Demonstrate an understanding of the necessary content of employee and parent contracts
Central Objective: Master the essential content of employee and parent contracts for early childhood education and child care centers. Supporting Elements: Commit to professional, respectful relationships with parents, staff, the community, and other stakeholders to foster trust, collaboration, and high-quality care.Trainings incorporating this outcome
CDA Subject Areas
Proficiency Level
Topic Areas
120 hours courses
12 CEUs10 hours courses
2 hours courses
Related Outcomes
- Demonstrate understanding of the content and implications of OCC environment regulations and supervision requirements
- Demonstrate an understanding of the information that should be communicated regularly with staff, parents, and the community
- Demonstrate and understand the importance of maintaining and developing professional and respectful relationships with parents, staff, community, and other stakeholders.
- Demonstrates an understanding of content areas and how they relate to child development
- Demonstrate an understanding of approaching parents as equal partners in learning.
- Demonstrate understanding of the dynamics and the importance of a relationship between a parent and professional (.5 hr).
- Demonstrate understanding of developing strategies for involving parents in the child care setting.
- Demonstrate understanding of the content and implications of environment regulations and supervision requirements
- Demonstrate an understanding of concepts within the activity and content area for the visual arts for school-age.
- Identify and demonstrate an understanding of the content requirements for staff orientation.
- Demonstrate understanding of the importance of parent and caregiver relationship
- Demonstrate an understanding of appropriate supervision for all children’s activities.
- Demonstrate an understanding of teacher vs. child directed activities.
- Demonstrate an understanding of how to keep children safe while in vehicles and school buses.
- Demonstrate an understanding of ethical conduct: Ethical Responsibilities to Community and Society
- Demonstrates understanding of early intervention and its importance
- Demonstrate an understanding of approaches to learning
- Demonstrate an understanding of individual planning.
- Demonstrate understand developmentally appropriate practices for school-age children with developmental, emotional, cognitive, language and/or physical needs
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