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We'll Come Back When You're Teaching: Examining the Need for Curricular Reform in Higher Education in Response to the Introduction of Transitional Kindergarten in California's Public Schools
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Nicholson, Julie; Lin, Betty; Maniates, Helen; Woolley, Ristyn; Groves, Michelle Grant; Engdahl, Eric – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2018
This study examines how, if at all, multiple subjects and administrative services credential preparation programs are changing in response to California's newest grade, Transitional Kindergarten (TK). We analyzed interviews from university faculty in early childhood education and credential programs in five institutions of higher education and…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Higher Education, Transitional Programs, Kindergarten
Crossing the Boundaries: The Need to Integrate School Leadership and Early Childhood Education
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Göncü, Artin; Main, Catherine; Perone, Anthony; Tozer, Steve – Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 2014
Recent Illinois legislation requires school principals in the state to be qualified to provide school leadership for children from preschool to grade twelve instead of kindergarten to grade twelve. Illinois is the first state to make such a change and may well serve as a model for change in school leadership preparation on a national level. The…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Education, Principals
Guiding Questions: Guidelines for Leadership Education Programs
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Ritch, Stephen W.; Mengel, Thomas – Journal of Leadership Education, 2009
Appropriate design and redesign of programs, responses to accreditation agencies, and internal academic legitimacy concerns are critical challenges in education in general and in leadership education in particular. "Guiding Questions: Guidelines for Leadership Education Programs (Guiding Questions)," a member initiated project sponsored…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Administrator Education, Leadership Training, Context Effect
What Our Colleagues Are Saying: National Association of Elementary School Principals.
Dimensions, 1991
Advocates that the design and implementation of an early childhood unit in public elementary schools must be adapted to young children's unique needs. Such adaptation can occur by means of developmentally appropriate programs that require proper training for school administrators and staff, program accountability, and promotion of parent and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Education, Community Involvement, Developmentally Appropriate Practices