Administration for Family Child Care Course

6 Tuesday & Thursday sessions: May 8, 10, 15, 17, 29 & 31, 2018 (no class May 22 & 24) 

Time: 6:30pm to 9:00pm            15 hours training          Fee: $150.00 workbook included  This course is for participants who have taken Westcoast’s 20-hour Responsible Adult course and would like to continue their career in child care by opening their own family child care business. Suitable for registered or licensed family child care providers who would like to refine their administration skills and/or review their Parent Package. Participants must be at least 19 years old to register. NOTE: This 15-hour course alone does not qualify participants to become registered or licensed family child care providers, or open a family child care business. For more information contact your local Child Care Resource and Referral Office (CCRR) or Licensing Office. Course Description: Through interactive sessions this 15-hour course guides participants to explore best practices in family child care as well as basic business practices like how to project a family child care business budget, record keeping, organising expenses and paperwork to be ready for tax season.  We will identify and review policies and procedures needed in family child care and as a final assignment participants will create or review and update their own parent’s manual containing their centre’s policies, contracts, daily schedule, programming, etc. (i.e. Parent Package). Objectives: Become familiar with CCRR best practices in family child care. Identify and review policies and procedures and create a Parent Package (parent’s manual containing centre’s policies, contracts, daily schedule, programming, etc.) or review and update an existing one. Explore basic business practices. Obtain basic knowledge about Child Care Subsidy. Learn effective strategies for forming positive relationships with families. Instructor: Vesna Krcmar is an experienced facilitator and Early Childhood Educator, currently working as a Vancouver CCRR Child Care Services Consultant at Westcoast Child Care Resource Centre. She brings a rich background in working with 0-5 year old children in both family child care and group care settings and as a Westcoast’s facilitators for the 35-hour Introduction to Family Child Care Course and the 20-hour Responsible Adult in Child Care Settings. Registration begins February 10, 2017  Maximum participants: 25

Important:

• Carefully read the Registration, Refund and Missed Class Policies.
• Registrations are accepted on a first come-first serve basis. 
• You will need an email address to receive course related information.
• This is a non-credit course (cannot be applied towards the completion of a degree).
• Park along Slocan Street or on East Broadway. Note parking restrictions.
• Bring a 2-inch binder for your course materials.

Registration Policy:

 Participants must:

1. Make payment at time of registration in order to confirm a seat.
2. Be 19 years of age at the time of registration.
3. Have grade 8 English written and oral skills (or equivalent) to actively participate during class. 
4. Mark course dates in calendar. We do not send reminders.
5. Make their own child care arrangements. We are unable to accommodate children during course hours.
6. Abide by the Classroom Code of Conduct.

Refund and Cancellation Policy:

1. By submitting their registration online, participants declare they have read, understood and agree with this policy.
2. It is the registrants’ responsibility to make sure this training is suitable to their learning needs. If you have questions about this, call us before registering.
3. No refunds or credits will be issued once the course starts; no exceptions.
4. Requests for cancellations must be received at least 3 business days prior to the course date to get a refund, minus any Administration Fees. 
5. All refunds are subject to a $25 Administration Fee.
6. Westcoast may cancel a course at any time. Registrants will be notified and will receive a full refund.
7. If first class is missed registrants forfeit their fee. There will be no refund or credit.

Missed Class Policy:

1. The first class is mandatory. The entire course builds on the first day and it is essential to the subsequent classes. If the first class is missed you forfeit your fee and may not attend the rest of the course.
2. Participants must attend all sessions and satisfactorily complete the course work and a “Parent Package” approved by the Instructor, in order to receive a certificate of completion.
3. There is a $15 each to reprint a certificate or receipt for up to 1 year from the course start date.
4. Anyone missing more than 1 session will need to take the entire course again at full fee except in unusual circumstances and by special permission by the Training Department.
5. Participants must notify the Instructor of an absence in advance at the earliest opportunity.
6. If a session is missed, participants may make it up the next time the course is offered and within 1 year from the course end date; unless it is the first class.
7. There will be a $15 fee to make up a missed session.
8. It is the participant’s responsibility to keep track of which session and topics were missed and to find out when s/he can make them up.
9. Certificates of completion may be picked up after making up the missed session.

Note: If the course is full, you can phone us to be placed on the wait list.

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