CHILD CARE PROGRAM COMPARISON Child Care Types and

CHILD CARE PROGRAM COMPARISON Child Care Types and Programs

TYPES OF CHILD CARE: • CUSTODIAL: Care for basic needs • DEVELOPMENTAL: Intellectual development • COMPREHENSIVE: Combines both custodial and developmental care

Types of Child Care Programs • • • Family Day Care center Montessori School Head Start Nursery School Latch Key Program Parent Cooperative Lab School On-Site Day Care Play Groups

FAMILY DAY CARE • DESCRIPTION: Child care within a family residence for profit. Should provide care for 4 or more children but no more than 6, except for school age. • TEACHER ROLE: Give personal attention in a home environment. • ADVANTAGES: Homelike, low ratios (1 -7 including own children) • DISADVANTAGES: Not structured, they can go about their daily jobs, and not have total thought to your child. Difficult to enforce licensing and credentials of caregiver. • LOCAL PROGRAMS: Neighbors

DAY CARE CENTERS • DESCRIPTION: Full or Half time child care. 13 or more children ages 4 weeks to 13 years. License required. Informal play • TEACHER ROLE: Well trained, skills meet licensing standards, regulated training. • ADVANTAGES: Cares for basic needs of child, they have concern for the child only. • DISADVANTAGES: Crowded and commercialized. Ratios high. • LOCAL PROGRAMS: Kindercare, Small World

MONTESSORI SCHOOLS • DESCRIPTION: Learn by doing and on their own by playing with Montessori toys. Freedom within limits…. Use concrete objects, task learning and 5 senses • TEACHER ROLE: Evaluate child’s needs, prepare environment and present materials. • ADVANTAGES: Skill based, teaches self motivation and basic life skills • DISADVANTAGES: Low teacher interaction, High noise, for profit • LOCAL PROGRAMS: La. Petite, Montessori

HEAD START • DESCRIPTION: Federally funded program for low-income child. Gives Academic head start to enter Kindergarten at a higher level. Gives total health plan and nutrition. • TEACHER ROLE: Work with parents as a team. • ADVANTAGES: Meals, shots, health care, professional staff, gov. funded, transportation, counseling provided. • DISADVANTAGES: Children may have emotional problems • LOCAL PROGRAMS: Local Elementary Schools

PRE-SCHOOL/NURSERY SCHOOL • DESCRIPTION: Kindergarten prep for intellectual development. • TEACHER ROLE: Plan and prepare developmental Curriculum • ADVANTAGES: Developmentally planned program for overall growth • DISADVANTAGES: High cost ($90 -140/month) • LOCAL PROGRAMS: Bravo

LATCH KEY PROGRAMS • DESCRIPTION: Care for school-age child before & after school. • TEACHER ROLE: supervise homework and extra curricular activities. • ADVANTAGES: Fun activities, safe • DISADVANTAGES: Sponsors to fund program • LOCAL PROGRAMS: Boy and girls Club

PARENT COOPERATIVES • DESCRIPTION: Parents involved and work as aides. • TEACHER ROLE: Hired Teacher…parent rotation for each lesson. Teach only… no management responsibilities. • ADVANTAGES: Less costs. Parents know what child is learning & make decisions, collect fees • DISADVANTAGES: Lack of control on teachers, lack of continuity and consistency or rules. • LOCAL PROGRAMS: Charter School

LAB SCHOOLS • DESCRIPTION: Located on a post secondary/high school campus. #1 goal is to teach student teachers, not the child. • TEACHER ROLE: Teach other teachers, Receiving training on job, Try out new curriculum and research. • ADVANTAGES: Ratios low, curriculum checked by a professional • DISADVANTAGES: It is a lab to train students, not teach the child • LOCAL PROGRAMS: Weber State, USU, Local High schools

ON-SITE DAY CARE • DESCRIPTION: Work located Day Care. Parents can work near child and drop in during the day. • TEACHER ROLE: Provide custodial care, and possibly some developmental. • ADVANTAGES: Promotes families, sick child care provided, parent has less sick days • DISADVANTAGES: Child has a longer drive • LOCAL PROGRAMS: Syracuse High, U of U Medical Center and various businesses

PLAY GROUPS • DESCRIPTION: Parents take turns caring for each others children. • TEACHER ROLE: Plan activity for the day • ADVANTAGES: Trade instead of pay money • DISADVANTAGES: May not be fair unless a system has a way to control • LOCAL PROGRAMS: Individual homes, Joy School

Quality Child Care • • • Well planned schedule Balance between quiet and active time Balanced indoor & outdoor time Encourages independence Promotes self esteem Fairness used & taught Parent communication is strong Clean and Safe Nutrition is a priority