Course Overview

This online self-paced training explores essential areas of director-level responsibility, including program and business management with a focus on legal knowledge. It also covers child development and developmentally appropriate practices, parent education, and professional development topics such as leadership, advocacy, and ethics. Additional focus areas include communication and interpersonal skills, rules and regulations, accessing services and community resources, finances and fiscal management, and anti-bias program evaluation.

What You’ll Learn

  • Understand program and business management, including legal knowledge
  • Apply child development principles and developmentally appropriate practices
  • Implement parent education strategies
  • Explore professional development topics such as leadership, advocacy, and ethics
  • Develop communication and interpersonal skills
  • Understand rules and regulations in childcare settings
  • Access services and community resources
  • Understand finances and fiscal management
  • Apply anti-bias program evaluation principles
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