FRHD 3190 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Professional Learning Community, Distributed Leadership, Environmental Psychology

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 3190
• Professor: Kimberly Squires

Document Summary

Chapter three: understanding leadership in early childhood programs. Need for leader-manager: leadership is not synonymous with management, leaders are more focused on the future; leaders role is to set targets, develop strategies and communicate with vision, leadership involves motivating people to work willingly toward those objectives. Defining leadership competencies: several areas in which a director must excel. Professional education and experience: role requires a solid understanding of child development and the implications of the program, key role is to create and maintain a collaborative organizational culture. Early childhood knowledge and skills: need to understand health, safety and nutrition to optimize development, developmental patterns in childhood, environmental psychology and arrangement of environment to support development, diverse family composition and background. Management knowledge and skill: ongoing career development, follow regulations, policies and procedures, foster a sense of team. Organization and leadership skills: carry out program mission.