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Osborn, Hazel A. – Child Care Information Exchange, 2003
Urges child care programs to seek accreditation from NAEYC's National Academy of Early Childhood Programs to increase program quality and provides information on the validation process. Includes information on the validation visit and the validator's role and background. Offers suggestions for preparing the director, staff, children, and families…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Accrediting Agencies, Administrators, Child Care
Kaiser, Barbara; Rasminsky, Judy Sklar – 1999
Partners in Quality is a research and development project sponsored by the Canadian Child Care Federation and its affiliates to explore how child care providers, parents, and other partners can work together to support and improve quality in child care. This booklet, in both English and French, is the third in a series to support child care…
Descriptors: Administrators, Advocacy, Child Care, Child Care Centers
Direct linkJack, Gail – Redleaf Press, 2004
Unpleasant as it sounds, how providers care for the business aspects of child care can be as vital as how children are cared for. When your business runs smoothly it allows staff to focus on the most important task of all -- providing the best care for children. "The Business of Child Care" supplies guidance for successfully completing the…
Descriptors: Business Skills, Tuition, Spreadsheets, Job Performance
McCaleb, Miriam Brookfield – Child Care Information Exchange, 2003
Offers tips for organizing the search for a child care center director. Suggestions cover: organizing a balanced, interested search committee; setting up preliminary meetings to determine desired qualifications for candidates; identifying the center's needs; writing and posting the position announcement; narrowing the pool of applicants; and…
Descriptors: Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Selection, Administrators, Child Care
Wassom, Julie – Child Care Information Exchange, 2002
Provides suggestions for effective web site marketing for child care and early education programs. Includes key considerations in designing a web site, specific elements that cause visitors to stay on and return to the site, use of interactive sites, web-site updating and revision, and use of traditional marketing activities to direct prospective…
Descriptors: Administrators, Child Care, Early Childhood Education, Internet
Eisenberg, Eileen – Child Care Information Exchange, 2002
Presents guidelines for child care administrators to become more effective in communicating with families and staff. Suggestions for beginning a dialogue include being visible and accessible, familiar, personable, professional, ethical, and timely. Details procedures for facilitating parent and staff meeting in a confident manner. Reiterates that…
Descriptors: Administrators, Child Care, Interpersonal Communication, Interpersonal Competence
Carter, Margie – Child Care Information Exchange, 2002
Presents an inventive approach to professional development in early childhood education and care settings. Focuses on how early childhood programs shape the stories of individual children, the importance of planning physical environments to shape stories and remembering the power of the social-emotional environment, and the need to include…
Descriptors: Administrators, Child Care, Classroom Environment, Educational Environment
Lee, Kathy – 2003
Noting that directors of early care and education programs face numerous challenges on a daily basis, this book is designed to provide real-world answers to common situations, in a format that directors can access immediately. The book is organized into seven chapters. Chapter 1 addresses staff-related challenges and includes a list of "how…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Administrator Behavior, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Effectiveness
Carter, Margie; Pelo, Ann – Child Care Information Exchange, 2002
Offers practical solutions to three problems faced by administrators of early childhood education programs: motivating staff with different levels of commitment, dealing with staff communications and conflicts, and minimizing the impact of teacher turnover. (JPB)
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Administrator Role, Administrators, Child Care Centers
Beckman, Sandra – 2001
Partners in Quality is a research and development project sponsored by the Canadian Child Care Federation and its affiliates to explore how child care providers, parents, and other partners can work together to support and improve quality in child care. This facilitator's guide is designed to help facilitators prepare and deliver workshops based…
Descriptors: Administrators, Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Care, Child Caregivers
Pawl, Jeree H.; Dombro, Amy L. – 2001
This document is comprised of a training package to help practitioners strengthen relationships with parents. Designed for use with direct service staff and their supervisors from various programs, the package can be used for group training or in individual training and supervision. The package has three components: (1) a 22-minute videotape with…
Descriptors: Administrators, Child Care, Child Caregivers, Early Intervention
Kaiser, Barbara; Rasminsky, Judy Sklar – 1999
Partners in Quality is a research and development project sponsored by the Canadian Child Care Federation and its affiliates to explore how child care providers, parents, and other partners can work together to support and improve quality in child care. Based on the view that the quality of the caregiver-child relationship is a key component of…
Descriptors: Administrators, Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Care, Child Caregivers
Siefken, Nancy M.; Ferguson, Robyn B. – Texas Child Care, 1997
Provides guidance for center directors in dealing with difficult behaviors from employees. Suggests strategies for facing employee problems, including looking inward and assessing employee motives; setting the tone for employees; taking steps to deal with persistent problems; reacting to defensive behaviors, including tearfulness, silence,…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Administrators, Caregiver Role, Child Care Occupations
Doherty, Gillian – 2000
Partners in Quality is a research and development project sponsored by the Canadian Child Care Federation and its affiliates to explore how child care providers, parents, and other partners can work together to support and improve quality in child care. This booklet, in both English and French, supplements a series to support child care providers…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrators, Child Care, Educational Equipment
Sciarra, Dorothy June; Dorsey, Anne G. – 1998
Effective administration skills are not sufficient for effective program operation unless they are combined with good interpersonal communication skills. Presenting administration information within an interpersonal framework, this guide for early childhood education students details the director's responsibilities for starting a child care center…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Administrators
