Assignment3CreateaStaffingPlanInstructionSubmissionForm1.doc

EDU 261 Early Childhood Administration I

Assignment 3: Staffing Plan
After reading chapter 5 in your textbook and the PowerPoint, EDU261 Staffing Plans, complete your staffing plan below.

In assignment 1, Create a Mission Statement and Philosophy, you decided on the mission for your facility and the intended clientele. Now, you are going to make plans to staff the facility. What age groups will you serve? How many classrooms will you have? You will also need to figure out how to staff the classrooms in to meet licensing regulations. The information in this assignment will be also used for the next assignment, Budget Plan.

This assignment has two parts:

Part 1 – Compile a list of the various roles you will have at your early childhood facility; do not forget to include the director. Create a job description that includes job duties/responsibilities, qualifications, supervision, and working conditions for TWO of the roles. Sample job descriptions are provided below for your reference. Feel free to use other formats but include the required components. If your child care facility is a family child care home or center in a residence, you will still need to complete job descriptions accordingly.
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Pre-school Lead Teacher Job Description

Job Summary, Duties and Responsibilities: As a Lead Preschool Teacher, you will be responsible for all academic subjects emphasizing language arts, math, physical education, social studies and science. Special subject teachers will be responsible for library time, French, art, music and additional science classes.

Your specific duties as a Lead Preschool Teacher will include:

· Working within budget parameters

· Maintaining records for each child

· Creating and implementing daily lesson plans and delegating tasks to assistant teachers

· Writing progress reports on each student on a regular basis

Qualification Requirements: Bachelor’s Degree in Early Childhood Education or a Bachelor’s Degree in any major with 15 semester hours in Early Childhood Education and 2 years full-time verifiable early childhood work experience. NC Early Childhood Credential required.

Supervision: As lead teacher you will be responsible for supervising teachers and teacher assistants assigned to your classroom as well as any volunteers or students who may be assigned to you. Assignment of volunteers and students will be done only with your agreement and cooperation. Your work will be supervised by the center’s director and assistant director.

Working conditions: Working hours for the lead teacher position will be either 6:45 AM to 3:45 PM or 10:15 AM to 6:15 PM with breaks and an hour long lunch period scheduled as per labor and child care regulations. You will be assigned to a classroom of 3, 4, or 5 year old children where you will carry out the duties as described above.
Infant Lead Teacher Job Description

Job Summary, Duties and Responsibilities: As a Lead Infant Teacher, you will be responsible for providing a warm, nurturing, safe, loving, and stimulating environment, which supports the Mission Statement of (Center).

Your specific duties as a Lead Infant Teacher will include:

· Working within budget parameters

· Maintaining records for each child

· Creating and implementing daily activity and environmental enrichment plans and delegating tasks to assistant teachers

· Writing daily activity reports on each student and progress reports as scheduled by director

Qualification Requirements: Bachelor’s Degree in Early Childhood Education or a Bachelor’s Degree in any major with 15 semester hours in Early Childhood Education and 2 years full-time verifiable early childhood work experience with infants. NC Early Childhood Credential required and Infant/Toddler certification preferred.

Supervision: As lead teacher you will be responsible for supervising teachers and teacher assistants assigned to your classroom as well as any volunteers or students who may be assigned to you. Assignment of volunteers and students will be done only with your agreement and cooperation. Your work will be supervised by the center’s director and assistant director.

Working conditions: Working hours for the lead teacher position will be either 6:45 AM to 3:45 PM or 10:15 AM to 6:15 PM with breaks and an hour long lunch period scheduled as per labor and child care regulations. You will be assigned to a classroom of 0-5 month old children or 6-12 month old children where you will carry out the duties as described above.

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You may find this link useful as you think about qualifications for Part 1 of this assignment and ratios and group size for Part II of this assignment:
http://ncchildcaresearch.dhhs.state.nc.us/reqcomp.htm

Insert the list of roles at your center and two job descriptions here.

Part 2 – Once you have created your list of roles, job descriptions, and qualifications, create a staffing plan
by staff member
and
by classroom
using the tables below. Be sure to include your facility name at the top of the page then, fill in the tables with the required information. Every employee in your facility should be included in the staffing plan by staff member.
Feel free to add additional rows to the table by clicking on the row then, insert rows.

You may find this link useful when contemplating your salary decisions for teachers; other salaries may have to be researched.

Salary Schedule

Staffing Plan by Staff Member for (Insert Your Facility Name Here)

Title of Position

How Many Needed

Work Schedule

Recommended Annual Salary

Total Yearly Cost (Annual Salary x How Many Needed)

Staffing Plan by Classroom (Insert your facility name here)

Classroom

(What age/group of children served; 0-12 months/infants)

Number of Children Served in Classroom

Staff/Child Ratio

Staff Schedule

(List each staff title & the hours for that staff; lead teacher 7:30-4:30, assistant teacher 9:00-6:00)

Submit this completed document.