Leadership and Management Presentation
Prior to beginning work on this assignment, review the web page with particular attention to Standard 10: Leadership and Management. For this assignment you will be creating a presentation using either PowerPoint or . For assistance, view .
Early childhood administrators need to be well-versed in standards set by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). Having comprehensive knowledge of these standards will help to ensure a quality early childhood program.
Rationale:
Excellent programming requires effective governance structures, competent and knowledgeable leadership, as well as comprehensive and well-functioning administrative policies, procedures, and systems. Effective leadership and management create the environment for high-quality care and education by
- Ensuring compliance with relevant regulations and guidelines;
- Promoting fiscal soundness, program accountability, effective communication, helpful consultative services, positive community relations, and comfortable and supportive workplaces;
- Maintaining stable staff; and
- Instituting ongoing program planning and career development opportunities for staff as well as continuous program improvement.
Application:
You are the director of your own childcare center. Using Standard 10 in as a guide, create an eight- to 10-slide or PowerPoint presentation to share with your staff, demonstrating the following NAEYC points:
- Effective communication
- Explain how you will effectively communicate with your staff.
- Create a protocol for how you will communicate with them, and how you want them to communicate with you.
- Describe what role you will play in family communication and your expectations for their family communication.
- Comfortable and supportive workplaces
- Describe how you will create a comfortable and supportive workplace for your staff.
- Develop a plan that addresses how you will overcome potential challenges you may face.
- Explain specifically what you envision a comfortable and supportive workplace for your staff including.
- Career development opportunities for staff
- Discuss how you will create professional development opportunities for your staff.
- Plan a 10-month calendar of professional development opportunities that you feel are important for your staff. Visit this web page for helpful .
- Hiring and retention
- Explain how you will attract and retain quality staff members.
- Develop a plan of specifically how you will support the following:
- new staff
- veteran staff
- staff that need additional support
Your eight- to 10-slide or PowerPoint presentation (in addition to your title and reference slides) should
- Creatively address the material including graphics, visuals, charts, graphs, or sound;
- Be designed to clearly and concisely address the material;
- Be formatted according to APA style, including the title slide, reference slide, and in-text citations;
- Utilize the notes section of the PowerPoint to expand on the presented points. These notes would be your talking points when presenting this to your staff; and
- Use at least one source in addition to the course text.
The Leadership and Management Presentation
- Must be eight to 10 double-spaced slides in length (not including title and references slides) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the University of Arizona Global Campus Writing Centers
- Must include a separate title slide with the following:
- Title of presentation
- Students name
- Course name and number
- Instructors name
- Date submitted
- Must use at least one sources in addition to the course text.
- The table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.
