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Quality In Context—How Directors' Beliefs, Leadership, And Management Practices Relate To Observed Classroom Quality, Mccormick Center For Early Childhood Leadership
Quality In Context—How Directors' Beliefs, Leadership, And Management Practices Relate To Observed Classroom Quality, Mccormick Center For Early Childhood Leadership
McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership Publications
Children's experiences in early childhood programs can impact their developmental outcomes. While some high-quality programs promote children's success in school and life, the majority of child care programs are of minimal to adequate quality. A recent study conducted by researchers at the Urban Institute explored the seemingly simple uestion, why is there so much variation in program quality? The study focused on center directors—their beliefs and decisions, and the contexts within which they work. The goal was to identify what promotes quality in some centers and what hinders quality in others.
Mentoring Directors As A Strategy To Improve Quality In Early Childhood Programs, Mccormick Center For Early Childhood Leadership
Mentoring Directors As A Strategy To Improve Quality In Early Childhood Programs, Mccormick Center For Early Childhood Leadership
McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership Publications
Mentoring and coaching are well established professional development strategies. These relationship-based strategies are often used in conjunction with traditional instructional practices. Most research in this area, however, has focused on the use of mentoring or coaching with teachers to improve teaching practices. This evaluation study conducted for the Ontario Government was designed to determine the extent to which the Mentoring Pairs for Child Care Project achieved its primary goal of enhancing quality in early learning programs in Ontario, Canada by increasing the administrative knowledge and skills of center directors (supervisors).
Degrees In Context -- Asking The Right Questions About Preparing Skilled And Effective Teachers Of Young Children, Mccormick Center For Early Childhood Leadership
Degrees In Context -- Asking The Right Questions About Preparing Skilled And Effective Teachers Of Young Children, Mccormick Center For Early Childhood Leadership
McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership Publications
A recent policy brief jointly published by the National Institute for Early Education Research and the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment argues that the attention given to whether an associate or baccalaureate degree is the appropriate baseline education for a qualified early educator masks equally important questions about the content and quality of the education received, the on-going suppor for teaching and learning, and the effects of the work environment.1 The policy brief explores these contextual issues and makes recommendations for policy, resources, or further research.
The Relationship Between Organizational Climate And Classroom Quality, Mccormick Center For Early Childhood Leadership
The Relationship Between Organizational Climate And Classroom Quality, Mccormick Center For Early Childhood Leadership
McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership Publications
The present study was designed to expand this line of research and provide a deeper understanding about the relationship between organizational climate and quality at the classroom level. It also examined whether the relationship between work climate and classroom quality varies as a function of teachers' level of ducation and experience.