Hiring and Supervising Qualified Staff in Child Care
Course Description
This course is designed for administrators, directors, and anyone responsible for hiring and supervising staff in an early childhood program.
In this course you will learn how to conduct effective interviews and identify qualified candidates. This course covers employee benefits, appropriate personnel policies, types of supervision, corrective feedback, performance evaluation standards, and staff retention strategies.
See the learning outcomes and course topics below for more information on what is covered.
Course formats
This course is offered in both our coursebook (with required online component/testing) and our fully online format. The online format of this course includes audio narration in most course sections. Click here to learn more about Care Courses' training formats.
Listen to this page read aloud in a format similar to the online course
Acceptance information
This course is accepted for child care professional development training requirements in most states and for the CDA credential and for CDA renewal training requirements.
NAC training
The NECPA Commission, Inc. has approved this educational program as meeting the criteria for continuing education for the National Administrator Credential. Click here for more approved NAC training.
CACFP: CCNP Certification & CMP Certification
This course covers 4 hours in CACFP “Specialty 6. Management” towards obtaining and renewing the CACFP Child Nutrition Professional (CCNP) certification and CACFP Management Professional (CMP) certification.
Learning outcomes
After completing Hiring and Supervising Qualified Staff in Child Care you will be able to recognize characteristics of qualified staff; identify how to effectively interview and hire; describe personnel policies and employee benefits; and discuss supervision, performance evaluation, and staff retention strategies.
Topics covered
- Characteristics of qualified staff
- Requirements and responsibilities of different roles
- Appropriate questions to ask during interviews
- Working interviews
- Staff scheduling
- New employee orientation
- Personnel policies
- Mandatory and discretionary benefits
- Types of supervision
- Reflective supervision
- Types of feedback
- Performance evaluations
Prerequisites
Must be able to fluently read and write English.
Instructional methodology
Read written material, view videos, and listen to audio segments.
Assessment methods
Multiple choice quiz and written assignments.
What our students say about Hiring and Supervising Qualified Staff in Child Care
"I have completed my Care Courses in [Hiring and Supervising Qualified Staff in Child Care] and found it extremely helpful. I love the quick accessibility to taking a Care Course and will continue to check the website for additional courses. The content in the course was excellent." - Natick, Massachusetts
Completion deadline
This training expires 12 months from the date of purchase. Courses must be successfully completed by their expiration date in order for the student to receive a certificate.
Care Courses® information
Care Courses® has free unlimited assistance! Call us: 1-800-685-7610, Monday through Friday, nine to five Eastern Time for help with your training or for billing and technical support questions. Or email us days, evenings and weekends: info@CareCourses.com, billing@CareCourses.com, or techsupport@CareCourses.com. Our friendly support team is here to help!
Care Courses® currently offers over 50 professional development courses and one non-credit training tutorial on the CDA process. All courses offer clock hours and an official online certificate of completion. The free CDA tutorial does not offer clock hours or a certificate.
Care Courses'® course tuition entitles one person to receive the clock hours granted by a course upon successful completion. Bundle pricing covers tuition for all the courses included in a bundle.
To receive the CEUs and Clock Hours for a course, you must adhere to and sign our honor code, follow directions on written assignments and show comprehension of the course content. You must make 70% or better on all course quizzes. Less than 70% will result in trainer review and evaluation. If review indicates the need for discussion, you will be informed that you must speak with a trainer. If you fail to get a 70% on your second attempt, we will ask you to contact us at info@carecourses.com. We will review your course and be in touch.
Clock hours and CEUs are documented on official Care Courses® certificates of completion which are accessed in the My Courses area of your account.
Please note: All course and certificate dates and times are on Eastern Time.
More information on how Care Courses® works can be found on our training process page. For a video tutorial of our online course portal, please visit our course navigation video.
Click to view our Minimum System Requirements, Return and Refund Policies, Privacy and Security Policies and Honor Code & Policy.
