There are many employment opportunities in the early childhood field. Many of these will be in the childcare and preschool field. Working in these fields requires that you are familiar with the health and nutrition requirements of your state. Imagine you have recently been promoted to the director of your local childcare center. This is the year that your center will be having its Quality Rating review. You are responsible for ensuring your center meets or exceeds the requirements to be a highly rated childcare center. Your center enrolls children from 6 months to 5 years of age. The center provides breakfast, lunch, and an afternoon snack. For this assignment, create a 500-750 word resource for the evaluators to review. Use the following headings and bullets to create your resource: Nutritional Requirements Summarize the state or federal nutritional requirements you must meet. Include a resource/reference for this information. Describe how your center will meet the nutritional requirements for each age group and procedures for meals. Discuss how you incorporate teaching nutrition to your students. Include a minimum of three resources (online or local) to help ensure the center meets requirements. Health Requirements Summarize the state or federal health requirements for your center. Discuss the health requirements for students who are enrolled in your school. Describe health requirements for your center to operate (cleaning and disinfecting) and illness prevention and control. Managing Health Care Needs Summarize how your center manages the health care needs of young children with physical developmental delays or disabilities. Support your assignment with a minimum of 2-3 resources. While APA Style format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and references should be presented using documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion. You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. A link to the LopesWrite Technical Support Articles is located in Class Resources if you need assistance. Resources that may be helpful Read chapter 2 and 11 https://bibliu.com/app/#/view/books/9780135573372/epub/OPS/xhtml/fileP7001016792000000000000000000002.html#page_i https://www.childcare.gov/state-resources https://www.nal.usda.gov/human-nutrition-and-food-safety/life-stage-nutrition https://www.cdc.gov/healthyschools/nutrition/facts.htm
