Early Childhood Administrator - Certificate
Advance your career and prepare to lead early childhood programs with the Early Childhood Education Administrator Credential. This 18-credit certificate builds the skills needed to manage high quality childcare programs, including budgeting, fiscal management, marketing, licensing, accreditation, and daily operations. The certificate consists of six courses, which may be taken in any order as long as ECE: Child Care–Administrator (10-307-186) is completed last. Upon successful completion of all courses, learners meet the requirements to earn the Wisconsin Registry Child Care Administration Credential and fulfill the State of Wisconsin Department of Children and Families requirement for directors of group childcare programs licensed for 51 or more children (for individuals without an education degree). Build your leadership capacity and take the next step toward directing or managing an early learning program.
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Program Costs & Financial Aid
Tuition: $3,019, Books: $143, Supplies: $0
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Estimates based on in-state residency. Please visit the following URL to learn more about tuition and fees for this program. https://www.nwtc.edu/admissions-and-aid/paying-for-college/tuition-and-fees?ProgramCode=903071
Curriculum
Students following the study plan below will complete the certificate in the number of semesters shown.
First Semester
8 Week 1
8 Week 2
Second Semester
8 Week 1
8 Week 2
- Curriculum Note: Students must earn a grade of "C" or higher in all 10-307-XXX courses to successfully graduate the Early Childhood: Child Care Administration Certificate. If a grade earned is "D" or "F", the course must be retaken to earn the grade of "C" or better to continue in and graduate from this program. If the course is sequential, the successful retake must occur before continuing the sequence.
Course Descriptions
Roles and responsibilities of directors, coordinators, supervisors and other administrators in early childhood programs.
Course Typically Offered: Summer Fall SpringThis course includes an introduction to systems and operations theory and the identification of concepts, processes, systems, and policies involved in the internal management of early care and education programs. It offers opportunity to apply this knowledge to plans for the improvement of these necessary systems, and for the development of standard operating procedures as appropriate.
Course Typically Offered: Summer Fall SpringThis course includes the principles and practices in budget planning, preparation and fiscal management including hands-on experience with program applications.?*If you are taking one of the Administrator Credential Courses to meet Licensing regulations, we recommend that you take one of the first three courses as listed.
Course Typically Offered: Summer Fall SpringThis course covers the external factors and relationships that provide constraints and opportunities that affect an organization’s quality and ability to survive. It includes predicting supply and demand, marketing, licensing and other required regulations, funding, accreditation, external evaluation, collaboration with community organizations and agencies, public policy issues in early care and education, advocacy, and working for public policy changes.
Course Typically Offered: Summer Fall SpringThis course covers childcare as a family-friendly community; integration of child growth and development principles into all aspects of the program; establishing and maintaining quality in the program; developing partnerships with families; multi-cultural and anti-bias approaches in curriculum, materials, activities, and relationships; space design and equipment.
Course Typically Offered: Summer Fall SpringThe strategies learned in this course build upon management skills and take students beyond management to incorporate leadership in their programs, communities, and profession. In this course, students are ready to synthesize the material they have learned. Through the development of a major project, students demonstrate the integration and application of the concepts and skills acquired in the full series of courses. (Prerequisites: 10-307-204, ECE: Administration and Supervision in ECE; 10-307-182, ECE: Financial Management & Planning in ECE; 10-307-181, ECE: Operations Management in ECE; 10-307-184, ECE: External Environments in ECE Programs; 10-307-185, ECE: Best Practices for Children & Families in ECE)
Course Typically Offered: Fall Spring