Have you ever heard the saying “It takes a village” in reference to raising children? Well, it’s very true! There are often many different people involved with the raising of children beyond the parents. And some of those people are often the employees at childcare centers. In an effort to learn more about the role that these childcare team members play in the lives of children, you are going to imagine that you own, operate, and manage a popular childcare center.

You just finished a major renovation at your center, and you have decided to restructure some of your staff and hire some new employees before the grand re-opening.

In order to find the best of the best when it comes to childcare employees, you are throwing an open-house type party for potential new hires. You have posted flyers welcoming anyone interested in working in child care on all the major job sites and around town.

In order to help everyone who attends the party better understand their potential roles and responsibilities as future members of your childcare team, as well as share your thoughts on collaboration in the workplace with them, you have decided to put together a brochure that will be passed out at the party.

This will be a helpful way to compare and contrast the roles and responsibilities of various team members and share what you are looking for in a future employee.

In your brochure/booklet, you should include the following:

Various roles at your childcare center
You will want to do some online research into actual childcare centers to better understand the specific roles that exist.
A brief description of each role
The description that you write for each role should include a list of the responsibilities associated with the role.
Include any education or training requirements that you want the employee who fulfills this role to have.
Include the approximate pay/salary associated with this role.
One image to go along with each role that you identify
You should identify and include at least three different roles in your brochure/booklet. After the section where you identify, describe, and compare the various roles at your childcare center, you should include a section that explains how you feel about collaboration in the workplace and what your hopes are for collaboration among team members at your childcare center. You should clearly identify the value that you believe comes from collaboration within the workplace and why you see this as an important aspect of your facility.

You can include any other information about your facility and your childcare beliefs that you feel will be pertinent to potential employees who may attend this open house. However, the only required information is clear identification and explanation of three different roles at your facility and an explanation of collaboration in the workplace and why you feel it is valuable.

You may create this brochure/booklet in a brochure template in a word processing program or you can use a slideshow presentation.

Include a list of websites and resources that you use in your research.

Refer to the rubric below for information on how you will be graded.