McPhaul wants to begin an outreach program to day-care operators in the Clarke County area. Becky has met with Donna Ford, who heads Community Connection. It's likely that the Directors Group will begin meeting at McPhaul with McPhaul staff serving as a resource and offering continuing education programs. McPhaul is a lab program, not a training program. Our students learn what is developmentally appropriate practice.
Few students come wanting to open programs, but they do learn administrative skills.
You can't teach human development without looking at children. The students start out observing, then begin having projects that involve the children. The program is developmentally focused as opposed to curriculum focused. McPhaul was started in 1930s. Georgia was one of the first states to have good early child-care.