What Should a Parent Handbook Be About For Daycare Centers

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This article is mainly suited for parents who are looking for childcare and daycare owners who are constructing policies on what their daycare center rules should be.

The main objective of a parent handbook in the daycare setting is to establish rules and boundaries for the parent and daycare provider. Without boundaries and rules many issues erupt which could have been avoided in the first place. It is extremely important for you the parent to understand what your provider expects. As well as the provider, it is important for you to lay down the ground work so that no confusion lies between you and the parent.

Below will be a guideline that you may wish to follow regarding rules and standards established for your daycare center.

A parent handbook about daycare centers should have the following information:

1. Sick policy: What are the guidelines that the center will use when a child becomes ill? When will the parent be called, how high does the temperature need to be for a parent to be asked to come pick-up the child? What if the child has an unexplained rash? Loose bowel movements? Falls and hits his/her head? What is the policy for re-entering childcare after being home with illness? What contagious diseases are not allowed in your center? Will you allow sick children to be in your center? These are all very important questions that need to be addressed by the parent and the daycare provider as well.

2. Pick-Up Child Policy: Issues should be addressed on who is picking up the child, and what if someone else shows up to pick up that child and you don’t know about it. Are both parents together or divorced and what is the arrangement with custody. If there is a situation that a parent is not allowed to pick up a child it would be wise to have legal documents on file stating the arrangement by court. If a child is walking from school or being picked up by your center there should be paper work on file stating these arrangements.

3. Tuition: A contract stating price and payment should be filled out by both the parent and the daycare center. There should be a clear understanding of how many days the child will attend and what the charge will be. There should also be an understanding of what charges there will be when a child is not attending childcare.

4. Vacations and Time Off: Will the daycare provider be taking off for a vacation and will the parents still need to pay for childcare? What about emergency closings, what are the policies regarding this. What holiday’s will the center be closed and are they paid holiday’s or not.

5. Punishment and disorderly behavior: What are the rules of the daycare center regarding punishment? What ages and what ways does the center try to correct behavior? What are the daycare centers grounds for termination? What are the guidelines established when talking to parents about problems.

These are the fundamentals of a day care parent handbook. Remember that all concerns should be addressed in this handbook; it is there to help the parent and the daycare center and especially to protect the safety of the child.

Christine Groth, author and mentor of Instant Daycare Profits Home Study Course. Receive her free 6 part newsletter on how to start your own daycare at www.instantdaycareprofits.com

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Legal Duties as a Daycare Director

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Do you know what your duties are as a director of your daycare centre? Many business owners are unaware of the legal implications of being a director of an establishment. Whilst understandably, many of us are not legal professional, it is important to know what’s required of you as a director so that you can make a conscious effort to stay away from situations which could potentially put you in conflict with your duties as a director.

A director’s duties can be categorized broadly as:
• Fiduciary Duties
• Duties of skill, care and diligence
• Statutory Duties

1) Fiduciary Duties

a. A director is required to act in genuine interest of the company’s interest at all times

As a director, he is required to act honestly and conduct due diligence when discharging his duties as a director. Should a director be forced to make a decision or undertake a transaction which may seem inviable or disadvantageous for the company, he must be able to justify other intangible benefits for the company; either to the company as a corporate entity or its group of company, the members and employees in the company or the interest of the creditors in the company.

b. A director must avoid positions where his personal interest may be in conflict with his duty

A director must ensure that he acts in the best interest of the company at all times and not be in a position where his personal interest will impair his judgment resulting in a situation where his personal interest take precedence over the company’s interest.

c. Duty to use powers for proper purposes and not for any collateral purpose

A director must understand that he is the trustee of the company’s assets and the company assets entrusted to him are to be applied for the company’s purpose and interest. It is considered a breach of fiduciary duty should the director misapply the company’s assets or abuse his power. Even if he was misguided on what was in the company’s interest, the director is still in breach of his duty should be misuse his powers. And should he misapply the company’s funds, he is in breach of criminal breach of trust, be it or not he has personally benefited from it. A director must not accept any form of reward or payment from any third party other than his company.

2) Duties of skill, care and diligence

A director must ensure that he exercise reasonable care and skill when undertaking his director responsibility with any additional knowledge and experience which he actually has..

3) Statutory Duties

A director’s breach of statutory duty can be a civil breach rendering the director liable to the company for any profit made by him or for any damage suffered by the company or a criminal offense.

a. Duty to disclose certain important information

A director is bound to disclose certain information to the company such as interest in a proposed or existing transaction or arrangement with the company or loans to director, etc. The type of information that a director is required to disclose can vary slightly from country to country and state to state.

b. Duty to ensure that the accounts are properly prepared

It is the director’s duty to ensure that the accounts are properly prepared and managed. The accounts should provide a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company and explain its transactions.

In essence, it is important to note that a director’s duty to the company is an important one. He must at all times act with care, honesty and diligence and make decisions which are in the best interest of the company and not oneself.

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