Financial Management: Taming the Crystal Ball/Mastering the Juggling Act (06/03/19 - 07/01/19)
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 MoreGrant Writing for New Dollars in your Early Childhood Business (02/19/19 - 03/12/19)
Learn the fundamentals of writing grant proposals and study funding sources available to early education programs in Minnesota. Evaluate funding needs and priorities to match projects with priorities of potential grantors. Through this online Eager to Learn course, create a fundraising plan to bring additional funds for professional development, equipment or facility needs to enhance…
Read MoreEssential Management Skills for Early Childhood Director Success (04/18/19 - 05/16/19)
Essential Management Skills for Early Childhood Director Success is a four week online Eager to Learn course designed for Early Childhood Directors to explore and discuss key management skills for success in their roles as leaders and managers of early childhood businesses. Each participant will assess her/his own perceived management strengths and growth areas and…
Read MoreCommunity Engagement for Early Childhood Programs (03/19/19 - 04/16/19)
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 MoreCommunity Engagement for Early Childhood Programs (03/11/19 - 04/01/19)
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 MoreEvaluating and Supporting Early Childhood Teachers (03/05/19 - 04/02/19)
There is a lot of talk in the early childhood community about evaluating teachers to improve their performance. Raising the quality of care and education is a priority for everyone. Yet, it is the particular responsibility of education leaders. With this course, directors, coaches, and education leaders will learn how evaluate and support teachers in…
Read MoreEssential Management Skills for Early Childhood Director Success (02/12/19 - 03/05/19)
Essential Management Skills for Early Childhood Director Success is a four week online Eager to Learn course designed for Early Childhood Directors to explore and discuss key management skills for success in their roles as leaders and managers of early childhood businesses. Each participant will assess her/his own perceived management strengths and growth areas and…
Read MoreMarketing for Success: Growing Your Child Care Business (06/11/19 - 06/25/19)
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 (02/18/19 - 03/04/19)
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 (02/07/19 - 02/28/19)
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.
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