Head up your own ECE center

Running your own child care center or serving as a site supervisor for our youngest learners requires the vision of an entrepreneur, the skills of a manager, and the heart of a teacher.

In the Early Childhood Education: Supervision and Administration program, you'll learn best practices for recruiting, teacher training, and staff management while working toward your state child development site supervisor or program director permit.

You will learn to instill positive guidance and discipline into your curriculum for infants, toddlers, and young children.

The program is designed for students looking to complete requirements for the Child Development Site Supervisor Permit through the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing, and for site directors seeking professional development to renew permits for licensed facilities.

Classroom curriculum

• Child growth and development
• Classroom teaching strategies
• Center management
• Creating a developmentally based curriculum
• Current industry research and trends

Leadership curriculum

The curriculum delivers targeted instruction to prepare you to become a successful child care owner and build your qualifications as a director. Gain the confidence to manage and run any child care center.

• Budget administration
• Facilities management
• Personnel recruitment—best practices
• Supervisory skills

Early Childhood Education: Supervision and Administration learning objectives

• Create optimal learning environments through efficient staff interactions with children and their families
• Identify the differences in major learning theories and curriculum models as they pertain to early childhood education center philosophies and use them to enhance and develop appropriate care and education at child care centers
• Apply effective communication with families, staff, and communities about the physical, cognitive, social, and emotional needs of children as a leader and director
• Identify high-quality settings for children using quality indicators such as the National Association for the Education of Young Children guidelines and standards and know what they are looking for as it pertains to getting child care centers licensing, permits, and regulations for the state of California
• Develop positive guidance and mentorship strategies to use when working with diverse groups of children including those with special needs