Course Type: Residential
Course Code: rCYSFD
Course Description: This 10-day residential course enables Child Development Center, School-Age Childcare, and Youth Facility Directors to gain a big picture view of the CYS Program and utilize best practices in leadership and facility management with a complete facility management strategy to implement in their facility. The entire curriculum focuses on challenges and opportunities for Facility Directors to implement functional knowledge and experience to improve their current practices. Major topics include situational leadership, strategic communication, financial management, facility operations, systems thinking, personnel management, and performance coaching. Students will gain functional knowledge to ensure the learned skills are applied to real-life challenges that impact their programs within Child and Youth Services. Students will be challenged to think critically and apply lessons learned.
Course Details:
- Target Audience: CDC, SAC, and Youth Facility Directors, especially those with less than 2 years of experience in their current position, who seek to grow their leadership skills and advance their practical knowledge and abilities running a CYS childcare facility operation (Enrollment instructions will be sent to IMCOM Directorates for DFMWRs to nominate students to attend.)
- Prerequisites: Each student must complete Welcome to Family and MWR Orientation Course (Online), Family and MWR Basic Management Course(Online) and Operation Excellence – Online or Classroom Customer Service Training.
Recommended: CYMS; Emergency Action Plan.- Applied Financial Planning (AFP) Suite (4 Courses) - Income Statement Analysis/Breakeven Analysis/Forecasting/Retail Sales Analysis
- Entering Budgeting Data into Financial Management Budget System (FMBS) (Online)
- Family and MWR Budgeting Process (Online)
- NAF Internal Controls (Virtual or Residential)
- Duration: 2 weeks
- IACET Continuing Education Units (CEUs): TBD
- ACE Recommended Credits: TBD