Provider competencies that serve as a framework for professional development for those who wish to open a in-home daycare in Georgia.

1️⃣ Topic Area 1: Early Learning Standards – The Role of Cognitive Development in Building General Knowledge (2 hours)
▪️ Identify cognitive development milestones and use them to monitor and assess children’s progress.
▪️ Identify factors that influence cognitive development and develop strategies to promote cognitive development in young children 0-60 months.
▪️ Integrate cognitive development into lesson plans and activities for math, social studies, science, and creative development.
2️⃣ Topic Area 2: Communication – Attract New Families “Marketing 101” (2 hours)
▪️ Identify the benefits of a childcare program and how to communicate them to families.
▪️ Compare the rates and services of a competitor to the rates and services offered in their childcare program.
▪️ Identify the different methods to fill slots in a childcare program
3️⃣ Topic Area 3: Professional and Leadership Development – Professionalism (1 hour)
▪️ Apply good values in an early childhood program to help the program prosper.
▪️ Identify what behaviors are acceptable and what behaviors are inappropriate
▪️ Discuss ways to prevent unethical behavior within the workplace.
3️⃣ Topic Area 3: Professional and Leadership Development – A Commitment to Professional Development (1 hour)
▪️ Demonstrate a commitment to ongoing professional learning and development by establishing objectives and goals.
▪️ Determine training and development methods to initiate learning opportunities to advance personal professional knowledge and skills.
▪️ Identify ways to evaluate training and development effectiveness.
4️⃣ Topic Area 4: Business Management – Initiate, Sustain and Maintain an Effective Organization (2 hours)
▪️ Apply effective strategies to manage day-to-day activities within the childcare program.
▪️ Organize a safe environment by developing and maintaining the equipment.
▪️ Implement the best practices for record keeping.
▪️ Identify an effective communication strategy to promote awareness and family engagement.
▪️ Adapt to change to maintain an effective childcare program
5️⃣ Topic Area 5: Advocacy for the Parents, children and staff in family childcare learning home – Observation and Assessment in Young Children (2 hours)
▪️ Identify the different observation and assessment techniques.
▪️ Discuss the importance of childhood observation and assessment.
▪️ Implement observation and assessment during class time and incorporate it in a curriculum.