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Derius Hopkins

Purdue University Global

CE370: Funding Development and Financial Planning in Early Childhood Programs

Dr. Kasey

9/2/2022

Early Childhood Programs

Enrollment of the staff in at childcare unit should be done according to the enrollment of the children in the organization. This is very important as it ensures an appropriate proportion of staff for children enrolled in the program and is neither understaffing nor understaffing. It will be important to perform a headcount for the age group during enrollment to ascertain the number of children and available staff. It is important to identify the peak time for enrollment so that there is a plan to have an enrollment of staff to meet the staffing needs. The organization will recruit more staff during peak periods to ensure they offer services to children as more children will be available. The ratio of children per staff member will vary depending on the age of the children providing child care.

The staff wages will be determined by factors such as the number of children the staff handles at a single hour. The higher the number of children handled, the higher the hourly wage. The disability varies from child to child and may require a certain level of care. Hourly wages of the staff will be determined depending on the nature of the disability.

I plan to use NAEYC standards in the program. Using NAEYC standards will allow us to assess children's progress under the program. The staff will be able to observe children learning progress depending on their age. The child's family will share information about their child's progress in the development of cognitive skills, both physical and socio-emotional skills. Adopting the NAEYC standards helps to have children under the program become all around. It is, therefore, important to adopt NAEYC as opposed to governmental standards, which do not have a specific assessment plan for the child.

References

World Health Organization. (2018). Nurturing care for early childhood development: a framework for helping children survive and thrive to transform health and human potential.

Zoch, G., & Schober, P. S. (2018). Public child‐care expansion and changing gender ideologies of parents in Germany.  Journal of Marriage and Family,  80(4), 1020-1039.