Financial Strategies for the Business of Early Care and Education

Catalog description

This course will examine financial and business management strategies associated with managing a childcare center. Topics covered will include marketing, budgeting, business plans, for profit versus nonprofit financial strategies; grant writing, enrollment, cost of care and staffing issues. This course is designed as an interactive, hands on approach to learning for the center director or the early childhood professional who would like to be a center director. NOTE Prerequisites: AAS or AS in ECE or related field OR completed 45 hours towards an AAS degree.