Manage & Lead EC Care & Ed

Catalog description

This course examines management and leadership models within programs serving infants, toddlers, preschoolers and their families. It covers leadership perspectives which mirror Early Childhood teacher roles, including creating a culture of responsive care, coaching, mentoring, and reflective supervision. Students will explore supervisory practices from culturally and individually appropriate lenses to address leadership initiatives in such areas as organizational management and mission alignment, teacher performance assessment and professional development. Keywords: Early Childhood Education; Developmentally and Culturally Appropriate Practices Early; Early Childhood Program Management/Leadership.