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Handbook for Early Childhood Administrators

Directing with a Mission

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Paperback, blz. | Engels
Pearson Education | 2007
ISBN13: 9780205469802
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Practical guidance every early childhood administrator needs
to successfully direct with a mission!

 

“As a program director of an early childhood program, I find the sample lists and forms provided throughout the text to be very practical and helpful. They can easily be modified to meet the center’s needs or copied as they are and utilized in one’s program.”

-Dr. Leighan Rinker, Executive Director
 Beginnings of Palm Beach County, Inc.

 

“I would recommend this as a resource for child care center directors and assistant directors, especially for assistant directors who hope to move up the ladder eventually. This text would help administrators see the connection between mission and vision and everything else you do, as well as providing structures for developing and implementing sound business practices….I [also] believe this text would be very appropriate for students taking an administration course …even if they were not currently directors.”

-Jill M. Uhlenberg, University of Northern Iowa

 

 

From Mailman Segal Institute, Dr. Hilde Reno invites future and current early childhood administrators and early education center directors to examine and assess the many duties and responsibilities inherent in successfully managing staff, budgets, and a quality program that conforms to all legal and regulatory requirements. In Handbook for Early Childhood Administrators: Directing with a Mission, Dr. Reno walks readers through each management task that is essential to directing with a mission and offers a wealth of helpful support and resources, including forms, documents, recommended readings and websites, and reflective prompts to help all administrators and directors flourish in their positions.

 

What it takes to direct with a mission:  Includes program evaluation and assessment tools to guide directors and administrators in maintaining high quality services and achieving accreditation and/or quality incentive awards.  Highlights useful resources and weblinks featuring additional books, articles, documents, and information to aid in successfully operating a child care and education center.

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ISBN13:9780205469802
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Paperback

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<p><strong>All Chapters include: "Summary," "Resources," "Weblinks"</strong></p> <p>Chapter 1 - Organizational Vision AND MISSION</p> <p>Developing an organizational vision</p> <p>The mission statement</p> <p>Using your mission statement to inform practice</p> <p>Chapter 2 -- Organizational Structure</p> <p>Organizational structure and hierarchy</p> <p>Organization Culture</p> <p>Ensuring Safety</p> <p>Recognizing Competence</p> <p>Demonstrating Value</p> <p>Meaningful Communication/Staff Meetings</p> <p>Chapter 3-- Program Policies and Procedures</p> <p>Personnel Policies</p> <p>Procedures</p> <p>Chapter 4 -- Job Descriptions</p> <p>Writing a Job Description</p> <p>Job Description as legal document</p> <p>Modification of a current job description</p> <p> Writing/Reviewing current job descriptions</p> <p>Chapter 5 -- Staffing</p> <p>Recruitment</p> <p>Screening</p> <p>Interview</p> <p>Practical demonstration of skills</p> <p>Employment requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)</p> <p>Chapter 6 -- Orientation, Evaluation, Staff Development</p> <p>Staff Orientation</p> <p>Probationary/orientation period</p> <p>Evaluation</p> <p>Professional development --Education and training</p> <p>Progressive Staff Discipline</p> <p>Chapter 7-- Developing management systems</p> <p>Developing Systems</p> <p>Recurring activities that can be systematized</p> <p>Calendar</p> <p>Chapter 8 --Ethical Behavior/ Code of Ethics</p> <p>Ethics</p> <p>Ethics in Early Childhood Education</p> <p>Ethical Dilemmas</p> <p>Chapter 9 -- Working with Boards</p> <p>Governing versus Advisory Boards</p> <p>Advisory Boards</p> <p>Board essentials</p> <p>Job descriptions</p> <p>Selection of Advisory Board Members</p> <p>Orientation</p> <p>Meetings</p> <p>Communication</p> <p>Assignment</p> <p>Chapter 10 -- Law and child care</p> <p>Employment Law</p> <p>FLSA</p> <p>Disciplinary Policy/Due Process</p> <p>Unemployment Compensation</p> <p>Worker’s Compensation Insurance</p> <p>ADA (employment and providing services)</p> <p>Legal responsibilities to Families - ADA and Admissions</p> <p>Other Legal responsibilities to Families</p> <p>Chapter 11 -- Financial Operations</p> <p>Budgets</p> <p>Monitoring Income and Expenses</p> <p>Competitive wages</p> <p>Benefits</p> <p>Chapter 12: Marketing and Publicity</p> <p>In-house Marketing</p> <p>Publicity/Visibility</p> <p>Marketing Tools</p> <p>Chapter 13 -- Supporting Families: Parent Handbook</p> <p>Developing a comprehensive Parent Handbook</p> <p>Essential elements of a Parent Handbook</p> <p>Cover with contact information</p> <p>Admission requirements/procedures</p> <p>Hours of operation, holiday schedule, program closings</p> <p>Policies related to fees, payments, and refunds</p> <p>Policies related to termination of enrollment</p> <p>Policies related to sick child (contagious illness and infestations)</p> <p>Health and Safety policies</p> <p>Medication</p> <p>Pick up</p> <p>Reporting Child Abuse</p> <p>Program plans to meet nutritional needs of children</p> <p>Discipline policy</p> <p>Transportation policy</p> <p>Field trip/off-site activities policy</p> <p>Statement of Receipt</p> <p>Chapter 14: Program Practices to Support Families</p> <p>Welcoming Families: Communication</p> <p>Orientation</p> <p>Child’s First Day and First Week</p> <p>Newsletters</p> <p>Daily notes</p> <p>Bulletin Boards</p> <p>Parent Education</p> <p>Family Conferences</p> <p>Surveys</p> <p>When Families Leave</p> <p>Welcoming Families</p> <p>Opportunities for Family Participation</p> <p>Inclusion</p> <p>Diversity</p> <p>Building Staff-Family relationships</p> <p>Staff Training</p> <p>Parents in the classroom</p> <p>CHAPTER 15: PROGRAM EVALUATION</p> <p>Curriculum</p> <p>Scope</p> <p>Sequence</p> <p>Choosing a Curriculum</p> <p>Outcomes Assessment</p> <p>Child Assessment</p> <p>Program Assessment</p> <p>Accreditation</p> <p>Choosing an accreditation system</p> <p>Application</p> <p>Self-Study</p> <p>Submission of Self-Study</p> <p>Verification of Standard</p>
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