As 2022 comes to a close, we are reflecting on our team’s outstanding research and efforts from the past 12 months. These are the McCormick Center’s top 10 most viewed resources from this year – simply click on the titles to read the full articles. Happy new year!
If you’re highly self-aware, you can objectively evaluate yourself, manage your emotions, align your behavior with your values, and understand correctly how others perceive you.
I have just returned from presenting at and attending the National Association for Family Child Care’s (NAFCC) 32nd Annual National Family Child Care Conference and I am experiencing a whirlwind of emotions. Let me explain a bit more.
From competitive wage increases in other industries to re-thinking their career choices, professionals in our field are contemplating change due to the insecurity created by such tough economic times. As a result, early childhood leaders are desperate to employ staff and are seeking ideas to do it well.
Findings from the second phase of the Building Leaders project, Leading with Equity, are presented in an iPoster, which accompanies this article by Teri Talan Ed.D., Michael W. Louis Chair and Senior Policy Advisor at The McCormick Center for Early Childhood Education Leadership.
What steps can leaders take to strengthen early childhood programs? How can they get ahead of daily interruptions and create a plan to pull staff together around quality improvement goals?
This brief is concerned with just one of the research questions guiding the Leading with Equity research project: How has race, culture, or language influenced the leadership journeys of ECEC program leaders of color?
Now more than ever, focusing on finding hope, even on our toughest days, is how we will make it through to brighter days.
Listening became the key to fostering stronger relationships with those around me and becoming a better leader.
As an early childhood program administrator, I saw myself as both a travel agent and conductor in assisting my staff in their professional development journeys.
In honor of Pride Month, we encourage all leaders to do more to ensure the real world we are helping our children and staff explore is inclusive of the many LGBTQ+ people and families who live in this world.
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*Based on page views through December 13, 2022.