how do u get into childcare without going to college?
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that's harder and harder to do these days.  i would start off at a daycare that doesn't require a degree, they still exist.  then go from there, some places don't necessarily require a degree if you have the experience.
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I would look into local colleges even community colleges offer distant learning i am a mom too attending school full time and i go to school and take distant learning from the same college. The advisers can point you in right direction
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Try this website to start.  You'll need licenses.\n\nhttp://www.state.il.us/dcfs/daycare/index.shtml
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You must go to college first.\n\nNo they do not supply you with them.
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The first step is to prepare a business plan. Even if you will not be applying for a bank loan, a business plan helps you to think through your business - what it needs, who it will benefit, how much it will cost, and what is its potential. Here are free business plans on childcare business that you may want to look into:\n\nhttp://www.sba.gov/library/pubs/mp-30.doc\nhttp://www.misbtdc.org/documents/BPWORKBK.pdf\nhttp://www.misbtdc.org/documents/CDCPLAN.pdf\nhttp://sbdcnet.utsa.edu/sbic/bplans.htm \n\nYou may want to read the free article "How To Start Your Own Day Care Center" http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol40/daycare.htm It covers various aspects of starting and running a daycare center including the demand for daycare centers, how to start this business, shoestring strategies, how to operate a daycare center, tips on caring for the children, income potential, how to manage your daycare, marketing your business and other additional income potential. There are so many things to learn about the business that the first step is to read everything you can find.\n\nFor in-depth information, I suggest checking out the following books:\n\n- Start and Run a Profitable Home Day Care \n- The Daycare Provider's Workbook \n- Start Your Own At-Home Child Care Business \n- So You Want to Open a Profitable Child Care Center : \nEverything You Need to Know to Plan, Organize and Implement a Successful Program \n\nIt is also important that you learn the tax rules affecting daycare centers, especially if you are going to open one from your home. Here is the IRS page on child care centers: http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/industries/content/0,,id=99878,00.html\n\nAs for the licenses and requirements in your state, the Administration for Children and Families provide a state by state listing of contacts for licensing and regulations governing child care businesses:\nhttp://www.nccic.org/statedata/dirs/regoffic.html\n\nIn PA, you contact:\n\nPennsylvania Department of Public Welfare \nBureau of Child Day Care \nOffice of Children, Youth and Families \nHealth and Welfare Building, Room 131 \nP.O. Box 2675 \nHarrisburg, PA 17105-2675 \nPhone: 717-787-8691 \nFax: 717-787-1529 \nHotline: 877-4-PA-KIDS (within state)\nWeb site: http://www.dpw.state.pa.us/child/\nChildCare/003670906.htm \n\nFor a list of Licensing offices:\nhttp://www.dpw.state.pa.us/child/ChildCare/003670565.htm\nand\nhttp://www.dpw.state.pa.us/child/ChildCare/003670452.htm\n\n\nAs for grants, contrary to what you heard, the Government hardly gives out grants to help start a for-profit business unless you are in a rural depressed area (Philly obviously is not) or you are an American Indian living in a reservation.\n\nNonetheless, you can go to the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) http://www.cfda.gov and Grants.gov http://www.grants.gov - these are two sites created by the federal government to provide transparency and information on grants. Browse through the listings and see if you can find any grant that would support a for-profit venture.\n\nEven if you buy books on "how to get grants" or list that supposedly has information on grants -- all of them are mere rehash of what CFDA has, albeit packaged differently. But still the info is the same - hardly any grants for starting a for profit business.\n\nEven SBA does NOT give out grants. From the SBA website http://www.sba.gov/expanding/grants.html... \n\n"The U.S. Small Business Administration does not offer grants to start or expand small businesses, although it does offer a wide variety of loan programs. (See http://www.sba.gov/financing for more information) While SBA does offer some grant programs, these are generally designed to expand and enhance organizations that provide small business management, technical, or financial assistance. These grants generally support non-profit organizations, intermediary lending institutions, and state and local governments."\n\nHere is a listing o
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Contact you local Department of Family and Children Services.  You normally have to take classes as part of the application.
