Westcoast Child Care Resource Centre

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Family Child Care Administration Course (4816-8100)

This is a multi-day workshop. Please ensure you are available for all the dates listed below:

Mandatory Tech-Session: March 28, 2025 from 6:00 pm to7:30 pm. 4 Saturdays on March 29 & April 5, 12 & 26, 2025 (no class on April 19th). Time: 10:00 am - 1:30 pm.

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Through interactive sessions this 16-hour course guides participants to explore what needs to be considered when opening a Licensed Family Child Care program. Brainstorm ideas, policies, procedures, and proven practices, as well as basic business practices like how to project a business budget, record keeping, organizing expenses and paperwork to be ready for tax season. We’ll identify and review necessary policies and procedures, and as a final assignment participants will learn how to develop, write and review their own Parent Package/Manual containing their Centre’s policies, contracts, daily schedule, programming, etc. This course is not suitable for those requiring professional development to renew an ECE or ECEA certificate. 

Objectives:

  • Explore things to consider when starting a Licensed Family Child Care Program. 
  • Become familiar with CCRR best and proven practices in family child care. 
  • Identify and review policies and procedures and create or review a Parent 
  • Package/Manual, containing the Centre’s policies, contracts, daily schedule, 
  • programming, etc. before the last session. 
  • Explore basic business practices. 
  • Obtain basic knowledge about the Affordable Child Care Benefit. 
  • Learn effective strategies for forming positive relationships with families. 

Suitable for registered or licensed family child care providers who would like to refine their administration skills and/or review their Parent Package. This course is not suitable for those requiring professional development to renew an ECE or ECEA certificate.

This course is for participants who have taken Westcoast’s 20-hour Responsible Adult course at WCCRC, and would like to continue their career in child care by opening their own family child care business. 

Requirements: 

  • Carefully read all policies.
  • Be 19 years of age at the time of registration.
  • Have Grade 8 English written and oral skills (or equivalent) to actively participate during class.
  • Camera and microphone must be working and enabled to take this course, and participants must be visible and active. 
  • Join from a computer rather than a smartphone or other mobile devices. 

 

Facilitator(s): Vesna Krcmar

Vesna is an experienced facilitator and Early Childhood Educator, she has worked as a Vancouver CCRR Child Care Services Consultant at Westcoast Child Care Resource Centre and currently she is their Outreach Professional Development Coordinator. She brings a rich background in working with 0-5 year old children in both family child care and group care settings, and as a Westcoast instructor and facilitator for various courses and workshops. 

  1. Requests for cancellations must be received at least 3 business days prior to the workshop/course date to get a refund, minus any Administration Fees.
  2. All refunds are subject to a $10 Administration Fee, except for workshops/courses that are $100 or more, which have a $25 Administration Fee.
  3. No monies will be refunded or credits offered once the workshop/course starts, or if it’s missed.
  4. Westcoast may cancel a workshop/course at any time. Registrants will be notified and receive a full refund.
  5. If a class is missed, registrants forfeit their fee and there will be no refund or credit.

By registering for a workshop / course participants declare they have read, understood and agree with these policies.

  1. It is the participants’ responsibility to read the workshop/course description and objectives and make sure the training selected is suitable for their learning needs.
  2. Camera's must be on during the workshop to receive a certificate.
  3. Only Vancouver CCRR Registered LNRs or Vancouver Licensed Family Child Care Providers qualify to pay the FCC Fee and will need to state this when they create their account on our website and be approved for this access. When you are an approved CCRR Registered LNR or Vancouver Licensed Family Child Care Provider, these reduced fees will automatically be applied to your registration for all applicable workshops.
  4. Participants must be 19 years of age to work with children.
  5. Minimum Grade 8 high-school English understanding, written and oral skills or equivalent are necessary to actively participate in class.
  6. Participants must stay for the full workshop/course to receive a certificate.
  7. Doors close 15 minutes after start time in respect to the presenter and participants.
  8. We are unable to accommodate children during workshop/course time. Please make childcare arrangements.
  9. Payment must be made at the time of registration to confirm a seat.
  10. Receipts are available on your account at wccrc.ca/login
  11. Handouts (if any) are sent by email.
  12. Certificates can be reprinted or downloaded from your account at any time after you complete the full workshop or course.
  13. Everyone in the class must abide by the Classroom Code of Conduct.
  14. These are non-credit workshops/courses, meaning they cannot be applied towards the completion of a university or college certificate, diploma or degree.
  15. If you have questions about a certificate being accepted by the ECE Registry, please contact them at 1-888-338-6622 or look on their website here: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/education-training/early-learning/teach/training-and-professional-development/become-an-early-childhood-educator/renew-maintain-ece-certification

By registering for a workshop / course participants declare they have read, understood and agree with these policies.

We are all guests in the training room. In an effort to maintain a safe and welcoming environment, we ask that we follow these guidelines:

  1. Respect people’s choices, experiences and feelings.
  2. One person speaks at a time.
  3. Participate actively by including your voice and make space for other voices to be heard.
  4. Respect confidentiality, what is said in the group, stays in the group. Speak in private with the instructor if necessary.
  5. Assume the best intent. This is a space to learn and sometimes that means making mistakes.
  6. Take care of yourself, whatever that may look like.
  7. Mute your microphone to reduce background noise and unmute it for group discussions, to comment or ask questions.

By registering for a workshop / course participants declare they have read, understood and agree with these policies.

By registering for a workshop/course participants declare they have read, understood and agree with all policies.

In keeping with our eco-conscious goal of reducing paper use, handouts, resources and certificates will be sent by email. In this way, participants will have a resource that can be saved and viewed across various devices, shared and printed anytime.

We may take some photographs (including a Zoom group picture) during workshops/courses with the purpose of promoting our training. By registering you consent to allow us or others attending to take your photograph. If it’s okay with the facilitator, you may photograph materials, slides, books, etc., but not film the workshop.

Early Childhood Educators (ECEs) require a minimum of 40 hours of professional development to renew a certificate to practice. Select topics you would like to expand on or that you’re passionate about.

Registered Family Child Care Providers (RLNR) are required to complete at least 4 hours of professional development before their annual renewal date.

Questions?

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Contact Info

Professional Development Team
Westcoast Child Care Resource Centre
pro-d@westcoastfamily.org
604-709-5661 EXT 1221