Going to college can present challenges to students and staff. The extra burden of children may make the experience more overwhelming. Juggling parenting and schoolwork can be difficult. Child care centers on campus allow students and staff convince to dependable and quality care. Dyersburg State and it’s students will benefit from opening a childcare center as it would provide stability, financial and educational benefits to the college staff and students.
Offering child care services can change the dynamic of DSCC for the positive. Having a campus child care center will offer parents a convenient location and a peace of mind. In return, DSCC will benefit by recruiting staff and students with child care responsibilities. Even when public schools are closed, parents, as well as staff would have a safe place for their children to attend without worries of what they are doing or who they are with. The center on campus will help parents minimize multiple adverse factors associated with off campus child care. For example, it removes the need to travel extensively and ensures that, in the event of emergencies, the child will be more available to be picked up quickly. The center allows the parents to continue their education to better themselves and better provide for their child, while easing tension allowing for more success in class. Parent/student graduation rates will increase due to these factors.
When one considers changes they must ask if the change is financially sound. DSCC would benefit financially from having a childcare center on campus as well as its students and staff. The college itself would open new revenue to the college. The financial gain would not only come from the weekly fee of having the center open, but als...
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...to the memorization and busy textbook work currently offered in classroom. Do not forget the children. The children would benefit from free basic health care screenings and the best education possible, due to the data gathered from studying their learning habits. The education goals for providing the most up to date and cutting edge learning experience, in a wide range of fields, would reinforce the colleges’ image for providing the best possible education for all parties involved, as well as reaching their future generation of students.
As the job market changes, more adults are required to return to college to gain the educational skills necessary to obtain a career. Childcare being a major issue to most adults a childcare faculty would eliminate burdens associated with childcare, such as the stability, financial and educational benefits for all parties involved.
Childcare is a necessity for a large number of working families and single parents. Fortunately, there are many options available to meet both the needs of the family and their budget. Each option comes with advantages and disadvantages. We will provide some basic information regarding each type, as well as some guidelines in regards to estimated cost.
There is a problem in Texas impacting children’s futures; many childcare centers and homes are not providing children with quality care. In an article about cost and quality in Texas childcare, child development experts Susan Eitel and Joyce Nuner quote a study stating “that [nationally] only 10% of infants and toddlers are in high quality [childcare] programs” (34). The term ratio describes the number of children one caregiver is watching. This number is one of the major factors in the quality of a childcare program. Organizations such as the National Association for the Education of Young Children know as NAEYC release recommendations regarding ratios and accredit programs based on their compliance. Childcare centers and homes must comply with certain minimum standards enforced by Texas regarding ratios; however, these standards often set the bar lower than recommendations made by these early childhood experts. The current standards in Texas do not ensure that all young children receive quality care; for this reason, the Texas Department of Family Protective Services should strengthen the minimum standards regarding ratios to better regulate the quality of care children receive.
However, there is a missing gap in supporting a student with families; it is challenging to find affordable childcare in Toronto if GBC has 12 child care facilities they should have better options for accessing their child centres at low cost by providing subsidized aid.
The childcare industry has variables including childcare by a family member, a traditional caregiver or a day care center. It depends on a family’s situation as to which one benefits them most. The two types of childcare to be discussed are the traditional caregiver and a day care center. Parents must decide whether they want a one-on-one or a group setting for the care of their children.
An increase in baby booming makes it tougher for working parents to find daycare. The facts prove that having children come with a true price. Even so it doesn’t change the issues of finding child care or makes them go away. When parents work, quality child care is a necessity. And it does not come cheap. For families with more than one child, child care can eat up one salary, leaving parents wondering both working is worth it. When thinking of child care there are some options to consider like choosing a child care center, the costs of child care centers, and waiting lists.
These children do not have easy lives and often need places to stay during the day. This daycare allows children to be active and
Going to school is very time consuming and so is having kids. Most people that have kids don’t finish college, if they started. It is a struggle to find people continuously to watch your child, especially if they are working as well. I have seen people bring their child to class if the teacher allows it. Parents have a hard time getting a babysitter. Being that Baton Rouge Community College is a community college most people cannot afford the daycare. A lot of classes you may need do not have an online course. Having a free daycare, open all day, on campus would be great. So many people would be at ease.
The history of child care is a universal practice that has been around for centuries that was only at first usually practiced among relatives. However, over the past decades with the increase in women employment, single parent homes, and the economy mothers and families have begun enrolling their children in child care centers regularly. Consequently, childcares became the norm in society and by the 1990’s 6 million infant and toddlers were in regular non parental child care (Phillips & Adams, 2001). Now that a high demand for child care was needed parents were faced with the issue of seeking suitable care facilities that conformed to certain standards, their budget, values, and other factors that were preferred and fit their needs. Since there are so many different child care types, principles, programs, and etc. that parents can choose from it can be difficult to know what to look for and decide what the best fit is for your child. This paper will briefly go over the cost, variety of child care arrangements, childcare regulations, and personnel qualifications among other factors to consider when choosing proper care for your children and their development.
