Course Project: Building Your Early Childhood Program—Part 3: Policies and Procedures

This week, you will continue to build your program by carefully considering policies and procedures you will adopt. Of course, there are myriad policies on which programs must decide and to which they must adhere, but for this assignment you only will focus on a select few.

You also will summarize your interview with the director regarding the health, safety, and nutrition policies at his or her center. The reflection component in your Course Project Assignment will include your thinking as to how policies and procedures contribute to the operation of quality programs. You also will have an opportunity to update Parts 1 and 2 of your Course Project based on information you have gained from interviewing the director about regulations, licensing, and accreditation, policies and procedures, and vision and mission.

To prepare for this assignment, download and complete the “Building Your Early Childhood Program—Part 3: Policies and Procedure” template in this week’s Learning Resources.

Submit your completed “Building Your Early Childhood Program—Part 3: Policies and Procedure” template, including your reflection.

(Assignment length: 3–5 pages, including a 1- to 2-page reflection)Course Project: Building Your Early Childhood Program

Part 3: Policies and Procedure

Address the following considerations related to policies and procedures for your early childhood program. Then, complete the Reflection portion of the template and consider any revisions you might make to Parts 1 and 2 of your Course Project based on your new learning.

Government Policies

Include the following:

Three of your state’s health policies, three safety policies, and three nutrition policies that early childhood programs must follow, with URL links to these policies

Three federal laws that address needs of individual children, families, and/or employees (and are different from those listed in Week 2), with a URL link for each law and a brief explanation of how each law informs your program policy

Health, Safety, and Nutrition Policies

Summarize in 2–3 paragraphs what you learned from your interview about how the director’s program promotes health, safety, and nutrition, including specific activities.

Based on what you have learned in the course, offer at least three recommendations you would make to the director to improve health, safety, and nutrition policies/activities. Include insights you gained from your interview about health, safety, and nutrition policies and activities to help you ensure the highest standards in your program.

Reflection

Write a summary of how policies and procedures contribute to the operation of a quality program. Make sure to include specific examples and cite the Learning Resources to substantiate your thinking.

Assignment length: 3–5 pages, including a 1- to 2-page reflection

Revision

Review the Parts 1 and 2 of your Course Project. Based on your interview with the director and what you have learned in this course, revise any of the sections to reflect new thinking. The Course Project is a work in progress, and the intention is that it will expand and deepen along with your knowledge of programs and program administration. Note: You do not need to submit your revisions.