Cut through all the paperwork & planning involved in running a preschool with this complete resource, including personnel forms, budget materials, & more.

Here are practical guidelines and step-by-step techniques for organizing and implementing a successful preschool program. Included are strategies and reproducibles for classroom management, curricula planning, learning centers, storytelling, nutrition and cooking and more.

Theory meets practical tips in this guide for leaders of early childhood programs

"Solutions for Early Childhood Directors "provides real-world answers for directors who work in the challenging and rewarding field of early childhood education. Kathy Lee's -extensive experience as a director and trainer -offers practical solutions to problems that arise every day for directors. She -addresses key issues, such as training staff, handling discipline, dealing with parents, and creating partnerships in the community. For anyone who is a director or wishes to someday become a director, this book is the -ultimate "can't-do-without-it" survival kit. As a former director and teacher, Kathy Lee now facilitates training of early childhood teachers, directors, administrators, and parents worldwide.

An encyclopedic how-to guide for the universal early childhood program problems. Practical Solutions to Practically Every Problem attempts to provide solutions to every possible problem faced by early childhood teachers—before teachers encounter them. This classic resource has been updated to focus on current issues faced by educators, including teaching twenty-first century life skills, technology, and cultural responsiveness. This easy-to-use guide gives you quick practical help, now! Educators will save time and energy with over eight hundred solutions to two hundred problems, including: Daily dilemmas and classroom issues Partnering with families to raise happy children Dealing with problematic behaviors from co-workers Learning to take care of yourself to prevent burn-out Steffen Saifer, EdD, a former early childhood teacher and Head Start director and trainer, is currently an international consultant and writer based in Spain. He has worked on projects for the Open Society Foundation, The World Bank, and UNICEF, in many countries including Bangladesh, Russia, and Zimbabwe. Dr. Saifer works with programs on culturally responsive curriculum development and implementation and with universities to develop graduate programs for ECD teachers, administrators, and leaders. When in the United States, Saifer resides in Portland, Oregon

What does the Preschool Survival Guide do? The Preschool Survival Guide PART 1 The Basics is designed to help parents and preschool teachers manage child development and workday stress; provide meaningful day activities for preschool children and children with disabilities in a play-based way.The Preschool Survival Guide Part 2 Setting Up The Play-Based Developmental Environment, provides pre-school children with developmental movements science says they need in the first seven years of life.This guide shows you what developmental activities to use for each stage of a preschool child's development, up to the age of 5 years. What are the possibilities from using the Preschool Survival Guide? A 3-minute exercise to start your day. How to focus and manage workday stress in the moment. Recognizing preschool child stages of development. What developmental activities to use for each stage of a child's development. How to present developmental movements to preschool children. How to be energized and feel motivated. Managing preschool children's behaviors. What questions to ask when applying for a preschool childcare position. What questions to ask when taking your child to a preschool interview. Starting and operating a childcare program. Conflict Resolution and other policies a preschool teacher needs to know. Answers to the most common questions when dealing with preschool children. Avoid burn-out in the workplace, or when taking care of children. Increased self-esteem in preschool children. Increased self-control in yourself and preschool children. Calms and relaxes children and adults. Create a calm and relaxed learning environment. A way to handle workplace and child development conflicts. Make changes in a child's routine easier. Help children be more self directing. Empower parents and teachers to make a difference in their children's growth. What does a good daycare or preschool program look like? Generally, a good daycare or preschool program will have: Activities that are age, stage and individually appropriate for preschool children. A play-based child development curriculum. Qualified and trained staff. A safe indoor play area according to local preschool laws or policies. A safe outdoor play area according to local preschool laws or policies. A building health and safety procedure. A food and nutrition policy. A hygiene and disinfecting procedure. A children's health, medication, abuse reporting, and injury policy. Supervision of children, group size and staff ratio of children policy. Appropriate child sized equipment and furniture. Staff qualifications required and job description policy. A staff employment manual. Staff criminal record checks. A parent policy and procedure manual. Food and meal preparation procedure. A children's behavior management policy. A parent participation committee.

"A Survival Guide for New Faculty Members: Outlining the Keys to Success for Promotion and Tenure provides new faculty members with practical, down-to-earth wisdom and suggestions for successfully working through to tenure and promotion. The authors, both successful and experienced administrators and experts in higher education, have provided an extremely well-organized and useful guide for new faculty members. It focuses on all aspects of becoming a new faculty member including the various expectations in completing a successful journey toward promotion and tenure. The book underscores the importance of recognizing the three facets of faculty life of teaching, research, and service. This volume clearly sets out, compares, and separates those three components with clarity and provides very useful advice for putting the three together. Taken together with the chapters on 'Documenting Your Progress' and 'Promotion and Tenure, ' new faculty are provided with a solid, practical introduction to building a foundation for success in higher education. Feedback and tips are also provided within each chapter. It is written in a style that readers will be able to easily comprehend and understand and is supported with many examples. In addition, the information can be easily applied to new faculty at various types of institutions of higher education."--EBL book details.