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Culinary Decision Making.
Curtis, Rob – Child Care Information Exchange, 1987
Advises directors of ways to include day care workers in the decision-making process. Enumerates benefits of using staff to help focus and direct changes in the day care center and discusses possible pitfalls in implementation of a collective decision-making approach to management. (NH)
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Day Care Centers, Decision Making, Early Childhood Education
Momentum: "Surviving Transitions."
Albrecht, Kay M. – Child Care Information Exchange, 1988
Presents directors of day care facilities with suggestions about ways to help staff members make the transition from one school year to another. (BB)
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Child Caregivers, Day Care, Early Childhood Education
Supervising Long-Term Employees.
Counselman, Ken – Child Care Information Exchange, 1987
Gives suggestions for early childhood program directors who seek to develop people-centered environments where the needs of staff as well as children will be recognized and met. (NH)
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Administrators, Child Caregivers, Day Care
Rotating Classrooms in Child Care.
Reddy, Nancy; Lankford, Theresa – Child Care Information Exchange, 1987
Describes an early childhood classroom rotation system which maximizes use of space and equipment and encourages teachers to further develop specific areas of teaching expertise. (NH)
Descriptors: Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education, Learning Centers (Classroom), Rotation Plans
Ideas for Directors.
Child Care Information Exchange, 1986
Offers practical ideas from the worlds of business and social sciences that can be used in child care centers. (HOD)
Descriptors: Attendance, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Educational Administration
Teachers Coaching Teachers: Development From Within.
Scallan, Patricia Clark – Child Care Information Exchange, 1987
Discusses coaching programs designed to give direct supervision and feedback to teachers through on-site support and technical assistance. Three coaching models cited are peer, mentor, and technical. States that research demonstrates benefits to teachers being coached, to teachers acting as coaches, and to schools. (NH)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Child Caregivers, Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education
When Your Program Is Off Track: The Eight Warning Signs.
Dodge, Diane Trister – Child Care Information Exchange, 1988
Includes a checklist of eight items that day care center administrators can use to determine whether their programs are providing the intended types of learning experiences and teacher-student interactions, and whether the staff is satisfied with the working environment. (SKC)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Day Care, Day Care Centers, Preschool Education
Beginnings: Training Materials on Conflict Resolution.
Neugebauer, Bonnie – Child Care Information Exchange, 1992
Introduces "Beginnings," a 16-page, pull-out section that contains workshop materials for directors to use in teacher training. This issue of "Beginnings" deals with the theme of conflict resolution. (LB)
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Conflict Resolution, Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education
Disciplinarians or Transformers? Training Teachers for Conflict Resolution: Beginnings.
Carter, Margie – Child Care Information Exchange, 1992
To translate the concept of a conflict resolution curriculum into everyday practice, teachers can identify their own filters and agendas in conflicts; examine the classroom environment; and refine their interaction skills. (LB)
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Child Caregivers, Classroom Techniques, Conflict Resolution
Indicators of Effective Teamwork. Ideas for Training Staff.
Carter, Margie – Child Care Information Exchange, 2001
Focuses on recognizing key indicators for developing teamwork and collaboration among child care staff. Addresses communicating clearly, interacting respectfully, demonstrating trust, negotiating different perspectives, building on each other's strengths, and promoting reliability and responsibility. Identifies strategies to cultivate growth in…
Descriptors: Caregiver Training, Collegiality, Cooperation, Day Care Centers
Starting from Scratch: Coping with "Green" Employees.
Hendrick, Joanne – Child Care Information Exchange, 1986
Offers suggestions for training inexperienced, untrained child caregivers in early childhood care programs. (HOD)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Child Caregivers, Child Development Specialists, Day Care Centers
Do You Have a Healthy Organization?
Neugebauer, Roger – Child Care Information Exchange, 1990
Provides a checklist of 40 criteria for an effective child care organization. Criteria involve the areas of planning and evaluation, motivation and control, group functioning, staff development, decision making and problem solving, financial management, and environmental interaction. (BB)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Child Caregivers, Day Care, Decision Making
Growing Pains and Growing Gains.
Zeece, Pauline Davey – Child Care Information Exchange, 1992
Discusses the challenges faced by child care center directors whose centers are expanding. The effects of expansion on programing, staff, flexibility, budgeting, communication, and group dynamics are considered. (LB)
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Budgeting, Change Strategies, Day Care Centers