Class Syllabus: Babysitting 101
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Course Description
This course is designed to provide beginning babysitters with advice and tips for caring for kids of all ages. Parents want their children to have the best babysitter they could find. This course is written to allow a first time babysitting to know how to prepare and market themselves, how to interview and get the job and finally how to function safely and effectively after getting a babysitting position.
The course also teaches how knowledge and good planning can make you a successful babysitter and discusses all aspects of safety not only for the children but also for yourself.
Babysitters need a lot of knowledge on caring for babies and children before they jump into babysitting. Use this course as a stepping stone into your career and then enhance your knowledge by taking a First Aid and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) course offered by the Red Cross.
Good Luck.
Course Requirements
Anyone who's interested in learning more about how to babysit is welcome to enroll in this class. This course will not require you to have previous experience in any particular area but you should have a high school reading level. No books will be required.
Course Topics
- Lesson 1: Babysitting Basics
- Lesson 2: A Babysitters Plan
- Lesson 3: The Interview
- Lesson 4: Becoming the Babysitter
- Lesson 5: Activities and Discipline
- Lesson 6: Indoor Safety and Security
- Lesson 7: Outdoor Safety and Security
- Lesson 8: Caring for Kids - Feeding
- Lesson 9: Caring for Kids - Bath and Nap Time
- Lesson 10: Special Circumstances
Course Materials
All course materials is provided in this class. There is no need to buy additional resources.
Grading Policy
Each lesson will include a written and practice assignment that will directly apply what you have learned.
A brief 25 pt. quiz will follow each lesson. Students will successfully complete this course with 70% or better.
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