What will be taught:
This class will cover a basic understanding of what babysitters need to know. We will cover basic safety skills, what it looks like to work with each age group (newborns-infants, toddlers, younger kids, older kids.) We will also cover how to start a babysitting business and what being a professional looks like. Other things that will be covered are: Becoming certified, and staying calm in certain situations/keeping your cool.

Week One: Safety Skills
Week Two: Child Care Skills
Week Three: FIND decisions making model/ Staying Calm
Week Four: Working with newborns/infants
Week Five: Working with small children and older children
Week Six: How to run a babysitting business, Being professional, and Becoming Certified/ Wrap up

Topics covered:
Safety Skills, Child Care skills, FIND decisions making model, Working with newborns/infants, working with toddlers, working with small children, working with older children, How to run a babysitting business, Being professional, Staying calm, and How to become certified.

How is your class structured?
My class will start out with me introducing myself, taking attendance and have everyone introduce themselves, then we will go into my slides (students are welcome to take notes but not required to.) We will learn about the topic of the day, and we will talk about the short written assignment due after class. The required assignment will be a quick answer to a question that I write related to the class subject of the day. These aren’t necessarily “graded” but I will give feedback on how to improve/what they did well on. After I discuss the assignment, we will have a quick Q/A session, and then we will close class, and the student will go on and do the quick assignment :)


What’s your teaching style?
My teaching for this class in particular will be adopting an expert teaching style as well as using a personal model and a bit of lecturer (not boring lecture, I promise!) We will also have Q/As at the end of each lesson and also incorporate some conversations that we can have.
How much will learners get to interact with you?
My learners will be able to interact with me a lot! We will have conversations, have Q/As every class, and be able to answer questions!