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There are many ways to assess the quality of a program for young children. One is to look at it from the top down; another is from the bottom up. Both views are important.
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Unnerving. A sharp, unexpected drop in enrollment is one of the most unnerving phenomenon in the child care business. With the changing job market, the uncertain economy, the increase in competition, and the rising expectations of parents, it is easier than ever to get caught in an enrollment void with your marketing guard down. So what do you do when you need enrollment fast, but your long-standing perceptions of how to best market your center don’t work anymore?
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Back-up care is both the oldest and newest form of child care. Since time began, moms have gotten sick or for some reason have been unable to care for their young ones. And during those
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In the early ’70s two men came to Hawaii; and in 1972 each of them started an alternative school — one in the city, one in the country. Now, over 20 years later, Chuck Larson and Steve Albert each direct a
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Early childhood educators know that a child’s values are formed before age five, yet our field has done little to teach young children how to be good stewards of the earth. We know that young children learn by watching others, yet we have rarely been environmentally conscious role models. This article discusses what early childhood practitioners can do to set a good example for children by demonstrating ways to be more in
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■ Remove all objects from surfaces and then clean with (insert solution), rinse with water and apply (insert dilution and name of sanitizer) to:
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With no intention of going into educa- tion, Lee Wagner followed his daughter to Nia House, starting there as a parent when his daughter was two years old. He worked for Far West Training Labo- ratories, visiting Head Start programs and then began substituting in the Oakland Public Schools, where he found himself focused on discipline all day. At that same time, he began volunteering at Nia House, a place where he found peace and purpose. “I was amazed by what kids are able to do and willing to do.” From volunteer he became assistant preschool teacher, then preschool teacher, as he says, “working my way down to directing.”
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One of the most critical challenges fac- ing a child care director is improving staff performance. A variety of tools are available to help a director meet this challenge: in-house training, annual appraisals, workshops, conferences, col- lege classes, and training films. One of the least glamorous of these tools, pro- viding feedback, is, in fact, the most effective.
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A great deal has changed since I began my first child care center over 25 years ago, ranging from the dramatic increase in the cost of doing business to the level of intense competition many of us now experience. Running a child care pro- gram has always been a delicate balance between what we would ideally like to do and what we can actually afford based upon our financial resources. But, now more than ever before, it isn’t enough to be committed to quality pro- grams for children, we must be able to harness and utilize our financial resources wisely so that our programs can continue to survive even during difficult and uncertain times.
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protecting the role of play in our culture. Prior to her association with Playing for Keeps, Ms. Oliver served in various posi- tions at the National Lekotek Center, a national non-profit organization dedicated to making play accessible to children with disabilities and the Family Resource Coalition of America, a national non- profit organization committed to building community-based support and resources for children and families.
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uniqueness. Every person has a story to tell. That’s what makes a person and defines the journey that person makes through life.”
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connections are made, where bonds are formed, where “everybody knows your name.” Some programs have even been created out of that need for neighborhood. Such is the story of the Denise Louie Education Center in what is known as the International District in Seattle, Washington.
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This is why talking and reading to infants is so important. Hearing is wired during the fifth month in utero. The brain begins to wire itself for sound at that time. So literally, we can start talk- ing and reading at that point and know that we are contributing to an infant’s development of auditory discrimina- tion.
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Though violence erupts around us, we are somehow able to distance ourselves from it. We fold our newspapers with disgust and recycle the stories. We flip the channels
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founder of Hull House and one of the mothers of Mary Crane Center. Edna Dean Baker, president of National College of Education, Evanston, is also credited with creating the Mary Crane Center
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Delores joins Stephanie on the riding toy and together, adult and child, they whiz down the riding path, hair flying, smiles blazing.
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rushed over to hug or chat with “Roger.” And when I asked them to make goofy faces to get him to smile for the cover photo, they did such a great job that we had many shots to choose from.
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Creativity is a vital ingredient of any successful child care organization. Cre- ativity is needed in the classroom in planning a responsive curriculum, in designing a stimulating environment, and in providing exciting interactions with the children. The management of a center requires creativity in stretching scant resources, in devising fundraising strategies, and in training and motivat- ing staff. A center must be able to respond creatively to changing popula- tions, changing needs, and changing opportunities.
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way of life for Marsha Poster, a driving force in securing changes for children and families throughout Pennsyl- vania and, in fact, the country. This has been expressed through her advocacy initiatives that have resulted in new legislation and policies, through her leadership in an array of professional associations, her numerous
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Tech tools can help early childhood professionals connect with one another and access information and resources more effectively. As you grow more comfortable with using these tools, you’ll become part of the global community of early childhood professionals who are never more than a mouse click away.
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Educators like these hold a passive concept of creativ- ity. For them, creativity is equated only with artistic expression, a mere accessory to the learning experi- ence. Children in their classrooms are not encour-
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The notion that we are institutionalizing children in child care is not one that we like to hear. After all, we child care professionals are the good guys. We love children, childhood, primary colors, and cookies. And yet, there is not another appropriate term for what we are doing. A child care center or home is an institution
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Communication is an elusive concept that involves a circular process of sharing one’s ideas and feelings with others and interpreting the feed- back received. In many ways, effective leadership in early childhood education is synonymous with effective communication because the success of a child care program relies so heavily on the open, honest exchange of information, ideas, and feelings. Good communication is the lubricating oil that makes all the parts of an operation run smoothly and effectively.
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While we undoubtedly have heard this broad description of the director’s job before, very little attention has been focused on the number of work- related tasks that involve writing. Did you ever stop to think about how many times in any given day that your job requires strong writing skills? Here’s an
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There were knowing nods among her colleagues; a notorious workaholic and perfectionist, she was an inflexible thinker unable to compromise on program issues. “I’ll bet there’s a connection,” one of them said thoughtfully. I’ll bet there is, too.
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Wise selection of toys is critical to maximize resources, for safety reasons, and because young children learn a great deal from playing with toys.
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There is probably no situation more emotionally charged than when one child bites another at your center. Perhaps it will be reassuring to know that there is nothing you can do to insure that it will never happen.
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Today, most children participate in a program designed and operated by early childhood professionals. Along with parents, the program staff give children
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Imagine a room with light streaming in the windows, shadows dancing on the floors and walls, and a richly textured world of different shapes and sizes of
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You can see it in the eyes of staff and parents when an epidemic of biting breaks out. A tension hangs over the room like smog, a demoralizing haze of fear and anger and anticipation: when will it strike again?
