Demonstrate an understanding of the value and importance of complex characteristics of children’s families and communities
Central Objective: Understand the value of complex characteristics in children's families and communities. Supporting Elements: Learn the responsibilities of a child care administrator towards staff, children, families, and the community. Explore early childhood education and child care centers to enhance your understanding.Trainings incorporating this outcome
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Related Outcomes
- The childcare professional will demonstrate an understanding of the value and importance of complex characteristics of children’s families and communities
- Demonstrate understanding of the roles and responsibilities a child care administrator has to‐ staff, children, families, and community
- Demonstrate and understand the importance of maintaining and developing professional and respectful relationships with parents, staff, community, and other stakeholders.
- Recognize the importance of demonstrating respect for all diversity and providing activities that reflect a welcoming environment for all children, youth and families, regardless of culture, language, or religion, or strengths, talents, and abilities.
- Recognize the importance of demonstrating respect for the diversity of all children and youth and families’ culture, language, and religion in all interactions (anti-bias and cultural responsiveness techniques).
- Demonstrate an understanding of the importance of schedules and consistency in a child care environment.
- Demonstrate an understanding of appropriate supervision for all children’s activities.
- Demonstrate understanding of the ADA and how it applies to family child care homes.
- Demonstrate understanding of children's general knowledge that supports emerging math skills
- Recognize the importance of providing activities that reflect a welcoming environment for all children, youth and families, regardless of culture, language, or religion, or strengths, talents, and abilities.
- Demonstrate understanding of the importance of parent/caregiver relationship
- Demonstrate an understanding of the benefits of marketing your family child care business.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the information that should be communicated regularly with staff, parents, and the community
- Demonstrate understanding the major milestones, typical behaviors and learning processes of children birth to 13 years of age
- Demonstrate an understanding of how the community in which a child lives influences development
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