The Visionary Director

The Visionary Director Sample provided by iActiveLearning.com, all rights reserved. Other Redleaf Press Books by Margie Carter and Deb Curtis The Art of Awareness: How Observation Can Transform Your Teaching Designs for Living and Learning: Transforming Early Childhood Environments Learning Together with Young Children: A Curriculum Framework for Reflective Teachers Reflecting Children’s Lives: A Handbook for Planning Child-Centered Curriculum Spreading the News: Sharing the Stories of Early Childhood Education Training Teachers: A Harvest of Theory and Practice ii The Visionary Director Sample provided by iActiveLearning.com, all rights reserved. Visionary Director A Handbook for Dreaming, Organizing, and Improvising in Your Center Second Edition M A rg I e C A rt e r –D e b C u rt I s Sample provided by iActiveLearning.com, all rights reserved. Published by redleaf Press 10 Yorkton Court st. Paul, MN 55117 www.redleafpress.org © 2010 by Margie Carter and Deb Curtis All rights reserved. unless otherwise noted on a specific page, no portion of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photo-copying, recording, or capturing on any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer, who may quote brief passages in a critical article or review to be printed in a magazine or newspaper, or electronically transmitted on radio, television, or the Internet. First edition published 1998. second edition 2010 Cover design by erin Kirk New Interior typeset in Adobe garamond Pro and syntax and designed by erin Kirk New Interior illustrations by Claire schipke, except those found on pages ii, v, 32, 51, 61, 110, 121, 218, 247, and 255, which are by Janice Porter Developmental editing by beth Wallace Printed in the united states of America 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 excerpts from “The Power of Purpose” by susan gross, Child Care Information Exchange 56 (July): 25–29, copyright © 1987 by exchange Press, are reprinted with permission. excerpts from “Out of the basement: Discovering the Value of Child Care Facilities” by Carl sussmann, Young Children 53 (1): 10–17, copyright © 1998 by Carl sussman, are reprinted with permission. excerpts from Developmentally Appropriate Practice in “Real Life”: Stories of Teacher Practical Knowledge by Carol Anne Wien, New York: teachers College Press, Columbia university, copyright © 1995 by teachers College, Columbia university, are reprinted with permission. excerpt from Ordinary Ressurections: Children in the Years of Hope by Jonathan Kozol, New York: Crown Publishers, copyright © 2000 by Jonathan Kozol, is reprinted with permission. excerpt from “When someone Deeply Listens to You” by John Fox was originally published in Finding What You Didn’t Lose: Expressing Your Truth and Creativity through Poem-Making, New York: Putnam, copyright © 1995 by John Fox. reprinted with permission. excerpts from Negotiating Standards in the Primary Classroom: The Teacher’s Dilemma by Carol Anne Wien, New York: teachers College Press, Columbia university, copyright © 2004 by teachers College, Columbia university, are reprinted with permission. excerpt from “Freedom’s Plow” was originally published in The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes by Langston Hughes, New York: random House, copyright © 1994 by the estate of Langston Hughes. reprinted with permission. excerpts from Implementation of Continuity of Care in Infant/Toddler Programs by Alicia tuesta, sausalito, CA: Wested, copyright © 2007 by Wested, are reprinted with permission. excerpt from “Catch the Fire” by sonia sanchez was originally published in Wounded in the House of a Friend by sonia sanchez, boston: beacon Press, copyright © 1995 by sonia sanchez. reprinted with permission. excerpt from “Prayer for the Future” by Mir Yarfitz is reprinted with permission. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Carter, Margie. The visionary director : a handbook for dreaming, organizing, and improvising in your center / Margie Carter and Deb Curtis. — 2nd ed. p. cm. Previous edition cataloged under Curtis, Debbie. Includes bibliographical references. IsbN 978-1-60554-020-7 1. Day care centers—united states—Administration. 2. early childhood education—united states. I. Curtis, Debbie. II. title. HQ778.63.C87 2010 362.71’2068—dc22 2009020826 Printed on 30 percent postconsumer waste paper Sample provided by iActiveLearning.com, all rights reserved. To Maryann Ready, who offered me my first experience of working in a program with a visionary leader who put the ideas throughout this book into practice. —DC To Denise Benitez, who has taught me to find my breath and let it guide me through challenges; Denise has served as an extraordinary role model for teaching. —MC To Paula Jorde Bloom, who has worked with tireless imagination and diligence to offer directors foundations and structures to build and support their visions. —MC and DC Sample provided by iActiveLearning.com, all rights reserved. ... - tailieumienphi.vn