What does it take to be an Optimistic Leader for children?\nIn a groundbreaking approach to creating a more equitable system to ensure all children thrive, the team of early childhood experts at Leading for Children identify five core commitments for everyone within the early childhood ecosystem: think impact, cultivate self-awareness, nurture relationships, refine communication, and activate curiosity. We know that children learn by modeling the behavior of adults around them and when the adults embrace these five commitments, they can foster equitable relationships that set positive examples for children.\nThis guidebook to the five commitments offers self-reflection exercises and real-world examples to help early childhood professionals create an environment of nurturing relationships. As you move through this reflective practice journal, you will be introduced to each of the five commitments and invited to explore how you might see them expressed through your personal identity, your interpersonal relationships, and your group interactions. As a result, we hope you will learn to challenge your biases, develop antiracist practices, and exercise intentionality in your work relationships. In doing so, you will be cultivating yourself as an Optimistic Leader for children, helping to create an equitable, healthy, collaborative, and constructive climate for children's learning and development.

The Five Commitments of Optimistic Leaders for Children: A Reflective Practice Journal

Business & Money

Jablon, Judy

Parks, Nichole

Management & Leadership

BookBaby

The purpose of this guide is to transform team meetings that directly or indirectly support children's learning into meaningful professional development experiences for you and the colleagues on your team. As the adults in young children's lives, we have a responsibility to ensure that they have access to high-quality early learning experiences that allow them to thrive. Think about all the meetings held in the service of children's learning, including those in: state agencies, school districts, regional organizations, and childcare programs. Adults get together to make decisions that influence children's well-being and learning. If we could transform all of these meetings into productive, collaborative learning conversations, we have a chance of ensuring equitable high-quality learning for all children.

Effective Team Meetings

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Leading for Children

Parents acting as informed consumers can transform our schools. What Every Parent Needs to Know... takes you inside exciting classrooms where children are challenged to become thinkers, problem solvers and enthusiastic leaders. You will learn: --How children become readers and writers --How children learn math, science and social studies skills --How to survive homework --What the debate over phonics, whole language and invented spelling is all about --How to best work with your child's teacher

What Every Parent Needs to Know about 1st, 2nd and 3rd Grades: An Essential Guide to Your Child's Education

Parenting & Relationships

Bickart, Toni

Parenting

Sourcebooks

Every individual must learn what it means to be human. And we know that early childhood is when this learning begins. We also know that it isn't what we say but what we do that matters most for children. They model our behavior. We know that strong adults make strong children, and this leads to thriving communities. Humanity is not a lofty idea; it's the heart of our daily life. It's how we treat one another. It's everything we say and do, and it's what children experi-ence and learn from every day. Strengthening our humanity is fulfilling our true potential. It's a necessity, not an option. And it's not only for some of us, but for all of us. Humanity starts with you. In this book, we offer a framework of 11 Simple Rules for communities to use for forging equitable partnerships for each other and for our children. Using these 11 Simple Rules will assist you in establishing a shared vision of quality relationships and interactions, environments, and learning experiences. We hope you will use it as the basis for inclusive conversations that build on the wisdom and experience within your community.

11 Simple Rules to Create Thriving Communities for Children (Humanity Starts With You)

This DVD provides an in-depth examination of The Creative Curriculum for Preschool and shows how teachers use The Creative Curriculum to guide their thinking and decision making about teaching and learning. After a brief introduction from Diane Trister Dodge, eight 10- to 20-minute segments delve into the learning environment, a day in the life of The Creative Curriculum preschool classroom, intentional teaching in prekindergarten, planning for literacy, planning for mathematics, integrating learning through studies, using The Creative Curriculum Developmental Continuum for Ages 3-5 to observe and assess children's learning, and building partnerships with families. Filmed in a variety of Head Start and child care settings, each segment is ideal for use at parent workshops and for ongoing teacher study groups. Bonus material: The classic 1988 The Creative Curriculum Video is included in its entirety on a bonus disc.

The Creative Curriculum in Action! for Preschool: User's Guide (English and Spanish Edition)

Stetson, Charlotte

Teaching Strategies

Observation is watching and listening to learn about individual children. When teachers observe in a purposeful and intentional way, they form better relationships with children and families and become more responsive teachers. A companion to the best-selling book The Power of Observation, this workbook guides teachers through four phases of using observation to teach responsively--asking questions; watching, listening, and recording; reflecting; and responding. Its sixteen exercises are each linked to a 3-5 minute video clip. By taking you inside real classrooms, it enables you to observe children in action as they work and play, interacting with materials, other children, and adults. Observation: The Key to Responsive Teaching is designed for Head Start, infant, toddler, preschool, and kindergarten teachers, and for family child-care providers, staff developers, and college instructors. It may be used by individual teachers or by colleagues who are working together to improve their practice. Administrators, coaches, and college instructors can use the material as part of a multi-week course or as the basis for structured staff development workshops.

Observation: The Key to Responsive Teaching

Dombro, Amy Laura

So much more than a book! Includes access to 30 coaching videos and bonus material.
 This essential guide for all coaches and professionals who support the work of teachers includes access to videos that describe how coaches have used the three steps of a Powerful Interaction to be more effective. Filled with information, guidance, reflections, and insight about coaching with Powerful Interactions.
 Use this guide to:
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 <li>• Learn about your coaching stance and practice</li>
 <li>• Develop trusting relationships with the teachers you coach</li>
 <li>• Promote positive changes in teachers’ practice</li>
 
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 Whether a new or experienced coach, use this guide to build on your current strengths to make your coaching practice even more effective.

Coaching with Powerful Interactions: A Guide for Partnering with Early Childhood Teachers

Sports & Outdoors

Johnsen, Shaun

Coaching

The National Association for the Education of Young Children

In early childhood settings, children and teachers interact all day long. The benefits are enormous when even some of those “everyday” interactions become intentional, purposeful, and culturally responsive―in other words, Powerful Interactions®! With these three steps, you can embed Powerful Interactions in your daily work with children from birth through age 8: Step One: Be Present. Pause, tune in to yourself and the moment, and consider how you might need to adjust to create a “just-right” fit with a child. Step Two: Connect. To foster trust and confidence, let that child know that you see her; are interested in what she is doing, saying, and thinking; and want to spend time with her.. Step Three: Extend Learning. Make use of your strong connection with the child to stretch her knowledge, skills, thinking, or language and vocabulary. 
With updated content and research, new examples and insights, and questions to guide group study discussions, the new edition of this bestselling classic covers everything you need to understand what Powerful Interactions are, how to make them happen, and why they are so important in increasing children’s learning and your effectiveness as a teacher. Discover how Powerful Interactions―and you―make a difference!

Powerful Interactions: How to Connect with Children to Extend Their Learning, Second Edition

Coaching with Powerful Interactions Second Edition

11 reglas sencillas para crear comunidades prósperas para los niños (Spanish Edition)

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