Martin Pitt Child Care

Ready!

Ready!

What do you see?

What might change?

• Lower parent ability to pay• Fewer working parents• Less resources like – Subsidy dollars– TEACH– WAGE$– Technical assistance

• More competition

the cheapest child care fees the least turnover the best quality care & education

Only the programs with______ will survive!

Others?• Directors skilled as managers?• Directors skilled as coach/mentors?• Directors skilled as community

builders?• Higher star centers?• Cheap, convenient kith and kin care?• Only those with subsidy?• Only high income families?• Other?

resilience

Where to start?

together

Your professional learning community

• http://martinpittchildcare.wordpress.comThe literature on professional learning

communities repeatedly gives attention to five attributes of such organizational arrangements: – supportive and shared leadership,– collective creativity,– shared values and vision,– supportive conditions, and– shared personal practice.

Social Media Policies• Any examples to share?

Reflect on our programs

A Complete Program Profile: Organization• Quality Rating (licensing, accreditation)• Quality Points?• Education Points Program Points• Mission Statement • Organizational chart • Years program has operated• Recent revision of personnel and parent handbook• Regular monthly staff meetings• Number of Classrooms• Ratio teacher to child

Program: People: Children

• Number of Children• Number of children who are

learning English• as their second language• Age range of children• Number of children with

IEPs/IFSPs

Program: People: Staff• Staff who speak home language of ELL

students• Number of staff • Highest education of top three teachers • Staff Turnover rate per year• Number of teachers in school• Salary schedule or scale published for staff• Floaters or subs• Director’s education and longevity• # Leave days per year (sick or vacation

Program: People: Families

• Turnover of families• Payment of fees timely• Relationships• Stranger-care

Program: Finances• Break even enrollment number is _____• Personnel Costs, % of total operating _____• Fee charged parents per three yr old

child/month • Market rate for three yr olds/ month • Full cost of care known?• Current enrollment, % of full capacity• When were the parent fees last increased?• Other funding sources?• % of children receiving subsidy/private pay• Grant writing

Communication Style Audit

• Select 15 words that best describe your communication style

• Total in each column.

Results

Column A – a direct communication styleColumn B - a spirited communication styleColumn C - a considerate communication styleColumn D - a systematic communication style

Your communication style

✏Describe the ways you prefer to receive and give information. For example when someone gives you directions, do you prefer to have it in writing or just hear it? What is your preference with respect to using different technologies—voice mail, e-mail, text messaging?✏What do you consider to be the most positive aspects of your

communication style? Share some examples of how these positive aspects have benefited you in your relationships.✏What are some aspects of your communication style that

have hindered your effectiveness in interpersonal relationships? What can you do to reduce or eliminate these hindrances?

What else do we need to be good at?