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(Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Yasuyuki Toki; hereinafter "Unifa"), a company that uses the power of technology to solve social issues related to childcare and child rearing, is now accepting applications for the "Return Documentation Utilization Course" to be held in FY2022 under the sponsorship of the "LUCMY Mirai Childcare School. The course will be held at the school's new location in Tokyo, Japan.
While childcare documentation is recognized as an effective method for improving the quality of childcare, many childcare facilities face challenges in terms of continuous practice and know-how in the field.
About the Documentation Utilization Course
Course Outline and Application Outline
Childcare documentation" is an approach that is attracting attention as an effort to increase dialogue among childcare providers and improve the quality of childcare by making childcare visible through the use of photos and videos. Lukumi Mirai Childcare School, an online training service for childcare professionals, invites Japan's leading experts in early childhood education and documentation as lecturers to provide specific know-how effective for improving the quality of childcare, such as how to take photos, add comments, and engage in dialogue with other childcare professionals. The training style of the program is a "back-and-forth" type of training, in which participants repeat practical sessions in the field.
▼ Schedule
(First half)
Session 1: Wednesday, June 8, 2022, 1 to 3 p.m.
Session 2: Thursday, July 7, 2022, 1 to 3 p.m.
Session 3: Tuesday, August 9, 2022, 1 to 3 p.m.
Session 4: Thursday, September 8, 2022, 1 to 3:30 p.m.
Reunion: TBD
*All online format using ZOOM
(Second half)
Session 1: Thursday, October 13, 2022, 1 to 3 p.m.
Session 2: Tuesday, November 15, 2022, 1 to 3 p.m.
Session 3: Thursday, December 15, 2022, 1 to 3 p.m.
Session 4: Thursday, January 12, 2023, 1-3:30 p.m.
Reunion: TBD
*All online format using ZOOM
About the Supervisors and Lecturers
Dr. Takashi Muto, Professor Emeritus, Shiraumegakuen University
Graduated from the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Education, and withdrew from the doctoral program of the Graduate School of Education at the University of Tokyo.
He was a research assistant at the University of Tokyo, an assistant professor at the University of the Sacred Heart, and a professor at Ochanomizu University before assuming his current position. Social activities include former president of the Japanese Association of Qualitative Psychology, former president of the Japanese Association of Developmental Psychology, former president of the Japanese Society for Infant Education and Caregiver Training, former member of the Central Council on Education, former chairman of the Child Care and Rearing Council of the Cabinet Office, and senior fellow of the National Institute for Educational Policy Research.
Dr. Hirotomo Ohmameuda, Professor, Tamagawa University
Professor at Tamagawa University, Faculty of Education. Specializes in infant and toddler education, childcare, and childcare support.
After completing her graduate studies in Education at Aoyama Gakuin University, she worked as a kindergarten teacher at Aoyama Gakuin before assuming her current position. She is a member of the board of directors of the Japan Society of Child Care and Education, and a member of the board of directors of the Japan Society for Children's Environment, etc. She is active in a wide range of activities, including TV appearances and lectures, such as NHK E-TV's "Sukusuku Kosodate.
Dr. Naoko Kawabe, Design Institute for Childcare, Inc.
Graduated from Toyo Eiwa Jogakuin University Junior College and Waseda University. Received her Master's degree from Ochanomizu University. Worked as a teacher at a private kindergarten, a kindergarten attached to Ochanomizu University, and as a part-time lecturer at Toyo Eiwa Jogakuin University. Currently, as a researcher at the Institute for the Design of Childcare, she conducts training to improve and enhance daily practice in all aspects of childcare, especially photographic documentation for use in planning and environmental improvement.
Flow of Participation
Please apply from the application website below. We will send detailed information about the training and payment to those who have been confirmed.
Application deadline: 5/13 (Fri.)
https://lookmee.jp/mirasuku/
Participation fee
20,000 yen (tax included) per person
30,000 yen (tax included) / 2 participants
*If two people from the same park apply, please apply together at one time in order to apply the above discount.
*The maximum number of participants per park is limited to two.
*Payment will be made by bank transfer. Details will be provided at a later date.
2. the effectiveness of the return documentation training
Participants found it effective in reducing documentation time and ongoing implementation.
Based on the results of the pre-training questionnaire and the post-training questionnaire at the end of the fourth course, here are some of the changes that were observed through the training.
▼ Summary of Survey Results
- Ninety-eight percent of the participants said that they "feel that they understand children's feelings" through this training. This shows the effectiveness of documentation as a means of capturing the child's image.
- Ninety percent of participants indicated that they were able to continue documentation after the training.
- While many facilities feel that documentation is time-consuming, this training also showed a change in documentation time, with 50% of participants responding 30 minutes or less before the training, but this number increased 1.3 times to 65% after the training. The percentage of participants who answered "within 60 minutes" and "within 120 minutes" decreased before and after the training, respectively, indicating that participants were able to create documentation in a shorter time through the training.
▼ Participant Comments
- Documentation training, very fulfilling training. I have seen changes in the way I perceive children's behavior and my own attitude in childcare. I will take pictures, record them, share them, and create better childcare.
- At first, I thought documentation was difficult, but after receiving the training and actually doing it, I found out how to make it easier for me, and I was able to read children's images more smoothly, and I felt that there were more occasions for discussion among the staff.
- I realized once again that the perspective from which we view children as a whole can be changed by providing opportunities for staff members to discuss and share their work, rather than stopping at the individual documentation, planning, practice, and review of the next stage of childcare.
- I can now quickly assemble documentation in my mind!
Questionnaire survey for childcare providers who participated in the self-design course "Utilization of Reciprocal Documentation".
(Pre-questionnaire: conducted July 1-23, 2021, 92 valid responses / Post-questionnaire: conducted February 17-22, 2022, 52 valid responses)
About Unifa
Unifa is a startup in the "Childcare-Tech" domain that aims to solve social issues related to childcare and childcare. With the company's purpose of "creating new social infrastructures that create happiness for families around the world," Unifa develops and provides "Rukumi," a childcare support service that utilizes IoT and AI. Through the Smart Nursery School®, Smart Kindergarten®, and Smart Childcare Center® concept, we are contributing to the creation of an affluent society in which it is easy to work while raising children. Smart Nursery School" received the Good Design Best 100 Award in 2021 and the Good Focus Award (New Business Design), a special award, and "Rukumee" was awarded in the social industry-specific ASP/SaaS category of the "ASPIC IoT, AI, Cloud Award 2021," which is given to cloud services that are beneficial to society. ASPIC IoT, AI, and Cloud Services Award 2021, which is given to cloud services that are beneficial to society, in the social industry-specific ASP/SaaS category. Unifa" was also selected as a J-Startup.
Company Profile
Company name: Unifa Corporation
Representative Director & CEO: Yasuyuki Toki
Established: 2013
Location: Sumitomo Fudosan Chiyoda Fujimi Building 2F, 1-8-19 Fujimi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Company URL:https://unifa-e.com/
Childcare Documentation" is an initiative that aims to improve the quality of childcare by increasing dialogue among caregivers through the use of photos and videos to visualize childcare.
Unifa has invited Japan's leading experts in early childhood education and documentation as lecturers for its online training service for childcare providers, "Lukumi Mirai Childcare School. The training program is designed to provide participants with specific know-how on how to improve the quality of childcare, such as how to take photographs, how to make comments, and how to interact with other childcare professionals, in addition to the practical application of these skills in the field.
Let's take a look at the details from the press release.