Opening & Operating A Successful Child Care Center Book

	Preface	ix
Chapter 1	The Working Director	1
	Administrative Styles and Roles	1
	Program Maintenance	3
	People Maintenance	4
	Management Tools	5
	Summary	8
Chapter 2	Developing Interpersonal Relationships	17
	Creating A Positive Climate	18
	Motivating the Staff	21
	Summary	22
Chapter 3	Providing for Personal and Professional Staff Development	25
	Staff Meetings	25
	Staff Training	29
	Staff Supervision and Coaching	32
	Assessing Staff Problems	35
	Summary	36
Chapter 4	Assessing Community Need and Establishing a Program	45
	Assessing the Need	46
	Program Philosophy	49
	Types of Programs	51
	Summary	55
Chapter 5	Licensing and Certifying	63
	Licensing	64
	Accreditation	69
	Credentialing	69
	Summary	70
Chapter 6	Establishing and Working with a Board	85
	Board Membership	86
	Board Duties	87
	Board Committees	89
	Board Communication	91
	Board Operation	92
	Summary	93
Chapter 7	Handling Financial Matters	111
	Balancing Income and Expenses	111
	Preparing the Budget	114
	Other Financial Responsibilities	118
	Summary	123
Chapter 8	Funding the Program	137
	Types of Funding Needed	137
	Fund-Raising	143
	Summary	146
Chapter 9	Developing a Center Facility	157
	Analyzing Space Requirements	157
	Planning a New Center	166
	Working with Other Professionals	168
	Summary	170
Chapter 10	Equipping the Center	189
	Establishing Needs	189
	Using Selection Criteria	191
	Working Within a Budget	195
	Ordering Equipment	195
	Managing Equipment	198
	Summary	200
Chapter 11	Staffing the Center	219
	Designing Personnel Policies	219
	Drawing Up Job Descriptions	230
	Selecting the Employee	240
	Orienting the Employee	241
	Summary	242
Chapter 12	Publicizing the Center and Selecting the Children	299
	Publicity	299
	Selecting the Children	302
	Summary	306
Chapter 13	Grouping and Enrolling the Children	309
	Grouping the Children	309
	Enrolling the Children	313
	Summary	317
Chapter 14	Managing the Food and Health and Safety Programs	335
	Food Service Programs	335
	The Health and Safety Program	349
	Summary	359
Chapter 15	Evaluating Center Components	371
	Evaluators	371
	Purpose of Evaluation	372
	Evaluation Principles	372
	Evaluation of Children	375
	Summary	381
Chapter 16	Working with Parents, Volunteers, and the Community	395
	Parent Program	395
	Preparing a Parent Handbook	402
	Volunteer Program	403
	Organizations and Agencies	404
	Work with the Community	406
	Summary	407
Appendix A	Partial List: Sources of Early Childhood Materials, Equipment and Supplies	447
Appendix B	Partial List: Early Childhood Professional Organizations and Information Sources	449
Appendix C	Partial List: Early Childhood Periodicals and Media	453
Appendix D	The National Association for the Education of Young Children Code of Ethical Conduct	457
	Director's Library	463
	Index	471