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How to Effectively Supervise Young Children In Your Child Care Program


” I strongly believe that, Quality Care is Safe Care”

After nine years of being a Child Care Center Director/Owner, I have come to the conclusion that Quality care begins with good supervision. Let me tell you how I came to this conclusion.

Two years ago I hired a teacher who was trained at the same college that I attended, we both had the same instructors and she had the knowledge to teach young children. However, there was one skill that she lacked, ” How to effectively supervise young children.”

It was obvious that she was unable to keep the children in her class safe, because every time that I stopped by the classroom, it was chaotic and she recorded at least three incident reports a day.

This is when I decided to offer her some assistance and she still was not able to effectively supervise the young children in her care. Within days, the decision was made to inform her that having her work in my center was not working out.

She was not the only teacher that I observed to have very poor classroom supervision skills. In fact, over the years, I have observed many early childhood teachers, that lacked child supervision skills.

When a staff member or caregiver is unable to effectively supervise children in their care, the following will take place:

  • Frequent accidents/incidents
  • Children left unattended
  • Parents complaining about their child’s safety
  • Children left in vans
  • Children being left behind on the playground or on a field trip
  • Chaotic classroom

Have you experienced any of the situations above? If so, you my want to Check out my eCourse: How to Effectively Supervise Young Children.

For immediate strategies on how to supervise young children in your program, check out my article: Effectively Supervising Young Children.

With Child Supervision in mind!

Shiketa

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Child Care Center, daycare, Family Child Care, Health/Safety

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How to Create The Child Care Business Of Your Dreams

At the beginning of this year, I wrote down my vision for my child care center. I had a desire to transform the center into a state of the art facility by upgrading the entire center. In fact, my goal for 2011 is to create the wow factor in my center.

Now…. don’t misunderstand me, parents love the environment, however, I just want more of a jaw opening wow factor. After nine years of owning the center, I realized that I still had items from my home daycare in my center and I knew it was time to throw out the old items and bring in new items.

When you go to shop for a car and you walk pass the car of your dreams, you just might say ” Wow! I love that car and I must buy it! This is the wow factor that I want for my center. Moreover, I want parents to be at awe at what they see in my center.

In 2010, as I was conducting tours of my center, parents would visit the center and they would say, Oh! you have a nice center. I really appreciated the “nice” compliments, however, I really wanted more parents to think that we were more than just a nice center, I wanted to see that car of your dreams look their face, lol!

I knew that if I wanted a better response from parents, such as wow! or I just love your school!; that I must do something different in my center. This is when I decided to go ahead and really work on the environment in the center.

Changes I’ve made

  • Painted the walls
  • Threw away old shelving units and purchased new ones
  • Ordered new wooden kitchen sets that I’ve always wanted
  • Spent $100 on plants to create a warm home like environment and placed them all over the building
  • My state of the art digital recording camera system has already been installed by ADT.  Now I can monitor childcare from home and link the video to my website!

I share my story with you to paint a picture that you can create the childcare business of your dreams with much focus, determination and one step at a time. My dream is coming to pass one week at a time and as I make changes, I can hardly believe the transformation.

It may take longer than a year to create the childcare business of your dreams, but the key factor is…To Start Working Your Plan Today!

In this blog post, I am going to share with you seven ways to create the childcare business of your dreams:

  1. Write down your plans for your business (post them in your office)
  2. Create an action plan to accomplish the goals (raise funds with a fundraiser,etc)
  3. Start activating your faith by looking at childcare magazines and create a vision board for your business
  4. Every month focus on an area of your childcare business to upgrade and work at it until it is done
  5. Go visit a state of the art center. This will give you some ideas for your business
  6. Upgrade how you look. I am not saying where a suit and tie, however, simply step it up a notch. I know we can get dirty working with kids, however, we represent our business. Jeans, a nice shirt and flat shoes will do. * No sweat suits. (too casual) Wear a smock if you work with the kids.
  7. Share your dream with your parents and staff members. Also post a banner of your goals to build the business of your dreams.

Your dream may be to update the playground, be an accredited program or to buy a new van; what ever your goals may be for your business, I want to inspire you to never stop dreaming for your childcare business.

It’s time to turn your dream into a reality, share your dream for your childcare business in the comment box below.

To Your Success,

Shiketa Morgan

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Child Care Center, Family Child Care, Program Planning

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