Standard

Updated: 11/30/05

ECE 221 - Facility Management

Course Description

Provides training in early childhood facilities management. Topics include: space management, money management, and program, equipment and supplies management.

Competency Areas		Hours
Space Management		Class	5
Money Management		D. Lab	0
Program, Equipment and Supplies Management		P. Lab/O.B.I.	0
		Credit	5
Prerequisite:	Program admission

Course Guide

Competency	After completing this section, the student will:	Hours
		Class	D.Lab	P.Lab/ O.B.I.
SPACE MANAGEMENT		12	0	0
Site planning	Identify factors involved in choosing the location for an early childhood program.
	Describe a sample site layout and read a simple site plan.
Playground	Describe components of age-appropriate, safe playgrounds.
Floor plan	Evaluate floor plans for an early childhood program facility.
Permits and licenses	Identify procedures for obtaining required permits and licenses.
	Establish procedures to maintain compliance with applicable codes: fire; occupational safety; health; sanitation; building, and zoning.
Room arrangement and space design	Identify age-appropriate learning spaces for children.
Building security	Explain basic security issues in ECE programs.
Sharing space	Exhibit an understanding of the issues involved when ECE programs must share space.
	Explain how to negotiate and maintain a mutually positive relationship when space is shared.
Maintaining space	Demonstrate an understanding of the importance of proper maintenance of building, grounds, and vehicles to ensure safe working and playing conditions.
	Evaluate sample maintenance and janitorial checklists.
MONEY MANAGEMENT		26	0	0
Funding sources	Examine sources of possible funding.
	Determine funding agency regulations.
	Identify fund raising techniques.
	Explore sources of ancillary income.
Budgeting	Examine components of a budget.
	Set up a sample budget.
	Explain the need for a compensation structure for staff.
	Identify methods of cost effective purchasing.
Record keeping	Examine various record keeping systems including the use of a computer.
Collecting fees	Identify strategies for effective tuition collection.
	State how to use collection agencies and small claims court.
Insurance	Describe types of necessary insurance.
Taxes	Identify taxes applicable to the child care industry.
PROGRAM, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES MANAGEMENT		12	0	0
Program policies	Review samples of operating policies.
	Identify components of a program policy manual.
Records on children	Identify various types of records kept on children.
	Identify procedures for maintaining and updating children’s records, including use of technology.
Food service	Identify meals and snacks which are nutritious, cost effective, age appropriate, and meet scheduling needs of the program.
	Describe USDA and sanitation guidelines.
Health and safety	Identify applicable OSHA regulations.
	Identify child abuse reporting requirements.
Program planning	Demonstrate an understanding of strategic planning as a means of adapting to changing conditions.
Equipment inventory	Develop a list of developmentally appropriate equipment and supplies.
Equipment and supplies acquisition	Recognize procedures for requisitioning and purchasing equipment and supplies.
Equipment and supplies maintenance	List procedures for maintaining equipment and supplies

Suggested Resources

Books

(not updated)

Brown, J. F. (Ed.). (1984). Administering programs for young children. Washington, DC: National Association for the Education of Young Children.

Click, P. (1998). Administration of schools for young children (2^nd ed.). Albany, NY: Delmar.

Decker, C. A., & Decker, J. R. (1988). Planning and administering early childhood programs (4^th ed.). Columbus, OH: Macmillan.