Course Resources – ECED 212

Books

Circle of Influence: Implementing Shared Decision Making and Participative Management, Paula Jorde Bloom, 2011, New Horizons, Lake Forrest, Illinois, ISBN-13: 978-0962189432

Blueprint for Action: Leading Your Team in Continuous Quality Improvement, Paula Jorde Bloom, 3rd Edition, 2015, New Horizons, Lake Forrest, Illinois, ISBN: 9780982708248

A Great Place to Work, Bloom, etal., 2nd edition, 2016, New Horizons, Lake Forrest, Illinois , ISBN: 9780982708279

Ethics and the Early Childhood Educator: Using the NAEYC Code, Stephanie Feeney etal., 2nd Edition, NAEYC, ISBN:978-1-938113-22-2

Teaching the Code of Ethical Conduct, Revised edition, Stephanie Feeney etal., NAEYC, ISBN:978-1-938113-88-8

Advancing the Early Childhood Profession , Lutton, A., NAEYC: (2012).ISBN-13: 978-1928896814

Developing & Administering A Childcare and Education Program, 9th edition, Dorothy June Sciarra, etal., Cengage, ISBN:13:978-1-305-08808-5

Administration of Programs for Young Children, 7th edition, Phyllis Click and Kimberly A. Karkos, Thompson Delmar Learning, The Visionary Director, 2nd edition, Margie Carter and Deb Curtis, Redleaf Press, ISBN: 978-1-60554-020-7

The Leadership Secrets of Santa Clause; How to Get Big Things Done in Your Workshop…All Year Long, 2018, Eric Harvey, The Walk the Talk Company, ISBN 10-9781492675419

Who Moved My Cheese?, 2002, Johnson, Spencer. G.P. Putnam’s Sons.

What You Need to Lead an Early Childhood Program, Emotional Intelligence in Practice , 2012,. Holly Elissa Bruno, NAEYC Publication

Leaders and Supervisors in Child Care Programs, 2002, Dorothy June Sciarra and Anne Dorsey, Delmar Cengage, ISBN13: 9780766825772

Five Elements of Collective Leadership for Early Childhood Professionals Paperback – December 5, 2017 by Cassandra O'Neill (Author), Monica Brinkerhoff (Author)

The Art of Leadership , Bonnie and Roger Neugebauer,, 2008,. Exchange Press

Websites

Videos

The Lencioni Model of Team Dysfunction
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCxct4CR-To

Team Building, Tuckman Model: Forming – Storming – Norming
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8xdzBfX6x0

How YOU Can Advocate for Early Learning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2DmRiuaMpo

Podcasts

https://www.childcaresites.com/podcast-player

The Leadership Podcast
https://theleadershippodcast.com

Child Care Rockstar Radio
https://childcarerockstarradio.libsyn.com/

Research in Leadership in Schools, Early Childhood Settings, and Social Care settings Johannes Midskard midskard@gmail.com
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/research-in-leadership-in-schools-early-childhood-settings/id1102905542

Children’s Books

The Remarkable Farkle McBride by John Lithgow

How To Be by Lisa Brown

Swimmy by Leo Lionni

Stone Soup, several different authors

Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish

The Hungry Thing by Jan Slepian

Tacky the Penguin by Helen Lester

All the Ways to be Smart by Davina Bell

So Few of Me, by Peter Reynolds

Additional Resources

Connecticut Office of Early Childhood(OEC) Licensing Statutes and Regulations
https://www.ctoec.org/licensing/statutes-and-regulations/

Mission Statements and Vision Statements: Unleashing the Power of Purpose
https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newLDR_90.htm

Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale (ECERS) 3rd Edition
Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale®, Third Edition | Environment Rating Scales®

Program Assessment Tools:
http://newhorizonsbooks.net/assessment-tools-2/

Work Environment Profile
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tFe4NVygs-8VEGCDZliVsc7cOVnvH_GhVz1qmD_IRA4/edit

Active Supervision Toolkit
http://www.nmcaacc.com/uploads/5/5/0/4/55044167/active-supervision-toolkit.pdf