Five Elements Of Collective Leadership For Early Childhood Professionals

Author : Cassandra O'Neill,Monica Brinkerhoff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2017-12-12
Category : Education
ISBN : 1605545465

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Five Elements of Collective Leadership for Early Childhood Professionals by Cassandra O'Neill,Monica Brinkerhoff Pdf

Collective leadership is based on shared decision-making, transparency, and involving the people affected by change in the process. Current research shows that a collective approach to leadership is advantageous to organizations and this book helps early childhood leaders incorporate collective leadership into their programs. Cassandra O'Neill, CEO of Wholonomy Consulting, has over twenty-five years of experience building leadership capacity in the social sector. She has worked with over 200 organizations including libraries, schools, government agencies, foundations, and nonprofit organizations. Monica Brinkerhoff, MSW, is the Organization and Employee Development Director at Child-Parent Centers, Inc., the Head Start grantee for southeastern Arizona.

Author : Marilyn Chu,Kimberly Sopher-Dunn
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000429954

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Relationship-Based Early Childhood Professional Development by Marilyn Chu,Kimberly Sopher-Dunn Pdf

Learn how to use Relationship-Based Professional Development (RBPD) strategies to foster equitable, inclusive and socially just communities of collaboration and learning in PreK to age 8 programs. Packed with illustrative vignettes, checklists, and reflection questions to guide understanding, this resource helps administrators and teacher-leaders establish a cycle of inquiry to better understand each other’s common work and build more effective partnerships. Aligned with the NAEYC's Power to the Profession objectives, you'll find this book filled with invaluable tools to strengthen your professional community and better support your students.

Author : Louise Derman-Sparks,Debbie LeeKeenan,John Nimmo
Publisher : Teachers College Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780807768525

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Leading Anti-Bias Early Childhood Programs by Louise Derman-Sparks,Debbie LeeKeenan,John Nimmo Pdf

"The book offers principles and guidelines for program-wide transformation in the early childhood education field: Professional development activities for teachers at all levels of awareness and experience in anti-bias education. Approaches for engaging with families around social justice values. Strategies for supporting and strengthening the leader's ability to initiate and sustain anti-bias change. Support for leaders in embracing and negotiating positive conflict and responding to opposition to anti-bias change. Tools for documenting a program's readiness for and progress in anti-bias education"--

Author : Nancy Brown
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2019-04-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781351971584

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Internationalizing Early Childhood Curriculum by Nancy Brown Pdf

Internationalizing Early Childhood Curriculum empowers teachers and directors to internationalize their curriculums around the world in their own unique and culturally specific ways. Serving as a guide and catalyst for thinking about curriculum in our interconnected world, this book explores how young children learn about the world and describes how children develop intercultural understanding, including how their teachers transform to expand their own global awareness and citizenship. Stories from actual classroom curriculum projects are featured, as well as suggested strategies and stages for the process of implementation. Exploring the implications for teacher education and professional development, this book gives readers the tools they need to bring internationalization into their own programs. Designed to apply to formal and informal early childhood centers across the spectrum, Internationalizing Early Childhood Curriculum is essential reading for professional developers and trainers, as well as classroom teachers, directors, policy-makers and NGO professionals providing early childhood services in the U.S. and around the world.

Author : Lisa DeFrank-Cole,Sherylle J. Tan
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2021-01-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781071833940

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Women and Leadership by Lisa DeFrank-Cole,Sherylle J. Tan Pdf

Recipient of a 2022 Most Promising New Textbook Award from the Textbook & Academic Authors Association (TAA) While women in the United States account for nearly half the workforce, they continue to encounter unique personal, social, and structural dynamics as leaders. Authors Lisa DeFrank Cole and Sherylle J. Tan explore these dynamics and more in Women and Leadership: Journey Towards Equity. Grounded in leadership theory and research, this text delves into the barriers and challenges women face on their leadership journeys, including stereotypes, bias, inequality, discrimination, and domestic responsibilities. The text includes several chapters devoted to strategies and tools for overcoming obstacles, creating structural change, and moving towards greater equity.

