffing patterns and personnel budgets, the largest cost area for child care businesses.
Read MoreFinancial Management: Taming the Crystal Ball/Mastering the Juggling Act (10/24/19 - 11/21/19)
Gain control over your child care center’s financial future. Study includes developing departmentalized budgets, managing income and expense using budgeting and cash flow tools, and understanding financial statements, with particular emphasis on creating and managing staffing patterns and personnel budgets, the largest cost area for child care businesses.
Read MoreDeveloping Human Resources in Early Childhood Programs (08/15/19 - 09/12/19)
Identify and illustrate knowledge of each step in the employee life cycle – recruitment; selection; orientation (on boarding); supervision and development; and retention. Through reading, video, discussion, and practical application activities participants development skills needed to manage the most important program resource – the center staff.
Read MoreDeveloping Human Resources in Early Childhood Programs (08/15/19 - 09/12/19)
Identify and illustrate knowledge of each step in the employee life cycle – recruitment; selection; orientation (on boarding); supervision and development; and retention. Through reading, video, discussion, and practical application activities participants development skills needed to manage the most important program resource – the center staff.
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