Creating a Culture of Reflective Practice

The Role of Pedagogical Leadership in Early Childhood Programs
Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-1-60554-740-4
Verlag: Redleaf Press

Buch, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 213 mm x 277 mm, Gewicht: 590 g

As the field of early learning continues to grow and evolve, we must consider the impact of our approaches to working with adults and children. Early childhood professionals and leaders need to reconcile the responsibility between never-ending administrative tasks, ensuring program quality and supporting the growth of others. Creating a Culture of Respective Practice: The Role of Pedagogical Leadership in Early Child Programs is a comprehensive practical look at creating systems, structures and protocols for supporting people in?large and small organizations, individuals working as mentors, coaches or pedagogical leaders to invite educators into a thinking and learning process about their work.

Readers will develop the skills and mindsets that can enhance their performance and effect organizational change. Creating a Culture of Respective Practice: The Role of Pedagogical Leadership in Early Child Programs offers stories and structures connected to four principles of pedagogical leadership with specific ideas to enhance the work of educational leaders: - Working from a place of values and vision
- Building strong relationships
- Seeing and supporting strengths and competencies
- Supporting professional learning in multiple ways

Autoren/Hrsg.

Coughlin, Anne Marie

Baird, Lorrie

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Schulleitung, Schulentwicklung
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Kindergarten & Vorschule

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Chapter One: Introduction: Welcoming Complexity into our Work  
- Chapter Two: Pedagogical Leaders Work from a Place of Vision and Values
- Chapter Three: Pedagogical Leaders focus on Building Meaningful Relationships
- Chapter Four:?Pedagogical Leaders See and Support Competence in Both Children and Adults
- Chapter Five:?Pedagogical Leaders Support Professional Learning in Multiple Ways
- References and Appendix

Über Autor(innen)

Lorrie Baird has been actively working in the early learning field for over 30 years and currently is the executive director of Pedagogy with Compass Early Learning and Care in Peterborough, Ontario. Lorrie has immersed herself in the early learning field strengthening her understanding of the teaching and learning process. As a pedagogical leader and professional learning facilitator she believes in engaging educators in reflective practice and ensuring that our work in adult learning parallels that which we want to foster with children. Deeply rooted in a social constructivist approach, her practice is to engage early learning professionals in opportunities to reflect and think together about their work. 

Anne Marie Coughlin is the educational director at London Bridge Child Care Services in London, Ontario, Canada. She is an accomplished, passionate speaker who is known for her innovative work with Early Childhood Educators and her inspiring vision. Anne Marie works as a mentor for both classroom Educators and program leaders, exploring ways to work with and think about both children and adult learning. Over the past 35 years she has held a variety of roles in the early learning sector including, preschool educator, center and program director, professional development coordinator, and community college teacher. She served as provincial director with the Canadian Association for Young Children and as Director at Large for the Ontario Reggio Association.