Online Child Day Care Courses

Prepare for a career in Child Day Care Management at home, at your own pace with Penn Foster. Turn your love for children into an exciting career with the Penn Foster Child Day Care Management Program. Train quickly and conveniently. Learn to:

• Organize educational activities
• Start and operate your own child care facility
• Set up and maintain a safe, clean, well-organized child care environment
• Use computers to help children learn and play

And you’ll learn it all at home with no classroom needed! Get the latest information on licensing, accreditation and certification, working with parents, and financing and budgeting your child care center exactly what you need to start your career in Child Day Care Management.

Why train to be a child care professional? With the right credentials, you can:

• Enjoy career independence.
• Start your own business.
• Work for an established Child Day Care center.

Demand for professional child care providers will increase 12% by 2012.* As more and more parents search for reliable, quality child care, the need will continue to grow! That means career opportunity for you! We’ll send you FREE information, with absolutely no obligation! Find out more about Penn Foster's complete Child Day Care Management training that includes:

• All the books, lessons, equipment, and learning aids you need.
• Storybooks, videos, charts, and checklists.
• Toll-free instructional support.
• Access to student services by website, phone, and mail.

* Growth figures represent a ten-year period ending 2012. Source: "National Industry-Occupation Employment Matrix," a publication of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Child Daycare
In this comprehensive Ashworth University distance learning course you'll learn practical techniques and gain in-depth, career-level knowledge of the child care field. You'll learn about educational games, child growth and behavior, scheduling, age appropriate activities, nutrition, nurturing, socialization, and much more.

Key topic areas include:

• Families and Child Care
• Basic Principles of Development.
• Operating an Early Childhood Program
• Handling Schedules and Routines.
• Teaching and Learning; Creating Art Activities
• Science, Math and Active Play.

Opportunities for satisfying careers exist in child care centers, nursery schools, preschools, public and private schools, and family child care homes. Child day care professionals may work part time or full time. Distance education lets you study in the comfort of home at your own pace. Frequent course updates assure you’ll learn the latest skills and techniques. Ashworth University courses are very affordable; monthly tuition is interest-free. Ashworth University is an accredited member of the Distance Education and Training Council. The Accrediting Commission of the Distance Education and Training Council is listed by the U.S. Department of Education as a nationally recognized accrediting agency for distance learning schools.

What is involved in Child Day Care?

The industry consists of establishments that provide paid care for infants, toddlers, preschool children, or older children in before- and after-school programs. (For information on other social assistance services for children and youths.

Two main types of child care make up the child day care services industry: center-based care and family child care. Formal child day care centers include preschools, child care centers, and Head Start centers. Family child care providers care for children in their home for a fee and are the majority of self-employed workers in this industry, which does not include occasional babysitters or persons who provide unpaid care in their homes for the children of relatives or friends.

Recognizing that the unavailability of child care is a barrier to the employment of many parents, especially qualified women, and that the cost of the benefits is offset by increased employee morale and reduced absenteeism, some employers offer child care benefits to their employees. Some employers sponsor child care centers in or near the workplace, while others provide direct financial assistance, vouchers, or discounts for child care or after-school or sick-child care services. Still others offer a dependent-care option in a flexible benefits plan.

The for-profit sector of this industry includes centers that operate independently or as part of a local or national chain. Nonprofit child day care organizations may provide services in religious institutions, YMCAs and other social and recreation centers, colleges, public schools, social service agencies, and worksites ranging from factories to office complexes. The number of for-profit establishments has grown rapidly in response to demand for child care services. Within the nonprofit sector, there has been strong growth in Head Start, the federally funded child care program designed to provide disadvantaged children with social, educational, and health services.

Where are most of the jobs?

Preschool teachers make up the largest occupation in the child day care industry, accounting for about 34 percent of wage and salary jobs. They teach pupils basic physical, intellectual, and social skills needed to enter primary school. Teacher assistants account for 12 percent of employment and give teachers more time for teaching by assuming a variety of tasks. For example, they may set up and dismantle equipment or prepare instructional materials. Online child daycare training can be accomplished in as little as 6 months.

Child care workers account for about 29 percent of wage and salary jobs, as well as a large proportion of the self-employed who care for children in their homes, known as family child care providers. Some parents hire private household workers, such as nannies, to care for their children in their own home. Regardless of the setting, these workers feed, diaper, comfort, and play with infants. When dealing with older children, they attend to the children’s basic needs and organize activities that stimulate physical, emotional, intellectual, and social development.

Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program account for about 4 percent of wage and salary workers. They establish overall objectives and standards for their centers, provide day-to-day supervision of their staffs, and bear overall responsibility for program development, as well as for marketing, budgeting, staffing, and all other administrative tasks. Find an online day care training school nearest you.