Portfolio Project: Program Design and Development

Guidelines:

Need Leadership statement, program mission statement, program staffing policies and procedures, curriculum philosophy, menu, sample budget, child assessment policy and procedures, family partnerships, technology statement, and program flyer.

Overview

The portfolio is a tool to help secure a director's position. This portfolio is designed specifically for an external audience, one that will make a career choice based on its contents and other criteria. The portfolio is taken on a job interview to the early childhood education program. The portfolio is also a tool to document professional growth activities as required by the Child Development Permit Matrix.

1. Leadership statement: Outline the significant relationships and events in your life at work and home, which motivated you to want to pursue a career in early childhood education administration.
2. Program mission statement: Provide a mission statement for your program
3. Program staffing policies and procedures. Provide a summary of the staffing policies and procedures.
4. Curriculum philosophy: Provide a statement of your program's curriculum philosophy. Indicate the curriculum approach you plan to use in your program.
5. A menu: Provide a sample menu for your early childhood program.
6. A sample budget: Provide a sample budget for an early childhood program.
7. Child assessment policy and procedures: Provide your policies and procedures around child assessment.
8. Family partnerships statement: A statement of how the program works with families
9. Technology statement: A statement of how the program in cooperates technology.
10. Program flyer
11. Professional evaluations - Letters of recommendations from managers, parents and community members, teaching observations/evaluations, and child development permits.
12. Professional development record - Over the course of your career you will have opportunities to grow professionally. Your portfolio is an excellent place to keep track of the training and course work completed. Keep any certificates of attendance you received. Develop a training record and be sure to note the date of the training, name of the trainer, sponsoring organization, and number of hours of training.
13. Commitment to Code of Ethical Conduct Statement. You will write a brief statement highlighting how you will uphold the code of ethics as an administrator.