Childcare Center Operations

Program Description & Requirements:

This program offers a sequence of courses that provides coherent and rigorous content aligned with challenging academic standards and relevant technical knowledge and skills needed to prepare for further education and careers in the Education & Training career cluster; provides technical skill proficiency, and includes competency-based applied learning that contributes to the academic knowledge, higher-order reasoning and problem-solving skills, work attitudes, general employability skills, technical skills, and occupation-specific skills, and knowledge of all aspects of the Education & Training career cluster. 

The content includes but is not limited to organizational leadership, financial management, legal obligations and responsibilities, educational programming, marketing strategies, assessment, monitoring practices, observations, referrals and collaboration of programs with families and community resources. 

Florida Director Credential Core Requirements: 

1. Possess an active Staff Credential (Excluding Employment Recognition Exemption) 
2. Other Core Requirements: 

• Possess an Accredited High School Diploma or G.E.D. 
• Complete the 30-hour Part I Department of Children and Families (DCF) “Introductory Child Care Training” https://www.myflfamilies.com/service-programs/child-care/child-care-facility.shtml 
• Complete 8 hours of in-service training regarding children with Disabilities (DCF’s Special Needs Appropriate Practices course will meet this requirement). Refer to https://www.myflfamilies.com/service-programs/child-care/credential-director.shtml for additional information. 

In addition, the Director Credential, Level I requires: 

• Core Requirements 
• Completion of an approved “Overview of Child Care Management” (https://www.myflfamilies.com/service-programs/child-care/docs/Director%20Credential-Provider%20Master%20List.pdf?d=2022-8-17) course or a Director Credential issued by another state. 

There are additional requirements for the Director Credential, Level II and the Advanced Level. Refer to https://www.myflfamilies.com/service-programs/child-care/credential-director.shtml for additional information.