Print and Online Resources on Leadership in Early Childhood Education
Young Children articles and NAEYC books
Bowman, B. 2001. Facing the future. In NAEYC at 75: 1926-2001: Reflections on the past, challenges for the future, 167-82. Washington, DC: NAEYC.
Kagan, S.L., & B.T. Bowman, eds. 1997. Leadership in early care and education. Washington, DC: NAEYC.
Schlank, C.H. 2004. Teachers on Teaching. To teach until we die. Young Children 59 (2): 67.
Sluss, D.J. 2004. Early childhood student groups. Young Children 59 (4): 80-86.
Waxman, S. 1998. Legacy of a mentor. Young Children 53 (6): 62-63.
Whitebook, M., & D. Bellm. 1996. Mentoring for early childhood teachers and providers: Building upon and extending tradition. Young Children 52 (1): 59-64.
Other articles and books
Anderson, M. 2004. The power of attitude. Nashville, TN: Countryman.
Bellm, D., M. Whitebook, & P. Hnatiuk. 1997. The early childhood mentoring curriculum: A handbook for mentors. Washington, DC: Center for the Child Care Workforce.
Bennis, W. 2003. On becoming a leader. Rev. ed. Cambridge, MA: Perseus.
Byham, W., A.B. Smith, & M.J. Paese. 2002. Grow your own leaders: How to identify, develop, and retain leadership talent. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Child Care Information Exchange, directors' magazine of the Child Care Information Exchange: http://www.childcareexchange.com.
Covey, S.R. 1990. The seven habits of highly effective people: Powerful lessons in personal change. New York: Fireside.
Covey, S.R. 1992. Principle-centered leadership. New York: Fireside.
Cronin, S., L. Derman-Sparks, S. Henry, C. Olatunji, & S. York. 1998. Future vision, present work: Learning from the Culturally Relevant Anti-Bias Leadership Project. St. Paul, MN: Redleaf.
De Pree, M. 2004. Leadership is an art. New York: Currency.
Educational Leadership, magazine of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development: http://www.ascd.org.
Goleman, D., R.E. Boyatzis, & A. McKee. 2002. Primal leadership: Realizing the power of emotional intelligence. Boston: Harvard Business School Press.
Hesselbein, F., M. Goldsmith, & R. Beckhard, eds. 1996. The leader of the future: New visions, strategies, and practices for the next era. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Jensen, M.A., & M.A. Hannibal. 2000. Issues, advocacy, and leadership in early education. 2nd ed. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
Katzenbach, J.R. 1996. Real change leaders: How you can create growth and high performance at your company. New York: Times Business.
Kotter, J.P. 1999. On what leaders really do. Boston: Harvard Business School Press.
Maxwell, J.C. 2000. Developing the leader within you. 2nd rev. ed. Nashville, TN: Nelson.
Maxwell, J.C. 2001. The right to lead: A study in character and courage. Nashville, TN: Countryman.
McCall, M.W. Jr. 1998. High flyers: Developing the next generation of leaders. Boston: Harvard Business School Press.
Muijs, D., C. Aubrey, A. Harris, & M. Briggs. 2004. How do they manage? A review of the research on leadership in early childhood. Journal of Early Childhood Research 2 (2): 157-69.
Neugebauer, B., & R. Neugebauer, eds. 2003. The art of leadership: Managing early childhood organizations. Rev. ed. Redmond, WA: Exchange Press.
Pavia, L., H. Nissen, C. Hawkins, M.E. Monroe, & D. Filimon-Demyen. 2003. Mentoring early childhood professionals. Journal of Research in Childhood Education 17.
Rodd, J. 1998. Leadership in early education: The pathway to professionalism. 2nd ed. New York: Teachers College Press.
Scherer, M., ed. 1999. A better beginning: Supporting and mentoring new teachers. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
Senge, P. 1994. The fifth discipline: The art and practice of a learning organization. New York: Currency/Doubleday.
Senge, P., A. Kleiner, R. Ross, C. Roberts, & B. Smith. 1994. The fifth discipline fieldbook: Strategies and tools for building a learning organization. New York: Doubleday.
Shin, M.S., S.L. Recchia, S.Y. Lee, Y.J. Lee, & L.S. Mullarkey. 2004. Understanding early childhood leadership: Emerging competencies in the context of relationships. Journal of Early Childhood Research 2 (3): 301-16.
Sullivan, C.G. 2004. How to mentor in the midst of change. 2nd ed. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
Sullivan, D.R. 2003. Learning to lead: Effective leadership skills for teachers of young children. St. Paul, MN: Redleaf.
Talan, T.N., & P.J. Bloom. 2004. Program Administration Scale: Measuring early childhood leadership and management. New York: Teachers College Press. (Available from NAEYC.)
Tichy, N.M. 1997. The leadership engine: How winning companies build leaders at every level. New York: Harper Business.
Web sites (click on links)
- http://cecl.nl.edu
- The Center for Early Childhood Leadership at National-Louis University is dedicated to enhancing the management skills, professional orientation, and leadership capacity of early childhood administrators. The activities of the center encompass four areas: training, technical assistance, research, and public awareness.
- http://www.hhs.oregonstate.edu/hdfs/ecld
- Early Childhood Leadership Directions is a model demonstration project of national significance funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs and housed at the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences at Oregon State University.
Its purpose is to create effective approaches to prepare proficient leaders for improved service quality and outcomes for young children, families, and communities.
- http://www.bloch.umkc.edu/mwcnl/FORUM/FORUM.HTM
- The mission of the Forum for Early Childhood Organization and Leadership Development is to increase leadership, management, and organization capacity of current and emerging early learning and care leaders in the six-state Midwest region. The Forum accomplishes this task with the assistance, guidance, and support of the Midwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership (MCNL) and the National and Regional Advisory Councils.
The MCNL Forum establishes a national model for developing leaders and managers in early childhood education and care; establishing specialized master's degree programs in early childhood organization and leadership; creating new career ladder opportunities for early childhood education and care professionals; building linkages between early childhood education and care and allied fields; and promoting broad understanding of the crucial role quality early childhood education and care programs play in human development, family stability, and community well-being.
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