(1) Before hiring a
new program director, a licensee or licensee designee shall submit a completed
BCHS-CC 001 form, titled Child Care Licensing Information Request, and the
credentials of the proposed program director to the department for review and
approval.
(2) A program director
shall be present in the center in the following manner:
(a) Full time for programs operating less
than 6 continuous hours.
(b) At
least 50% of the time children are in care but not less than a total of 6 hours
per day for programs operating 6 or more continuous hours.
(3) All program directors are responsible for
the general management of the center, including the following minimum
responsibilities:
(a) Developing,
implementing, and evaluating program and center policies.
(b) Administering day-to-day operations,
including being available to address parent, child, and staff issues.
(c) Monitoring staff, including annual
evaluations.
(4) If
absent from the center, the program director shall designate a child care staff
member to be in charge.
(5) A
substitute program director shall be appointed for a program director who has
left employment or has a temporary absence that exceeds 30 consecutive workdays
until return or replacement. A substitute program director shall at least meet
the qualifications of lead caregiver. The department shall be notified when a
substitute program director is appointed.
(6) A program director shall have all of the
following qualifications:
(a) Be at least 21
years of age.
(b) Have earned a
high school diploma or general equivalency diploma (GED).
(7) Early childhood program directors shall
meet 1 of the following qualifications shown in Table 1:
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TABLE 1
Early Childhood Program Director
Qualifications
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Education
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Coursework in Early Childhood Education or
Child Development
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Hours of Experience
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(a)
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Bachelor's degree or higher in early childhood
education or child development
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(b)
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Bachelor's degree or higher in a child-related
field including [RIGHTWARDS ARROW]
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18 semester hours and [RIGHTWARDS ARROW]
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480 hours
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(c)
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Montessori credential
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18 semester hours and
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480 hours
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(d)
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Associate's degree in early childhood education
or child development including [RIGHTWARDS ARROW]
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18 semester hours and [RIGHTWARDS ARROW]
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480 hours
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(e)
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Valid child development associate credential
with [RIGHTWARDS ARROW]
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18 semester hours and [RIGHTWARDS ARROW]
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960 hours
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(f)
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Sixty semester hours with [RIGHTWARDS
ARROW]
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18 semester hours and [RIGHTWARDS ARROW]
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1,920 hours
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(8) School-age program directors shall meet 1
of the following qualifications shown in Table 2:
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TABLE 2
School-Age Program Director
Qualifications
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Education
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Coursework in a Child-Related Field
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Hours of Experience
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(a)
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Bachelors degree or higher in a child-related
field
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(b)
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Montessori credential with
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12 semester hours and
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480 hours
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(c)
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Associates degree in a child-related field and
[RIGHTWARDS ARROW]
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480 hours
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(d)
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Valid Michigan school-age youth development
credential with
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12 semester hours and [RIGHTWARDS ARROW]
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480 hours
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(e)
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Valid child development associate credential
with [RIGHTWARDS ARROW]
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12 semester hours and [RIGHTWARDS ARROW]
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480 hours
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(f)
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Sixty semester hours with [RIGHTWARDS
ARROW]
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12 semester hours and [RIGHTWARDS ARROW]
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720 hours
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(g)
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High school diploma or GED with [RIGHTWARDS
ARROW]
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6 semester hours and [RIGHTWARDS ARROW]
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2,880 hours
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(9) All program directors shall have at least
2 semester hours or 3.0 CEUs in child care administration or have an
administrative credential approved by the department. These semester hours may
satisfy a portion of the requirements of subrules (7) and (8) of this rule. The
program director may also use 30 hours of administrative training from
MiRegistry to meet these requirements.
(10) Any potential program director
previously employed as an approved and qualified program director is exempt
from meeting subrule (9) of this rule.
(11) An early childhood program director or
school age program director employed as a program director for more than 10
years without a break in service is exempt from the requirements in subrules
(7) and (9) of this rule.
(12) A
program director is exempt from the requirements of subrule (9) of this rule
with verification that all duties required by subrule (3)(a) and (c) of this
rule are handled by a central administrator, and the central administrator
meets the requirements of subrule (9) of this rule. Verification of the duties
and education of the central administrator must be made available to the
department upon request.
(13)
Verification of the education, credentials, and experience of the program
director must be kept on file at the center or made available online at
MiRegistry.
(14) A program that has
only a before school program or an afterschool program, but not both, serving
school-aged children may have a program director that meets the qualifications
of a site supervisor, as specified in
R 400.8119.
