Early Care & Education Bachelor's Degree

Course Information

Administration and Supervision in Early Childhood Settings

University:

University of Missouri

Course Number:

HDFS 4650

Credit Hours:

3 credit hours - $440 per credit

Start/End Dates:

January 21, 2025 - May 16, 2025

Overview

Course Description

This course covers issues surrounding the administration of early childhood programs including identification of community needs, analysis of business opportunities, the evaluation and appropriate use of space and quality programming, consideration of policy and legal responsibilities, and professionalism in the field. In addition, students in this course explore best practices in staff selection, training, coaching, and supervision.

Contacts

Instructor

Michelle Mathews
Office: 573-884-6800
MathewsM@missouri.edu

Campus Coordinator

For course access questions, contact the teaching university’s campus coordinator. For enrollment questions, contact your home university campus coordinator.

Textbooks

Program Administration Scale : Measuring Early Childhood Leadership and Management
Talan, Teri N., Bloom, Paula Jorde, Berry, Barnett
Edition: 3rd
ISBN: 9780807767603
Publisher: Teachers College Press

Course Access

Canvas at Mizzou

Approximately two weeks before the first day of class at MU, the MU Campus Coordinator will email course access information to students for courses taught by MU. Using the instructions and information in the email, students will be able to activate their Canvas at Mizzou and MU email account. Instructors may restrict course access until the first day of class.

Students needing assistance with setting up their account should contact the MU IT Help Desk at 573-882-5000. If students haven’t received the course access information email, please reach out to the MU Campus Coordinator at mumzonidea@umsystem.edu.

Exam Proctor

This course does not require an exam proctor.

Synchronous Components

This course does not include synchronous components.

Information is subject to change.

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Drops and Refunds:

Students adhere to the drop and refund policies and deadlines of their home university.

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