Quality Management for Early Childhood Education Programs

The aim of this course is to introduce leaders in the field of early years to quality assurance; features approaches, effective systems and tools for early years quality management.

Topics will include:

• Defining quality in early years
• Quality Approaches
• Quality features
• Quality systems
• Tools for measuring quality
• Managing quality in the local context.

Diploma is a certificate issued that indicates a student has proficient knowledge in a particular academic subject is called a diploma. Diplomas are often required by employers so they can be certain a new employee has the necessary level of skill and understanding.

This diploma is is frequently pursued by early childhood educators, providers, inspectors, assessors and evaluators, as it teaches the skills to manage the quality of early childhood programs.

As an early childhood quality manager, you have the opportunity to be self-directed, to have influence in your field and to interact with all other departments in your organization that are also related to and work with early childhood programs.

As a quality manager, you may have a variety of possible careers from which to choose. Among the most popular are Quality Manager, Quality Assurance Manager, Quality Control, Childcare Center Assessor, and many others.

The quality manager interacts with regulators, team members and other stakeholders to provide transparency about how the childcare center is run, which develops positive relationships and trust. The quality manager also coaches and advises everyone in the organization to promote morale and oversee consistency and standards in the childcare center. 

Learner Entry Requirements

• Learners must have completed Level 3 Diploma in Early Childhood Education or equivalent.
• Learners must have a laptop, an email and internet connection and be able to research and complete tasks successfully.

Course Topics

LO1: Understand the context of quality assurance in the early years.

LO2: Understand how to implement quality standards in nurseries, preschools, kindergartens, children’s play areas.

LO3: Understand the different tools to use to measure quality in the early years.

LO4: Implementing and managing quality in a childcare center.

LO5: 6 Quality Standard Domains