Chapter 7 Scenario


 To list the essential elements of an ideal child care facility and to evaluate your list. 

 

You have recently been promoted to be the director of the newest  location of a child care center chain. The board has asked you to  provide input as to what the facility should include as the building  committee searches for existing buildings and hires architects to design  the space for remodel. While the classroom space of the existing  centers is good, they lack staff and parent space and you feel the  overall traffic flow could be improved. You are asked to provide two  lists – one list of necessary features that the building should include  or could be added to help narrow the choices of facilities and another  list of wanted or desired features that would improve quality and help  the board choose between similar sites. Finally, to ensure that they  don’t select a site that is unfit, the board would like you to create a  third list of facility components or features to avoid.

Focus Assignment: 

Create  a three-column list to describe the features of the physical space and  what should or could be built into it. Be sure to include considerations  for traffic flow, space for staff, and space for parents. One column  should be titled “Necessary”, the second column titled “Wanted” and the  third column “Avoid”.

Self-Reflection: 

  1. For your list, explain how this list addresses the issues in the scenario