Full Description
Bestseller! Early childhood directors manage through relationships. This important book guides a director through the steps to build respectful, dynamic, and welcoming relationships with families and staff. Covers all traditional early childhood administration topics, from financial management to marketing and development, while also recognizing and exploring the human side of management and the critical role of emotional intelligence in effective leadership.
Contents
Preface
Part I—Forming: Setting Up the Program and Yourself for Success
Chapter 1 Five Essential Leadership Competencies: You Heard It Here
Chapter 2 Smart Heart-to-Heart Leadership: Honoring Emotional Intelligence
Chapter 3 Making Tough Decisions: The Art and Science of Decision Making
Chapter 4 Leading on Purpose: The Road to Making a Difference
Part II—Storming: Identifying, Preventing, and Addressing Resistance to Change
Chapter 5 Getting Started: Wherever You Are Is the Place to Begin
Chapter 6 Partnering with Change
Chapter 7 Preventing Legal Issues: Policies and Procedures
Chapter 8 Creating a Community of Problem Solvers: Winners, Not Whiners
Part III—Norming: Establishing Management Systems
Chapter 9 Supervision and Staff Development: Social EQ in ActionChapter 10 Financial Management: Holding the Purse StringsChapter 11 Do No Harm: Building Safe, Sustainable, Healthy Learning EnvironmentsChapter 12 Curriculum Choices: Roots and WingsChapter 13 Marketing and Development: If You Build It, They Will Come
Part IV—Performing: Putting Principles into PracticeChapter 14 Every Child's Family: Building PartnershipsChapter 15 Quest for Quality: Professionalism Isn't Just a 15-Letter WordPart V—Re-Forming: Renewing, Refreshing, Dreaming of What Might BeChapter 16 Leadership Principles to Take with You: Learning to Love the Questions