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Contents: Introduction 1. Leadership and management 2. Working with others 3. Teams and team building 4. Maintaining staff motivation 4. Managing the challenge of change 6. Communicating the vision 7. Selecting suitable staff 8. Effective interviewing for selection Appendix 9. Adding to the value of the workforce 10. Caring for customers 11. Managing conflict and stress
This book draws on a wide range of management theory and shows its
relevance and relationship to early years settings. Case studies
are used to provide the starting point for reflection, and
throughout the chapters you are asked to consider the examples,
stand back, interpret and audit your own actions in order to
develop your management skills. This book will assist managers and
prospective managers by providing them with the tools to facilitate
staff training sessions or to conduct personal enquiry into the
working of their own organization. Chapters cover: leadership and
management teams and team building staff motivation managing change
selecting suitable staff and effective interviewing staff
assessment projecting and maintaining a positive image for your
school or nursery managing conflict and stress.
Evaluating Early Years Practice in Your School focuses on raising
Early Years practitioners' confidence so that they worry less and
achieve more. Linked to the teaching standards and the Ofsted
framework, this invaluable guide looks at ways that teachers can
evaluate their own EYFS practice to reduce unnecessary workload and
allow for more 'hands-on' teaching and learning. Should children in
Reception classes attend school assemblies? Should young children
be taught to write in nursery? Should practitioners' plans be based
on young children's specific interests or should they look to meet
the needs of individuals entering Early Years settings with speech
and language delay or autism? Early Years specialist Ann Langston
considers all of these questions and more to present simple
solutions for teachers and leaders on what to plan, what
assessments are needed and how to approach teaching and learning.
With chapters on observation and assessment, continuous provision,
outdoor learning, transition, and internal and external evaluation,
this book is ideal for all Early Years practitioners and leaders
looking at ways to reflect on their approach to teaching and feel
confident about their own judgements and the effectiveness of their
practice.
This book offers in-depth insights into the revised Early Years
Foundation Stage. It provides a broad exploration of the changes in
the EYFS and considers how the revised EYFS framework creates both
a context for learning and the basis of a curriculum for children
from birth to five in early years settings. Focusing on practice,
it considers a range of issues arising from the revised EYFS,
including the rationale behind the new prime and specific areas of
learning, and the new key themes of school readiness and engaging
parents. Although the EYFS is a helpful framework for thinking
about the relationship between the child, the environment, and
learning and teaching at the most significant time in a young
child's life, there is limited guidance on how the principles of
the EYFS and the areas of learning and development can be put into
practice. So if you're looking for further support and guidance on
EYFS then this book is the book for you! Key features include:
Up-to-date coverage and insight into the revised EYFSDelightful and
detailed case studies that help link theory and practiceTips for
effective practice Ways to develop teaching and learning
appropriately and sensitively in tune with the needs of babies and
young children This is essential reading for students who are
entering the early years profession as well as for more experienced
practitioners."Ann Langston is one of the most insightful and
refreshing writers on early years in the country. In this wonderful
book her experience and passion for the EYFS, and for learning and
teaching that maximises the life chances of all children, shines
powerfully through. This is a tour de force: offering scope and
depth in an engaging and informing writing style peppered with
fascinating real life vignettes. She begins with principles and
ends with a vision for the future. A 'must have' for all those who
are privileged to work with young children." Dr Jonathan Doherty,
Head of Early Years & Childhood Studies, Faculty of Education,
Manchester Metropolitan University, UK"The book provides insightful
discussions and examples of practice for working with children
birth-five. Topical issues such as liaison with parents or school
readiness give pertinent pointers for reflections." Dr Pat Beckley,
Bishop Grosseteste University, UK
"The quality of children's experiences, and the engagement of their
parents, particularly in these early years, is critical to better
outcomes that will impact on the child right into adolescence and
adulthood. While we have done much to expand quantity, we also must
keep working on quality. This book is a key tool for both
practitioners delivering services and managers designing and
commissioning them." Naomi Eisenstadt, Director, Sure Start Unit,
Department for Education and SkillsBirth to Three Matters is
essential reading for anyone involved in providing care and
education or developing policy for children between birth and
three. The book: Explores the structure and content of the DfES
Birth to Three Matters Framework Supports the use of the pack by
providing more detail, background information, and discussion of
current research and case studies in Early Years Examines a range
of issues that impact on the development of quality in early years
settings Features contributions from influential early years
experts, many of whom were involved in the development of the Birth
to Three Matters Framework Topics include national and
international policy and research, practitioners, quality,
anti-discriminatory practice, inclusion, safety, and training. A
sound theoretical approach is supported and enhanced by a highly
practical section, which links to the framework and shows how how
observation, play, interaction and creativity affects work with
very young children. This book supports a variety of professionals
involved in the development of policy, practice and quality in
early years settings, as well as students seeking to understand
more about the Birth to Three Matters Framework and the issues that
influence work with this age group.
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People You Should Know (Hardcover)
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