Author : Jillian Rodd
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780335246816

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EBOOK: Leadership in Early Childhood by Jillian Rodd Pdf

Leadership in Early Childhood is a practical resource for early childhood practitioners who want to understand how to create successful childcare and early education settings. Leadership in the early years has moved on in the way it is organised, and this fourth edition has been fully revised and updated to reflect the changes affecting leaders in early childhood. This rapid change in the field over the past few years includes moves to professionalise the workforce generally, and this edition recognizes the implications of these developments and revisits some of the concepts and messages. Praised for its excellent overview of early years leadership, accessible writing style and clear links between theory and practice, the fourth edition also includes: Thorough discussion of the leader’s role in moving towards leading/best practice. Reconceptualised coverage of team building to consider working collaboratively as a team at service level, multi disciplinary teams and integrated service provision through multi agency working. A chapter which considers the essential characteristics of leadership in terms of personal qualities, skills and timing related to effective leadership.

Author : Johanna Heikka,Eeva Hujala,Jillian Rodd,Petra Strehmel,Manjula Waniganayake
Publisher : Verlag Barbara Budrich
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-29
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783847412243

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Leadership in Early Education in Times of Change by Johanna Heikka,Eeva Hujala,Jillian Rodd,Petra Strehmel,Manjula Waniganayake Pdf

The collection brings together the latest work of researchers from Australia, Africa, Asia, and Europe focusing on early childhood leadership matters. It covers different aspects of leadership in early education: professional education and development, identity and leadership strategies as well as governance and leadership under different frame conditions.

Author : Clayton A. Copeland
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 553 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2022-11-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9798216185260

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Disabilities and the Library by Clayton A. Copeland Pdf

Librarians need to understand the needs and abilities of differently abled patrons, and anyone responsible for hiring and managing librarians must know how to provide an equitable environment. This book serves as an educational resource for both groups. Understanding the needs and abilities of patrons who are differently abled increases librarians' ability to serve them from childhood through adulthood. While some librarians are fortunate to have had coursework to help them understand the needs and abilities of the differently abled, many have had little experience working with this diverse group. In addition, many persons who are differently abled are-or would like to become-librarians. Disabilities and the Library helps readers understand the challenges faced by people who are differently abled, both as patrons and as information professionals. Readers will learn to assess their library's physical facilities, programming, staff, and continuing education to ensure that their libraries are prepared to include people of all abilities. Inclusive programming and collection development suggestions will help librarians to meet the needs of patrons and colleagues with mobility and dexterity problems, learning differences, hearing and vision limitations, sensory and cognitive challenges, autism, and more. Additional information is included about assistive and adaptive technologies and web accessibility. Librarians will value this accessible and important book as they strive for equity and inclusivity.

Author : Edward H. Powley,Brianna Barker Caza,Arran Caza
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2020-08-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781788112215

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Research Handbook on Organizational Resilience by Edward H. Powley,Brianna Barker Caza,Arran Caza Pdf

This Research Handbook identifies how resilience has evolved as a critical theoretical concept in the organizational sciences. International resilience scholars conceptualize and explore the various ways resilience can be embedded in theory and practice, offering new and updated perspectives on the importance of resilience in multiple contexts.

Author : Eeva Hujala, Manjula Waniganayake & Jillian Rodd
Publisher : University of Tampere
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Early childhood education
ISBN : 9789514491726

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Researching Leadership in Early Childhood Education by Eeva Hujala, Manjula Waniganayake & Jillian Rodd Pdf

Researching Leadership in Early Childhood Education focuses on leadership research in early childhood education and care (ECEC) settings in seven countries from different parts of the world: Australia, Azerbaijan, England, Finland, Norway, Taiwan and Trinidad and Tobago. This publication emerged through conversations that began at the inaugural &‘International Leadership Research Forum' (ILRF) held in Finland in 2011. It introduces theoretical perspectives and the history of leadership research as well studies on management practices in different countries. This publication responds to the challenges of developing further research into early childhood leadership in a rapidly changing world where young children and families continue to gather at ECEC settings. Effective leadership from early childhood educators can make a difference in ensuring every child enjoys high quality ECEC programs that nurture their wellbeing and developmental potential to the fullest.

