Identify the importance of professional development for child care professionals and strategies to make meaningful choices.
Central Objective: identify the importance of professional development for child care professionals and strategies to make meaningful choices in early childhood education and child care centers. Supporting Elements: identify and understand the requirements of the Child Care Subsidy (POC), the Child and Adult Food Program (CACFP), the MSDE Child Care Credential, Tiered Reimbursement, and the Child Care Career and Professional Development Fund to support growth, quality care, and sustainable career paths.Trainings incorporating this outcome
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120 hours courses
12 CEUs102 hours courses
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Related Outcomes
- Identify and understand the requirements of Child Care Subsidy (POC), Child and Adult Food Program, MSDE Child Care Credential, Tiered Reimbursement, and the Child Care Career and Professional Development Fund
- Identify strategies for the child care provider that will promote successful child development.
- Describe strategies and experiences to promote collaboration between child and youth care professionals and programs and other professionals involved in the care and education of all children and youth.
- Identify strategies for the child care provider that will promote successful child development
- Identify strategies for the child care provider that will promote successful child development.
- Identify responses to typical daily child care scenarios with solutions that are aligned with Child Care Regulations
- Identify the implications of the childcare professional in promoting sound health and safety principles in the child care environment
- Demonstrate understanding of developing strategies for involving parents in the child care setting.
- Identify factors that may influence learning for a child in the family child care environment.
- Identify strategies and practices for preventing shaken baby syndrome and abusive head trauma in the child care setting
- Demonstrate an understanding of how the child care professional supports the development of readiness skills
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