Course Content

The  Director Credential Program is divided into 5 Sessions each containing 2 distinct units of study. Each sessions is approximately 4 hours long. Participants can  sign-up for individual sessions or complete all 5 Sessions and the Test/Praxis to earn their  Director Credential. (45 contact hours/45 CEU's)

Unit 1: Fiscal Management: Developing the Budget

• Corporate entities
• Center budgeting
• Personnel benefits/policies
• Strategies to increase profit margin

Unit 2: Insurance For Your Center

• Protecting Assets
• Determinining Liability and Amounts
• Types of Coverage

Session B: (4 Contact Hours/.4 CEUs)

Unit 3: Recruiting, Hiring & New Teacher Orientation

• Recruiting Strategies
• Hiring Practices
• Developing and Implementing New Teacher Training

Unit 4: Employee Handbooks, Evaluations and Job Descriptions

• Developing & Evaluating Employee Handbooks
• Effective Evaluation Practices
• Minimizing Conflict with Job Descriptions

Session C: (4 Contact Hours/.4 CEUs)

Unit 5: Parent Comunication

• Strategies for Staff/Parent Communication
• Health and safety
• Developing and Evaluating a Parent’s Handbook
• Selling and the Enrollment Process

Unit 6: Child Development – The Essentials

• Ages/Stages
• Literacy, Math, Science, Diversity    
• Playground Assessment Strategies  
• Classroom Observations

Session D: (4 Contact Hours/.4 CEUs)

Unit 7: Working With the Difficult Employee

• Confrontation Techniques  
• Dealing with Absenteeism  
• Developing a Discipline Plan  
• Termination Strategies  
• Classroom Observations

Unit 8: Administrative Leadership

• Team Building 
• Planning Strategies
• Respect of Diversity
• Row charts and Organizational Structure

Session E: (4 Contact Hours/.4 CEUs)

Unit 9: The New Economy Challenges and Opportunities

• Understanding Marketing  
• Strategies to Overcome the “NEW” Challenges  
• Demographic/Psychographic

Unit 10: Train the Trainer

• Methods/Styles of Learning
• Getting Certified to Train Your Staff

Session F: 

(25 Contact Hours/2.5 CEUs for Completion)

Test and Praxis 

Participants have the option to convert their 20 contact hours/2 CEUs for attendance of Session A-E and completion of their tests, into 45 contact hours/4.5 CEUs and the NICCM “National Administrator’s Credential” (NAC). This will require receiving a grade of at least an 80% on the test for each unit (to be turned in prior to leaving each session) and a minimum of 80% for the Praxis. Students will be assigned a “mentor” for the program and will be given up to 6 months to complete the written work & documentation. The Praxis is divided up into 20 documentation, evaluation and/or related activities. Each Unit has 2 Praxis items attached to it and each of the praxis items are rated at 1.25 hours/.125 CEUs based on the estimated and previously documented amount of time that those activities will take.