Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 106
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Trim: 5¾ x 9
978-1-4758-3083-5 • Hardback • December 2016 • $56.00 • (£43.00)
978-1-4758-3084-2 • Paperback • December 2016 • $30.00 • (£25.00)
978-1-4758-3085-9 • eBook • December 2016 • $28.50 • (£19.99)
Dr. Sarah Vanover has been working in the field of early childhood education for over sixteen years and has had the opportunity to be a classroom teacher, a director, and a trainer for other early childhood professionals. For the past several years she has focused her work and research on assessing quality early childhood programs for health and safety requirements and school readiness skills. She is the author of Finding Quality Early Childcare: A Step-by-Step Guide for Parents about What Matters Most (Rowman & Littlefield, 2016).
Preface
1.A Sticky Situation with Marketing & Enrollment
2.A Sticky Situation with Menu Planning
3.A Sticky Situation with Parent Complaints
4.A Sticky Situation with Dress Code
5.A Sticky Situation with Cell Phones
6.A Sticky Situation with Biting
7.A Sticky Situation with Confidentiality
8.A Sticky Situation with Parent Feedback
9.A Sticky Situation with Staff Gossip
10.A Sticky Situation with Social Media
11.A Sticky Situation with Staff Playground Behavior
12.A Sticky Situation with Parent Behavior
13.A Sticky Situation with Annual Evaluations
14.A Sticky Situation with an Advisory Board
15.A Sticky Situation with Facility Management
16.A Sticky Situation with Weather Cancellations
17.A Sticky Situation with Staff Interviews
18.A Sticky Situation with Parent Education Nights
19.A Sticky Situation with Fundraising
20.A Sticky Situation with Staff Turnover
21.A Sticky Situation with Staff Professional Development
22.A Sticky Situation with Scheduling
23.A Sticky Situation with Transportation
24.A Sticky Situation with Staff Wages
About the Author
The real life "sticky situations" in this book resonate with early childhood administrators. Many face these challenges on a daily basis. This format serves as a wonderful resource for critical thinking and problem solving.
— Stephanie Akers, CDA Instructor at Morehead State University
Early Education Directors and Administrators are required to be as knowledgeable and resourceful in small business management as they are in child development practices. This collection of timely case studies, cleverly presented as “sticky situations,” will provide the basis for reflection, discussion, and planning of all aspects of a quality early childhood center in either the private or public sector. Topics include meal planning, staff retention, marketing, and other essential managerial areas critical to support a quality multi-faceted educational program. These case studies are great tools for professional learning. While targeted for early childhood leaders, many topics apply to a broad audience and can be the springboard for enhanced management at any school organizational level.
— Julie Wright, Principal, Tates Creek Elementary School (Lexington, KY)
Directors will love Sarah Vanover's Sticky Situations. It's easy to read, and these are real situations. Many of the scenarios are events I've been through myself, and I wish I'd had this as a guide since I've spent many hours wracking my brain for alternatives to these kinds of situations. The book is not a lecture or a "how to" book, it's simple, economical solutions to very real problems directors face every day.
— Liz Wolford, Director of Central Christian Church Childcare (Lexington, KY)
After teaching a course in Early Childhood Organization and Administration for many semesters and being a university contact for the Kentucky Director’s Credential, I have discovered that future Directors of early childhood centers are often unprepared for the realities of the position. Sticky Situations provides practice scenarios for discussion that Directors of early childhood centers will encounter at some point. The business aspects of leading a successful center are often overlooked. Sarah Vanover has taken her real life experiences in the field and found a way to better prepare future leaders. Not only is the practice scenario provided, readers see the way in which the scenario was actually handled. The opportunity to critique the decision that was made makes this book a very applicable supplement to any Early Childhood Administration class. Students need these opportunities to apply course material and to learn to think critically about the situations in which they will find themselves.
— Lisa N Gannoe, Assistant Professor, Eastern Kentucky University