Managing quality in young children's programs
Subtitle: the leader's role
By: Mary L. Culkin, editor ; foreword by Sharon Lynn Kagan.
Contributors: Culkin, Mary L.
Series: Early childhood education series; Early childhood education series (Teachers College Press)
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 243
Subjects: Early childhood education -- United States -- Administration; Educational leadership -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Children's program administrators and the advancement of an administrative credential / Mary L. Culkin; title: Looking back : how the role of director has been understood, studied, and utilized in ECE programs, policy, and practice / Dorothy W. Hewes; title: The director as a key to quality / Gwen G. Morgan; title: Images from the field : how directors view their organizations, their roles, and their jobs / Paula Jorde Bloom; title: Core knowledge for directors / Nancy H. Brown and John P. Manning; title: What is management ability? / Roger Neugebauer; title: Capturing the breadth and depth of the job : the administrator as influential leader in a complex world / Karen VanderVen; title: A profession for the 21st century / Gwen G. Morgan; title: The case for credentialing directors now and considerations for the future / Anne Mitchell; title: Issues and barriers in the credentialing process / Sue Bredekamp; title: Innovative ideas from the field / Marsha Poster and Roger Neugebauer; title: Leadership in child development programs : prospects for the future / Karen Hill-Scott.