Management of Child Development Centers - Softcover

Hearron, Patricia F.; Hildebrand, Verna P.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0130975168 ISBN 13: 9780130975164

Publisher: Pearson, 2002

Synopsis

For courses in administration of preschool and daycare programs.

In this popular text, Hearron and Hildebrand position the child development program among the key components of a child's “ecosystem.” They show high-quality children's programs as essential support for a child's family―not as islands of education unconnected to the rest of a child's world. Coverage is clearly based on developmentally appropriate practices and the indicators of quality established by the NAEYC and organized around thirteen core competencies, with a full chapter devoted to each. As the narrative is written in friendly, easy-to-understand language, and bolstered by learning aids, examples, and exercises that capture student attention and keep it.

About this title

From the Back Cover

Management of Child Development Centers is the core text that students of child development center administration need to help them learn to manage effectively in the twenty-first century. It is the only text structured around the thirteen competencies that capable, confident child development center directors must possess. This practical text by Professor Patricia F. Hearron, a former child development center manager, and well-known author and Professor Emerita Verna Hildebrand, focuses on targeted problem-solving strategies, decision making, and specific tools. A classic in the field since 1984, the sixth edition of Management of Child Development Centers has been updated and expanded to emphasize strategies and solutions to the challenges facing today’s child development center managers.

 

More of what prospective and practicing administrators need to know...

• More self-evaluation and reflection instruments
• New practical strategies to reduce stress and burnout
• More specific methods to improve overall effectiveness
• More information about revised NAEYC accreditation standards
• More information about the revised Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale (ECERS-R) and the revised Infant/Toddler Environment Rating Scale (ITERS-R)
• More information specific to infants and toddlers
• More detailed guidelines for recognizing and reporting child abuse and neglect
• More specific information to help with fund-raising
• More Internet resources

About the Author

Patricia Hearron teaches child development and early education at Appalachian State University where she has coordinated the Birth-Kindergarten teacher preparation program since 1994. Before coming to Appalachian, she worked with children and families in a variety of roles: as Child Life Specialist in a children’s health clinic; a teacher and director of full- and part-day programs; a state child care licensing agent; and as a consultant, conducting professional development workshops for teachers and caregivers in Michigan, North Carolina and Texas. In addition to Management of Child Development Programs, she is co-author (with Verna Hildebrand) of Guiding Young Children. She has published and presented on a wide variety of early childhood topics, including the importance of outdoor play, inclusion of children with disabilities in infant-toddler programs, the project approach, and aspects of the Reggio Emilia approach to early education and care.

 

Verna Hildebrand taught child development and early education in the College of Human Ecology at Michigan State University. She is internationally recognized as an expert in the field and has published several widely used textbooks, including an Introduction to Early Childhood Education; Parenting: Rewards and Responsibilities; and Knowing and Serving Diverse Families. In addition to Management of Child Development Programs, she is co-author (with Patricia Hearron) of Guiding Young Children.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0130975168
• ISBN 13: 9780130975164
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 389