Develop leadership skills to manage and supervise preschool and early education programs.
Skills you will gain
- Health & Hygiene Policies: Implement effective health and hygiene policies for preschool programs.
- Special Needs Inclusion: Understand and address challenges related to the inclusion of special needs students.
- Anti-Bias Administration: Establish anti-bias approaches to school administration and staff interactions.
- Staff Supervision & Evaluation: Demonstrate skills in supervising, evaluating, and managing staff performance.
- Family-School Relationships: Build and maintain strong family-school relationships and community support.
Course Description
This course explores the challenges and issues related to the supervision and operation of preschool programs. Staff-administrator relationships, staff inservice education and working with parents are also covered.
Topics
- Health, safety, and hygiene issues.
- Anti-bias programming and special education topics.
- Staff issues, including supervision, professional growth, conflict management probation, and termination.
- Family - School relationships
- School - Community relationships
- Public relations and advertising techniques.
- Updates on current research and developments in the field of Early Childhood Education.
- Online Traditional Complete online with instructor-set deadlines.
| Date | Start Time | End Time | Meeting Type | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue, 05-19-2026 | 12:01am | 12:02am | Online Traditional | ONLINE |
| Mon, 06-29-2026 | 11:58pm | 11:59pm | Online Traditional | ONLINE |
Online Traditional courses have a structured learning environment and fixed deadlines. This course is largely self-study with instructor guidance and includes online learning modules, assignments, and/or quizzes. All course materials and assignments will be available on Canvas, our learning management system.
For this section, student access begins on May 19. All course work must be completed by 11:59 pm on June 29, 2026.
You will be granted access in Canvas to your course site and course materials approximately 24 hours prior to the published start date of the course.
Required Text:
The Visionary Director, 3rd ed., Margie Carter and Deb Curtis, Redleaf Press, 2023. ISBN: 978-1605547282
This course applies to these programs: