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Management Institutes
The Center annually offers a series of management Institutes on timely and important topics facing administrators of early childhood programs. This year's institutes include the Fall Management Institute: Managing Infant-Toddler Programs and the Family Child Care Institute: Best Business Practices. Detailed information including how to register is included below. You can also view a list of past management institutes.
February 27 and May 15, 2010
Register now.
Managing a high-quality family child care program and sustaining a viable business can be challenging. This family child care institute, presented in collaboration with the First Step Fund and funded by the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS), will provide you with the tools and techniques you need to improve your family child care business practices and get on the path toward accreditation.
Designed for current family child care providers as well as those who offer technical assistance and support to providers, the institute stresses the importance of professionally designed contracts, parent handbooks, and promotional materials that help family child care providers successfully market their programs, demonstrate best practices, and enhance business stability.
Sign up to receive information about future institutes.
The institute presenter will be Judy Bumpus, Program Manager for the First Step Fund.
Location: McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership
National-Louis University, Wheeling campus annex
Fee: $199, includes texts, materials, and meals
Hotel accommodations are available at the Candlewood Suites adjacent to the Center. Call (847) 520-1684.
Participants may receive two semester hours of graduate credit (ECE335, Best Practices in Family Child Care) by paying an additional fee, completing a project, and engaging in an online discussion about family-friendly program practices.
Scholarships
Contact your local child care resource and referral agency for professional development funds that may help pay part of the institute fees and college credit. You may also be eligible for Illinois Gateways to Opportunity Scholarship funds to cover a portion of the cost of tuition for the college credit option. For more information, go to www.inccrra.org or call (866) 697-8278.
Register now. For questions about the institute or to reserve your spot, contact Debra Trude-Suter at (800) 443-5522, ext. 5056 or debra.trudesuter@nl.edu.
We welcome your suggestions for future institute topics. To suggest a topic, contact Debra Trude-Suter, Director of Training at (800) 443-5522, ext. 5056 or debra.trudesuter@nl.edu.
- Fall Management Institute: Managing Infant-Toddler Programs (October 2009)
View the online discussion about this topic. - Family Child Care Institute: Indoor and Outdoor Environments (Feb/May 2009)
- The Family-Friendly Director (October 2008)
- Family Child Care: Program Quality Evaluation (Feb/May 2008)
- Your Role in Building Financially Fit Families and Staff (October 2007)
- Family Child Care: Program Quality Evaluation (Feb/May 2007)
- Board Development: A Key to Your Program's Strategic Planning Success (October 2006)
- Family Child Care: Best Business Practices (Feb/May 2006)
- Marketing Strategies for Early Childhood Programs (Sept/Oct 2005)
- Strategies for Including Children with Disabilities (February 2005)
- Documenting Children's Learning (October 2004)
- Grantwriting and Fundraising (March 2004)
- Reggio Emilia Approach (September 2003)
- The Family-Friendly Director (March 2003)
- Outdoor Play Environments (September 2002)
- Administration of Infant/Toddler Programs (March 2002)
- School-Age Child Care (August 2001)
