Essential Skills for Managers of Child-Centred Settings

3. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-138-20799-8
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 114 Seiten, Format (B × H): 183 mm x 260 mm, Gewicht: 429 g

Balancing accessible theory and practical application from a wide range of settings, this book explains management theory and will help you to develop the skills you need to become a confident leader. Setting out the ten key skills needed to manage a successful setting, this third edition has been updated to include reflective activities, new case studies and guidance on working with parents and how to supervise staff. Full of practical advice, it shows you how to set clear aims and objectives, manage your time effectively, make decisions and impement change, build and develop a team and above all improve the service you offer to children.

Zielgruppe

Professional and Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Newstead, Shelly

Isles-Buck, Emma

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungswesen: Organisation und Verwaltung
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Kindergarten & Vorschule

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

1. Confidence

2: Vision

3: Reflective practice

4: Decision-making

5: Giving feedback

6. Change management

7. Inclusive practice

8. Time management

9. Building a team

10. Evaluation processes

Further reading

Über Autor(innen)

Dr Shelly Newstead has worked in the playwork field for thirty years as a practitioner, trainer, author, editor and researcher. She has managed a wide range of child-centred settings and developed and delivered a series of management skills training courses specifically for this field through Common Threads (www.commonthreads.org.uk).

Emma Isles-Buck at one time worked as a trainer and manager in childcare and playwork. In addition, she was an assessor and external verifier for playwork NVQs, helping to develop playwork qualifications for CACHE and developing management courses and workshops for many different client groups in the UK and in Europe.