This certificate program is only available in English.

Settings: Early Care and Education and School-Age Care
Program Code: 1402-DC
Program Length: 20 Hours
IACET CEU Value: 2.0 CEUs
Program Start Date: Rolling Enrollment – Start Anytime
Program End Date: 120 days from enrollment date

Textbook Information: No textbook is required to complete this certificate program. 

Program Description: The CCEI Online Director’s Certificate Renewal Program provides the 20 clock hours of business and administrative training required by CCEI for the renewal of the CCEI Online Director’s Certificate.

Program Objectives: Upon satisfactorily completing the Online Director’s Certificate Renewal program, students should be able to:

• Identify the importance of effective management systems
• Define the components required to effectively administer a program of personnel management and staff development
• Identify effective marketing tools for child care centers
• Identify a director's role in budgeting
• Demonstrate knowledge of legal requirements necessary for effective management
• Demonstrate the ability to foster good community relations and to influence childcare policy that affects the program
• Identify strategies for creating an eco-friendly child care center with regard to food, water, energy, transportation, and waste reduction
• Identify major ideas put forth by prominent theorists in child development
• Discover how to use active learning across the early childhood curriculum
• Identify strategies for creating a “bully-free” child care environment
• Define proper criteria for selecting foods and food vendors
• Identify proper policies and procedures for storing foods
• Define the meaning of pandemic
• Identify external/internal motivators that are utilized to heighten leadership effectiveness

Student Assessment: Students enrolled in the Online Director’s Certificate Renewal program are assessed using the following methods:

• Competency based multiple choice questions
• End of Course Quizzes in multiple choice format – Students must pass each quiz with a grade of 70% or better to complete the course.
• Cumulative Final Exam in multiple choice format – Students must pass with a grade of 70% or better to complete the certificate program.

Enrollment Requirements:

• Must be 18 years of age or older
• Must possess a high school diploma or GED and submit documentation as proof
• Must have access to a computer and printer
• Must have a valid email address
• Must have access to the Internet through a JavaScript enabled web browser (i.e. Internet Explorer 7.0 or higher, Mozilla Firefox 3.0 or higher, etc.)
• Must be able to speak, read, and write well enough in the language the course is presented in to understand and complete the course material

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