Budgeting and Risk Management Certificate

Upon satisfactorily completing CCEI’s Budgeting and Risk Management Certificate program, students should be able to:

• Identify key elements of a child care center operating budget and other types of budgets
• Identify major resources needed to operate a child care program
• Identify common sources of revenue for child care centers
• Identify common budgetary mistakes in the child care industry
• Identify key phases in the daycare budget development process, including scheduling and other organizational issues
• Demonstrate knowledge about developing a fee structure and increasing revenue for a child care center
• Demonstrate the ability to conduct a cost-benefit analysis
• Evaluate the risk management policies and practices at a child care center
• Identify and analyze center procedures for developing risk management policies and training employees

• Competency based multiple-choice questions
• Student activities and/or observations with written feedback
• End of Course Quizzes in multiple-choice format – Students must pass each quiz with a grade of 70% or better to complete the course.
• Cumulative Final Exam in multiple-choice format – Students must pass with a grade of 70% or better to complete the budgeting and risk management center training program.

• Must be 18 years of age or older
• Must have access to a computer and printer
• Must have a valid email address
• Must have access to the Internet through a CCEI supported JavaScript enabled web browser (i.e. Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, etc.)
• Must be able to speak, read, and write well enough in the language the course is presented in to understand and complete the course material
• Course(s) within this budgeting and risk management center training program may require observation, assessment, and practical application of learning principles in an early childhood learning environment. Students must be working in or have access to an early childhood environment to successfully complete these course(s).