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you can work in a daycare center, or teach pre-school
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Your best bet would be to leave home and start filling out applications - try grocery stores, bookstores, jobs on your campus, etc.  You could put up fliers to babysit or tutor kids.  I'm sorry to tell you that a desperate plea over the internet will probably not give you much success, especially when a majority of us don't even live in Australia.  I wish it were that easy, but its not!
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1. Create a website and get it listed in LOCAL directories and search engines. There are many sites that list the daycare in a particular area, and you need to be in all their lists\n2. Advertise or get listed in local parenting or family magazines. Some have an issue dedicated solely to business listings and you need to be there\n3. Put up signs in the neighborhood during allowed times (mostly weekends) that a new daycare center will be open and accepting enrollments\n4. Word of mouth is still the best. Parents talk to other parents asking for advice on what's the best daycare.\n5. If there are local listservs or mailing groups for parents in your area, actively participate and become an integral and respected part of the community. The members are your target audience, and you need to show a good impression\n6. Distribute flyers to where moms work or congregate. Check if you can put a flyer in local preschools.\n7. Some pediatricians offer a cork board in the waiting where all sorts of ads are placed. If the doctors in your area have this, be sure to put a small flyer advertising your business.
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Take a chilcare class or two and watch a few children in your home.  Then you can turn it into a daycare.  Also, look into becoming a nanny.
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http://www.grants.gov/\n\nfor special needs child care you will need to have nursing staff and more than likely a doctor on call...therapists for children and mostly equipment to facilitate care and play.  Standers gait trainers wheelchairs feeder seats. wedges etc\n\nYou will need ALOT of research to specific qualifications but you need to write up a business plan for sure.  You need to decide what kind of children you want to work with..special needs in general you will need everything...children with AIDS come with a wide variety of issues...blind children require alternate special care.  There are LARGE grants available for even for profit places.  You may want to consider where there is a pediatric rehab or therapy office in your town and build (or rent) nearby to allow children to be treated closely as a convenience for children.  You will need to learn to deal with IFSPs and how that translates to cost.
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Well keep in mind daycare facilities have two or more teachers in a room. Also many are now installing cameras into their centers to help cut down on abuse things like that. I understand your fear. I suggest going to an accredited center (make sure and ask they are accredited, those centers are generally well ran) and tell them you are interested in sending your son there. They well go over the curriculum and give you a tour of the center. Visit different ones in your area and don't settle. Find the one that makes you most comfortable. Also ask some of your trusted friends and family who have children where they send their chidlren. \n\nI know it is hard to trust strangers when a member of your own family let you down. Plus with what happen with your son is still fresh in your head it is going to be hard to let go. \n\nHonestly I know that abuse happens. I have worked in day care centers, the days are so hectic and people are coming in and going out the odds that someone would have a child alone without anyone around are very slim. \n\nEase yourself into it. Start by letting him go four a couple hours, than half day, and so on until you feel comfortable. I know many child care workers who love the children like they were there own. Granted there are ones out there that have no business working with children but most are great. \n\nJust take your time with it if you can find a trusted family or friend you can have babysit for cash I would do so. But realize that he does have to go to preschool through high school so eventually you have to place trust on people you don't really know.
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no, you can get certified without a college degree, but you do need to take classes
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First, if you're still in high school, find a job that either deals with child care, tutoring, or working at a school. It is also good to get into some child psychology classes at school, etc. Also,  you can volunteer at a school with their after school programs.\n\nDepending on the field that you want to get into, find a good college. If you're looking at elementary education, check out U-WI River Falls...amazing school! Also, when you get into school, get involved with tutoring and after school volunteering programs. Make sure you  have jobs that deal with working with kids and teaching! \n\nGood luck!!
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Well the criteria for pre-school education is to go to school that has an chile development program. The highest form of education you need to be a preschool teacher is to get your CDA (Child Development Associate) certification. This certification doesn't take very long to achieve and most of thetime the classes are in the evening depending on the institution you choose to go to. But once you have you CDA, there are only a few more classes until you can obtain you Associates Degree in child development.
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You can apply for financial aid at a local college and begin taking classes that will fit your schedule. This will help get you into the motions of working, and it will give you ideas of what you might be interested in doing. Then if you decide to not go to work, you didn't waste your time.
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you can go to the 1100 building on drew st. for financial assistance you can get daycare through them for cheap it will be based on your income... they might even cover the "r" club that is run through the school...