INSIDE THE CHILD CARE CENTER: HOW TO ENSURE QUALITY CHILD CARE PRACTICES

ABSTRACT: Ensuring staff display best practices when handling children at childcare center is a task that requires the management to instil knowledge of child development and develop the skills for maintaining childcare. This paper unfolds the initiative of a childcare manager who believes in the necessity of conducting research about staff skills and level of knowledge to ensure the quality of childcare service. Therefore, a case study was conducted to identify the key areas of a quality childcare centre: staff relationships with children and peers, partnerships with families, programming and evaluation, children’s experiences and learning, protective care and safety, health, nutrition and well-being, and management to support quality. The questionnaire was adapted from the Quality Improvement Accreditation System (QIAS) model and administered to all staffs at the center. This research discovers three areas that each of them (1) reflct staf ability to implement new knowledge, (2) need further training and guidance; and (3) need urgent consistent training and monitoring. Furthermore, this study also presents discussion between the researcher and the manager to enhance staff development.

KEYWORDS: Quality Improvement Accreditation System (QIAS), childcare center management, quality childcare

Author: Zahyah Hanafi, Siti Noor Ismail

Journal  Code: jppendidikangg140147

Artikel Terkait :

Jp Pendidikan gg 2014

• THE EXPLORATION OF PRE-SERVICE EFL TEACHERS’ CHALLENGES IN FIELD PRACTICUM
• THE DEVELOPMENT OF ‘AIDDA’ SOCIALIZATION MODEL (AWARENESS, INTEREST, DESIRE, DECISION AND ACTION) TO STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN IN RONGGA DISTRICT, BANDUNG REGION
• MORAL VALUES INTERNALIZATION THROUGH PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING
• THE ENHANCEMENT OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS MATHEMATICAL SPATIAL SENSE ABILITIES THROUGH COMPUTER-BASED INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA INSTRUCTION
• THE CONTRIBUTION OF DIRECT ELECTIONS FOR LOCAL LEADERS TO THE CORRUPTION IN INDONESIA: LESSONS LEARNED FROM INDONESIAN DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM
• ANALYSIS OF RESOURCES-BASED EDUCATION MANAGEMENT AND ITS’ EFFECT ON SCHOOL ADVANTAGE (STUDY ON VOCATION HIGH SCHOOL IN THE CITY AND DISTRICT OF BANDUNG)
• PEER COUNSELING MODEL FOR IMPROVING STUDENTS’ SELF-DIRECTION COMPETENCE
• HUMAN DIMENSION IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE HOLY QURAN
• IMPLEMENTING INSTRUCTIONAL SYSTEM DESIGN BETWEEN TAIWAN AND INDONESIA VIA ONLINE TEACHING
• ENHANCING STUDENTS’ MATHEMATICAL LOGICAL THINKING ABILITY AND SELF-REGULATED LEARNING THROUGH PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING
• THE EFFECTS OF VALUE CREATION MODEL AND EXCELLENT SERVICES ON THE UPI IMAGE AND COMPETITIVENESS TOWARDS A RESEARCH-BASED TEACHING UNIVERSITY
• RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SELF-DIRECTED LEARNING, MOTIVATION TO LEARN TOWARD LEARNING ORGANIZATION AMONG LECTURERS AT A SELECTED PUBLIC UNIVERSITY IN MALAYSIA
• LANGUAGE ENDANGERMENT IN INDONESIA
• MATHEMATICAL CONNECTION ABILITY AND SELF-CONFIDENCE (AN EXPERIMENT ON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THROUGH CONTEXTUAL TEACHING AND LEARNING WITH MATHEMATICAL MANIPULATIVE)
• Development Of Didactical Design Of Mathematics Pedagogy Through Professional Program Of Mathematics Teacher Education
• THE COMPARISON BETWEEN TRANSLATION PRODUCTS PRODUCED BY HUMAN RANSLATOR AND MACHINE TRANSLATORS
• PHASAL REALIZATIONS IN CLASSROOM DISCOURSE: A Systemic-Functional Analysis
• IMPACTS OF INTERPERSONAL METAPHOR ON GRAMMATICAL INTRICACY AND LEXICAL DENSITY IN THE TEXT OF PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE BETWEEN BARRACK OBAMA AND MITT ROMNEY
• E-LEARNING-BASED TRAINING MODEL FOR ACCOUNTING TEACHERS
• THE UNGRAMMATICAL CONSTRUCTIONS IN ENGLISH WRITING: ANALYSISONTYPES AND CAUSES
• DESIGNING MaPicA: POWERPOINT- BASED INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL TO INVOLVE REFUGEE STUDENTS TO SPEAK ACTIVELY
• IMPROVING STUDENTS’ SPEAKING FLUENCY THROUGH THE USE OF DNS
• INCREASING STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY BY USING BIMODAL SUBTITLING IN SHORT MOVIE
• TEACHING TECHNIQUES IN READING USED ON STUDENTS’ CLASSROOM ACTION RESEARCH PAPERS