Author : Arão Sapiro
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031556692

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Strategic Management by Arão Sapiro Pdf

Author : Marjory Anne Ebbeck,Marjory Ebbeck,Manjula Waniganayake
Publisher : Elsevier Australia
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Early childhood education
ISBN : 0864331703

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Early Childhood Professionals by Marjory Anne Ebbeck,Marjory Ebbeck,Manjula Waniganayake Pdf

Clarifies for the first time what contemporary early childhood practitioners and leaders need to know in order to manage early childhood services in a professional way. The text explores leadership concepts in an integrated manner. Authors are from the University of South Australia, & the University of Melbourne.

Author : Fiona Stewart
Publisher : Redleaf Press
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-23
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781605545950

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Building Together by Fiona Stewart Pdf

Building Together is a journey focused on the leadership necessary for today’s early childhood education system building. This book provides a road map to what effective leaders do, how they do it, and the leadership necessary to work towards collaborative systems level change. Building Together includes a wealth of information on the leadership skills, styles and competencies necessary to address today’s challenges and opportunities in the field of early childhood education. It also includes how to put leadership skills and knowledge into action to work towards sustainable system planning, implementation, and continuous improvement. Author Fiona Stewart includes success stories throughout the book from professionals in the field as well as examples from her own leadership work. Today’s systems-level work requires sophisticated leadership skills. Building Together provides all the leadership information needed for both emerging and experienced leaders.

Author : Elizabeth Stamopoulos
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000256840

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Early Childhood Leadership in Action by Elizabeth Stamopoulos Pdf

Leadership is a core skill required by all early childhood educators, whatever position they hold - whether leading their own ethical and professional practice or leading others. From understanding ethical frameworks to managing change, and from quality assurance to working with teams, families and the wider community, the most effective early childhood leaders act with confidence, flexibility and creativity. In this book early childhood researchers Elizabeth Stamopoulos and Lennie Barblett provide a new model for leadership. Recognising that leadership is both an individual and collective endeavour, multi-layered and multidimensional, the authors have distilled core tasks of leadership that are explored in detail in each chapter: *Understanding and conceptualising theories of leadership *Leading in times of change * Advocating for high quality pedagogy and practice *Developing strong communication skills * Leading through digital technology and media * Developing effective teams * Building positive relationships with families and the wider community * Embedding Indigenous perspectives * Embracing evidence-based research And * Leading ethical practice. Featuring the perspectives of leaders from diverse settings, together with reflection exercises and discussion questions throughout, this is an essential book for both pre-service and in-service early childhood educators. 'The authors...are commended for their commitment to shining a light on a wide range of research, theories and issues concerned with leadership and the early childhood profession. ' -- from the foreword by Catharine Hydon and Dr Anne Kennedy

Author : Cunningham, Denise D.
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2020-06-19
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781799850908

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Professional and Ethical Consideration for Early Childhood Leaders by Cunningham, Denise D. Pdf

Early childhood educators are keenly aware of the importance of a child’s transition to “real school.” This transition is occurring earlier in a child’s life now that school districts nationwide are moving to pre-kindergarten experiences for 3- and 4-year olds. Annually, more than one million children attend public school pre-k programs overseen by elementary school principals who, although veteran educational leaders, were not trained to oversee these programs. Although pre-k classrooms are rapidly growing and deserve special attention, school leaders must be reminded that early childhood means more than pre-kindergarten; it extends through third grade. School leadership needs to understand the principles of early childhood education to effectively support all children age three to grade three. Professional and Ethical Consideration for Early Childhood Leaders is a collection of innovative research that crafts an overall understanding of the importance of early childhood leadership in today’s schools. The book employs strategies to improve support for children in early childhood years, examines the different roles of early childhood leadership, analyzes best practices for implementation in early childhood contexts, and explores improvements for leadership preparation for schools with pre-k through third-grade children. While highlighting a wide range of topics including advocacy, cultural responses, and professional development, this publication is ideally designed for educators, administrators, principals, early childhood development teachers, daycare instructors, curriculum developers, advocates, researchers, academicians, and students.