{"id":797,"date":"2023-08-04T13:39:56","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T13:39:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/explore.centralpenn.edu\/start\/?page_id=797"},"modified":"2026-01-14T14:06:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T14:06:40","slug":"child-care-management","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/explore.centralpenn.edu\/start\/child-care-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Child Care Management"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"797\" class=\"elementor elementor-797\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-43116e3 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-hidden-phone elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"43116e3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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elementor-size-default\">Child Care Management Degree<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4bc524 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c4bc524\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 1600px; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; font-size: 22px;\"><p style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 20px;\"><span style=\"caret-color: #222222; font-size: 17.6px; color: #222222;\">Oh, the places you\u2019ll go! Children are our future\u2014and they could be yours, too.<\/span><\/p><\/div><div style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow: hidden; max-height: 3200px; transition: max-height 0.25s linear 0s;\"><div style=\"box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 1600px; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px;\"><p style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 20px;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"caret-color: #222222; font-size: 17.6px;\">More than 65 percent of households with children are led by two working parents, (U.S. Bureau of Labor of Statistics, 2022), making a career in childcare a rapidly growing field with multiple job openings. \u00a0For those who love children, the rewards are priceless.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 20px;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"caret-color: #222222; font-size: 17.6px;\">By earning an associate degree in child care management, you will learn to contribute to the intellectual, social, emotional and physical development of newborns, toddlers, and young children. You will also gain practical knowledge in the business aspects of childcare, so that you can manage all aspects of finances, personnel, insurance, information technology, marketing, ethics, and more.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 20px;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"caret-color: #222222; font-size: 17.6px;\">After completing 60 credits, which includes a hands-on internship, you will possess the most relevant, contemporary tools to work at a daycare, preschool, summer camp, or home setting as a full or part-time nanny.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 20px;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"caret-color: #222222; font-size: 17.6px;\">A severe shortage of early childhood workers is ongoing, so the doors of opportunity are open to you.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 20px;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"caret-color: #222222; font-size: 17.6px;\"><strong>EARN AN ASSOCIATE IN APPLIED SCIENCE CHILD CARE MANAGEMENT<\/strong> \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 20px;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"caret-color: #222222; font-size: 17.6px;\">The Associate in Applied Science Child Care Management program at Central Penn focuses on progressive child care as well as effective business management. Through classroom instruction and hands-on experience, students learn how to develop programs that effectively stimulate the intellectual, emotional, social, and physical growth of children. The program also educates students on the management of child care services and prepares individuals to plan, design, and manage child care facilities and programs that meet children\u2019s developmental needs and interests and that provide safe and healthy environments.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 20px;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"caret-color: #222222; font-size: 17.6px;\">Students with an early childhood education can apply for a range of positions that contribute to the support and development of young students. Typically, early childhood educators work with infants and young children up to age four or five. 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