The quality of child care is very important to think about when choosing a facility for your child to attend. How good are the facilities? Will they be learning and introduced to new things? What are the emergency plans? What is the daily schedule like? These are all questions to consider for the quality of care your child will be receiving. LifeSkills newsletter from University of California states that “Children in high quality care are better able to get along with their peers, have better language skills, and are more successful in school than children in poor quality child care” (University of California, 2000/2001, para 1). Where your child is going to be taken care of is a very important decision. When choosing the right place, parents should consider all options. Whether the state or you are going to be paying for the child care, the quality of the responsibility of your child is worth paying for. If a child is receiving higher quality supervision, then the working parent may be able to be more productive at work. If a parent had placed their chi...
Single moms are the most affected and providing childcare on campus is very beneficial to them. More than 4 million women attend two-year public institutions or community colleges, and more than 1 million of them are mothers. Many student mothers struggle to stay enrolled all the way through graduation. Most of them are more likely to drop out of school, and the reason is because most often there is no affordable or available childcare and the students have limited financial resources. The average daycare center cost for an infant is higher than a year’s tuition and fees at a public college. It makes affordable on-campus child care a necessary provision for students. Childcare on campus helps to contribute to the learning
Infants in most facility are 200 dollars a week. For parents who rely on daycare, you then have to keep them home when they are sick and most of the time for 24 hours or more. That’s around 2 to 3 days of missing work. For 200 dollars a week, it adds up, more so when your child is sick. Am I saying children are expensive, yes and no. When it comes to daycare facilities, the place where your child usually spends more time awake than at home, then I would be willing to pay for a more expensive facility. I would be willing, but it wouldn’t be realistic. My dream is to become a future educator. Everyone knows that teachers do not get a high paying salary, so why I am I putting myself in that position? It’s something I love and have always dreamed of doing. When asked are some sectors of the population better able to access this care than others, yes they are. Even me becoming an educator, having to get my Master’s Degree, there are going to be a lot of high quality daycares I will not be able to afford. Knowing what I do know from working in daycares, I wouldn't feel comfortable or safe to put my child in just any old daycare. I would want to do the parent checklist, observe and maybe even observe my child in the
Children who participate in quality early learning programs tend to be more successful later in school. They are also most socially and emotionally competent. In addition those children show higher verbal and intellectual development during early childhood than children who do not participate in early learning programs (A Parent’s Guide to Choosing Quality Child Care). In order for a child care center to be a quality center they must have an educated staff, a program accreditation, and good health and safety practices. Parents choose high quality child care for many reasons. These programs prepare children for school in which they gain intellectual and social skills. Also the programs are a good opportunity for children because they receive age-appropriate learning materials and activities to let the children learn and grow.
Childcare has become an essential tool in an ever-changing and growing society. The cost of living in Canada has increased, and society has adapted; women have joined the work-force, and dual income families are necessary to retain a decent standard of living. Hence, there is a demand for adequate childcare. By enrolling a child into a childcare program, there are many benefits, such as allowing parents, single or not, to continue their careers and/or attend school, as well as provide children with a developmental and educational foundation that will benefit them later on in life. With these benefits there are also negatives. The cost of higher-quality childcare is expensive, and lower-income families can often not afford to enroll their children in such programs. If they are enrolled, it is likely to be in a lower-quality facility, where the children will not receive as adequate an education and experience. Additionally, if a child is enrolled in child care he/she may spend too much time away from their family, thereby loosening the familial bond. However, there are possible solutions that have the potential to outweigh the negatives. Overall, the benefits of utilizing child care in Canada outweighs the potential negatives by encouraging children’s developmental growth, giving parents time to work in order to ensure a better quality of life for their family, and provide alternatives to low-income families.
Childcare is a very fun,beneficial environment for children, as well as parents. From personal experiences, daycare was beneficial for me because it helped me to break out my shell, it helped me to adapt to a daily routine, and it helped me to become very academically equipped. An advantage for my parents were that they could continue their jobs without having to worry about who would be taking care of me or if they would be able to go to work. It also gave them satisfaction that I was in a friendly, safe environment. I am looking forward to placing my children into daycare in the future. If my parents would not have placed me into daycare, I would not be the person I am today.
College is an opportunity to get a degree to get a good job. Student parents are parents that are also college students. Student parents decide to go to college to get a better job to support their family, but this is hard to do because many colleges do not provide child care or services for families who have a child and want to go to college. “Despite the fact that there are 3.9 million student parents enrolled as undergraduates, they face significant barriers to postsecondary success, and institutions are ill-prepared to provide for their needs” (Elisa Garcia). Many community colleges and universities offer affordable child care or assist in finding affordable child care for their student parents. Student parents should go to a college that provides child care because parents will be more successful, it is affordable, the children are more likely to go to college when they are older, and colleges will gain more students.