This course provides students with the opportunity to explore the administrator’s role in using Quality Matters and to practice Continuous Quality Improvement as a member of a team. Students will examine issues and opportunities related to: Leadership (professional, pedagogical, and administrative), Staffing (qualifications, professional development, human resources, and compensation), Learning Environments (high quality and inclusive), and Relationships (interactions and partnerships with children, families, staff, other professionals, and the community). They will learn how to engage in the process of self-assessment, how to set priorities and how to set and evaluate goals. Students will learn skills to manage budgets, monitor expenditures, and analyse the impacts of funding opportunities. Students will understand the role of an Early Childhood Development Consultant in the process of Quality Matters. Students will recognize the impact of accountability, including compliance (with provisions of Nova Scotia’s Day Care Act and with provincial Day Care Regulations, policies, standards, and licencing and monitoring activities), accountability (for financial reporting and respecting any public funds
received), and program quality (to be maintained through the implementation of the Nova Scotia Early Learning Curriculum Framework and through the development, implementation, and assessment of Quality Improvement Plans). Students will practice using the CQI cycle of reflection and planning: Plan, Do, Review, Adjust.
60 Hours