The Early Years Handbook provides a complete guide to establishing and running high-quality, sustainable early years provision which provides good outcomes for children and meets the needs of parents and carers.
The Early Years Handbook
£89.00
Phase:
- Early years
ISBN:
978-1-905538-34-8
Published:
Nov 2007
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Benefits
This comprehensive guide will enable you to:
- understand the impact of recent provision developments on young children and families
- support you to make an application for funding and write a business plan
- understand the values that underpin high-quality provision and learn how to project your vision to those who are going to use it
- be aware of legal arrangements to avoid problems and pitfalls, and how to manage and monitor budgets efficiently
- provide appropriate and successful learning opportunities for young children and the right setting in which they can to thrive
- successfully lead and manage a team to provide high-quality care
- grow and develop your business for continuous improvement in the quality of services provided.
Summary of contents
The Early Years Handbook is designed to help you to carry out the duties and responsibilities involved in running early years provision for children under the age of five, whether you are working as part of a school, children’s centre or an independent nursery.
It combines information on legal responsibilities with advice and guidance on how to plan and manage the wider aspects of running an early years setting. It includes a range of sample templates and proformas which can be used as starting points for developing the paperwork, policies and procedures which underpin good-quality early years practice.
There are many challenges involved in establishing and running successful, high-quality, sustainable early year’s provision. The management of early years setting in the maintained, private, voluntary or independent sectors requires a wide range of skills and experience. Expertise is needed in childcare and child development; learning and teaching; managing premises and personnel; business planning and budgeting; and marketing and promotion.
The Early Years Handbook is intended to be a useful and practical guide to addressing the everyday challenges of running high-quality early years provision. In writing the handbook the authors have drawn upon their wide ranging experience of developing childcare and early year’s services for young children and their families in the public and private sectors. Operating at both strategic and operational levels, the authors have encountered most, if not all, of the challenges which The Early Years Handbook seeks to address.
Chapter breakdown
1 –Historical background pre-1997
National Childcare Strategy
Early Excellence Centres, Sure Start local programmes and Neighbourhood Nurseries
Every Child Matters and Children Act 2004
Ten-Year Strategy for Childcare and Childcare Act 2006
Department for Children, Schools and Families
2 – Vision, values and marketing an image
Agreeing shared values
Developing the vision
Creating the image
Conducting market research
Running a marketing campaign
3 – Choosing a business model
Starting a childcare business
Businesses operating ‘for profit’
Businesses operating ‘not-for-profit’
Childcare in extended schools
4 – Meeting legal requirements
National Standards for Day Care
Curriculum frameworks
Early Years Foundation Stage
Health and safety legislation
Employment and business law
5 – Managing people
Strong leadership and effective management
Creating an effective team
Recruitment and employment of staff
Fair and equitable conditions of employment
Performance management
Training and professional development
6 – Managing the environment
Choosing suitable premises
Premises regulations
Requirements for registration by Ofsted
Developing high-quality indoor spaces
Developing high-quality outdoor spaces
7 – Managing money
Creating a business plan
Acquiring an existing business
Financial management procedures
Budget monitoring procedures and reports
Maximising the affordability of childcare services
Nursery management software
8 – Quality provision
Quality assurance
Compiling a policy document
Policies affecting children and families
Staff policies
Management and organisation policies
9 – Managing change
The planning process
Audit
Strategic planning
Action planning
Monitoring and evaluation
Index
Details
Spiral bound, 310 x 256, 346 Pages, Published 30/11/2007
