Learning to Lead: Effective Leadership Skills for Teachers of Young Children

Become a stronger, more effective teacher and learn how leadership skills impact all areas of early childhood care and education

Working with children requires you to be an adaptable leader and teacher, no matter the setting. Learning to Lead helps early childhood professionals at any level cultivate their leadership potential and skills with an introduction to leadership theory and practice, including definitions of the functions and styles of leadership and examinations of the roles of empowerment, followership, and advocacy in the leadership process.

Use your knowledge of child development to transfer your natural skills to a range of leadership situations. Each chapter is built around a combination of theories, examples, and reflection questions, concluding with a vignette and references for further study.

The third edition includes:

• Updated and expanded material on working with children in a culturally diverse community while addressing the racial and social injustice and inequity in society 
• Updated and expanded material on how  bias, prejudice, discrimination, oppression, and inequity  intersect  with cultural differences and diversity 
• Updated resources for further reading 
• A new chapter on how to create a leadership and advocacy plan based on topics, reflections, and questions in from the book, to help you take on a leadership role in your program. 

Author: Debra Ren-Etta Sullivan
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Redleaf Press
Published: 11/01/2022
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 9.80h x 6.90w x 0.30d
ISBN: 9781605547541
3rd Edition