Description
Learn about early child care’s impact on families and communities. Early child care has the ability to affect three generations—parents, children and children’s children. Early child care allows parents to work, helps connect families to resources and therefore lowers parental stress. Early child care helps children develop crucial social skills and sets them up for a successful educational career. Children who had access to quality early child care services go on to achieve higher graduation rates and obtain stable, well-paying jobs which in turn helps their children. Early child care helps build strong economies and safe communities.
Syllabus
Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
• Understand how early child care affects the community.
• Identify early child care’s affect on academic success, public safety and the health of families.
• Consider partners in the community that could be helpful to your early child care program.
• Develop messaging for elected officials and other key decision makers in the community.
Topics:
The key sections include:
• The course overview
• Early Childhood Outcomes & The Community
• School Readiness & Success
• Impact on Public Safety
• Impact on Health of the Community
• Building Relationships in the Community
Instructor:
Sarah Kennedy, MU Extension Community Development Field Specialist – Early Childhood Impact, skennedy@missouri.edu .
Materials:
All course materials will be available within the Canvas course. This includes a Powerpoint Presentation, Educational Activities and Additional Resources related to the topic.
Length:
1 Hour
Department:
MU Extension - Business & Community - Community Development
Credit:
This training should take you approximately one-hour to complete. In order to receive 1 Missouri Professional Development (MOPD) Clock Hour, participants must:
• Watch all videos. Canvas allows the instructor to see the amount of time a participant spends in each section.
• Thoughtfully complete discussion questions. There is no right or wrong answer. Spelling and grammar will not be graded.
Audience:
This class is open to anyone, but is highly recommended for Economic Developers, Chamber of Commerce employees, Employers, Civic Leaders, Child Care Directors, Child Care Educators and Child Care Community Advocates.
Accommodations
University of Missouri Extension complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. If you have a disability and need accommodations in connection with participation in an educational program or you need materials in an alternate format, please notify your instructor as soon as possible so that necessary arrangements can be made. Language access services, such as interpretation or translation of vital information, will be provided free of charge to limited English proficient individuals upon request. All requests must be made a minimum of 14 days before course start date. MU Extension will attempt to implement late requests but cannot guarantee they will be met.
Cancellations and Refund Requests
Access MU Extension’s Course Cancellation and Refund Policy for details.
