Program Description

Childcare Management offers specific training in the education and care of children ages newborn through 8 years of age. The program also offers important business skills needed to start and operate home or commercial child care services. Students who earn an AAS degree (which requires 63 semester hours of study and usually takes two years to complete) are eligible for job entry.

This Childcare Management program offers practical and theoretical training for students desiring to be successful in home and family settings.

Program Outcomes

Students who complete the recommended Childcare Management curriculum at Snow College will be able to:

• identify developmentally appropriate practice as it applies to guidance of young children.
• plan and execute meaningful and challenging developmentally appropriate curriculum and management techniques in the multi-age early childhood classroom.
• plan nutritious meals for the early childhood classroom.
• recognize growth and developmental characteristics of the infant, toddler, preschool, and young school age child.
• demonstrate childcare management principles by creating a comprehensive business portfolio that includes artifacts that demonstrate the six competencies identified by NAEYC for their childcare facility managers.

Certificate Requirements

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Core Requirements (C or better required)
HFST 1020	Scientific Foundations of Nutrition LS	3
HFST 1500	Human Development SS	3
HFST 2120	Foods & Nutrition for Children	3
HFST 2400	Family Relations SS	3
HFST 2500	Early Childhood Development	3
HFST 2610	Guidance of Young Children	3
HFST 2620	Creative Experiences for Children	3
HFST 2880	Practicum in Preschool Training I	3
HFST 2885	Practicum in Preschool Training II	2
HFST 2990	Seminar in Preschool Teaching	1
Marketing / Management Core Requirements
HFST 1600	Child Care as a Business	2
Select 6 credits from the following in consultation with advisor:		6
HFST 2250	Personal and Consumer Management
BUS 1010	Introduction to Business
HFST 1210	Personal & Consumer Finance SS
or BUS 1210	Personal & Consumer Finance SS
BUS 1270	Strategic Selling IE
BUS 1300	Social Media Marketing
BUS 2650	Management Principles for Entrepreneurs
HFST 2800	Human Sexuality
HFST 1997	Home and Family Internship I
HFST 2997	Home and Family Internship II
Required Related Courses
MATH 1010	Intermediate Algebra (or any Math GE)	4
ENGL 1010	Expository Composition E1 (C- or higher)	3
COMM 2110	Interpersonal Communication SS	3
PE 1096	Fitness and Wellness PE	1
Related Instruction:
EXSC 1543	First Aid and CPR	3
or PE 1543	First Aid and CPR
PE 2222		3
Electives
Complete 12 to 14 credits from elective courses. All HFST courses not counted in other areas are recommended. GE courses also recommended.		12-14
Total Hours		64-66