Administration:

The Director
Choices: School and Program
NAME: SHERYL T. AMOGUIS

ECE 16

INSTRUCTOR: MA'AM, GRACE ANN PAIREZ LUMAKIN

 What Is an Early
Childhood Director?
An early childhood director is responsible for the day-to-
day operations of a preschool, daycare, or another early
childhood program. Responsibilities include staff
supervision, meeting with parents, addressing enrollment
issues, and signing off on marketing and informational
materials for the program or schoolHere
Early Childhood Director must:
1. Ensuring the Facility is Safe and Effective

Parents choose to send their children to child care for a variety of

reasons, but every parent does so with the expectation that their child
will be safe, valued, and loved. Parents also expect their children will
be prepared for kindergarten.
2. OVERSEEING THE HIRING AND TRAINING OF NEW
STAFF MEMBERS

A director will also be directly involved in the hiring and training of

new staff members, this means writing and posting job descriptions,
scheduling interviews, and evaluating candidates. During the hiring
process, the director needs to ensure they are finding not just qualified
candidates, but also candidates who fit with the philosophy and
culture of their program
 3. Conflict Resolution

Child care directors are bosses and may need to get involved in conflict
resolution, either between teachers or between teachers and parents. Early
care and education is a deeply personal field and profession (both due to the
nature of the work and due to the relationships formed between educators and
families), and with that will come interpersonal conflict.
4. Building Strong Family Connections

For directors that double as classroom teachers (as is usually the case in
family child care), parents will want to hear right from you about their
child’s development. For a director in a center who is overseeing many
classrooms, the parents will want to hear directly from their child’s
teachers.
 What Makes a Good Child Care
Center Director?
Education & Experience
There is no magical combination of education and experience
required to be a successful child care director. Someone with twenty
years of experience could be as effective as someone with one year
of experience. What matters is a background in early childhood
education.
Strong Communication Skills
Strong communication skills are a must for any child care
director. Whether delivering tours to prospective families,
giving feedback to staff, or mitigating conflict with parents,
being able to clearly and effectively communicate is critical.
Professionalism
A child care director is ultimately responsible for a parent’s most
precious thing their child. Depending on the size of the program,
this could be anywhere from six to 150 most precious things! This
is a huge amount of responsibility, and can create highly emotional
situations.
Your Own Personal Mission
All work in early childhood education is emotionally, physically, and
mentally taxing. It’s work that doesn’t allow you to just tune out when
you’re tired or having a bad day. To successfully navigate this work you
have to have a higher personal mission.
hoices: School and Program
 Montessori

Montessori Infant & Toddler programs offer so

much more than childcare. The classroom design
fosters your young child’s emerging
independence and desire for exploration
 Family is the first school that
teaches a child basic values of
life.
 Day Care Center

Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) System

refers to the full range of health, nutrition, early
education and social services programs that provide for
the basic holistic needs of young children from birth to
age six, to promote their optimum growth and
development.
 Waldorf

This preschool program is based on the teachings of Austrian

writer Rudolf Steiner, and it strives to nurture a child's spirit,
soul, body, and interests. The Waldorf program involves creative,
hands-on group learning with a focus on rhythmic repetition in a
supportive environment.
 REGGIO EMILIA

Reggio Emilia schools formed in Italy in the 1940s, and many preschool
programs embrace this open-ended and child-led philosophy today. With an
emphasis on exploration, the program focuses on the importance of
community and self-expression.
 HIGHSCOPE

The HighScope Preschool Curriculum uses a carefully designed

approach called active participatory learning. Children have
hands-on experiences with their surroundings, which fosters the
development of problem-solving tactics
 Bank Street

This developmental approach is based on the educational philosophy of

John Dewym, and it focuses on a child's mental, social, emotional, and
physical growth. In these preschool programs, the child is an active
learner and gains knowledge about the world through experience.
Co-Ops

If you want to be directly involved with your child's school

experience, consider a cooperative preschool, where parents
and caregivers can work closely with the classroom teachers.
 About the Infant and Toddler Program

The Infant Toddler Program links children with services

that promote their physical, cognitive, and social-
emotional development and supports the needs of their
families
 I HAVE SET THE LORD ALWAYS
BEFORE ME. BECAUSE HE IS AT MY
RIGHT HAND, I WILL NOT BE
SHAKEN.

PSALM 18:6

Thank you for listening!

 IDENTIFY
I.
A. OVERSEEING THE HIRING AND TRAINING OF STAFF
B. CONFLICT RESOLUTION
C. ENSURING THE FACILITY IS SAFE AND EFFECTIVE
D. PROFESSIONALISM
E. EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCES
II.
F. MONTESSORI
G. WALDORF
H. REGGIO EMILIA
I. BANK STREET
J. CO-OPS
III. ESSAY
1. ON YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING WHAT IS THE ROLE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD
DIRECTOR IN EARLY CHILDHOON PROGRAM?
2. WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE IN CHOOSING THE SCHOOL OR PROGRAM IN EARLY
CHILDHOOD EDUCATION?