Career Outlook
Your New Career
Due to the growing number of families in which both parents work and the rise in single-parent homes, the demand is high for trained child day care professionals. Whether you choose to work in an established child care facility or open your own center, Penn Foster Career School training can give you the skills you need to start the exciting career you've always wanted.
Career Opportunities
The U.S. Department of Labor expects more than 142,000 new jobs for child day care professionals through 2018!* That means plenty of job opportunities for people with the right skills. With training from Penn Foster Career School, you’ll have the skills you need to enter this valuable and gratifying career field.
Earn your Career Diploma at home in as little as seven months by studying just an hour a day for your new career. You'll learn the important skills you need in Child Day Care Management, including:
- The relationship between guidance and discipline; applying your knowledge of child behavior and development; styles of adult-child interaction.
- Strategies for promoting a safe and healthy environment, including nutritional guidelines and management of accidents and injuries.
- The steps involved in starting your own child care facility — from assessing community needs and meeting federal licensing requirements to balancing the budget and managing staff.
* Growth figures represent a ten-year period ending 2018. Source: "National Industry-Occupation Employment Matrix," a publication of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.