40-Hour Director's Training

This Bright from the Start: Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning workshop equips participants with child care program planning and administration knowledge and skills including licensing, legal issues, developmentally appropriate practices, marketing, budget, facilities management, staff development, parental/community relations, ethics, professionalism, diversity and more. The course may be completed online or face-to-face classroom. Participants must demonstrate an application of effective behaviors and practices that support proficiency in all of the program administration competencies. Performance-based assignments are connected to individual professional growth goals and lead to growth in principal competencies; situational appraisal, decision analysis, analysis and utilization of data for maximizing student achievement, standards-based instruction, relationship development, leading change, effective school operations, etc. Standards and competencies are critical structural supports for the early childhood professional workforce. Workforce capacity building, career progression, and career longevity can be supported by the foundation of consistent competency expectations. Defining and embedding consistent, evidence-based competencies is a foundational step in realizing significant, sustainable improvements... All standards and elements must also be demonstrated through performance based activities.

Bright from the Start:  Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning Attendance Policies: Please arrive 15 minutes before the start time of the training.   8:15 am Participants who arrive later than the first 10 minutes of the training may not be permitted to enter and will not receive credit for the course.  To allow for the best training experience for everyone, children and cell phones are not permitted.  Calls may be made during scheduled breaks.  Participants must be present during direct instruction periods in order to receive credit for the course, therefore you must return in a timely manner from all breaks.