the children, families, personnel, board or directors, funders, community and yourself
Who are the center's stakeholders?
100
a document that gives permission to the center to operate but does not indicate quality.
What is a license?
100
the feeling of trust, care and respect within a child care center
What is a positive climate?
100
when information about families and children that is recorded on forms cannot be shared or released without prental consent.
What is confidentiality?
100
an individual who influences others in a way that encourages them to higher or better performance and personal development.
What is a leader?
200
the document that offers guidelines for responsible behavior and sets forth a common basis for resolving ethical dilemmas encountered in early care and education
What is NAEYC's Code of Ethical Conduct and Statement of Commitmenet
200
a process whereby child care centers are rated as performing at a higher level and meeting additional standards
What is accreditation?
200
emotional stability, maturity and self-awareness
What are the basic characteristics of a leader who has the potential for assuming responsibility and leading people in a caring manner.?
200
topics such as unique needs of children, available space, licensing regulations about ratios and group size.
What are the things to consider when grouping children?
200
finding the "yes" and the "how" in situations...not the "why I can't" and then taking action!
What is advocacy?
300
a effective strategy to create processes, interactions and activities that help a group of people become an effective and efficient team that meets the needs of the children and families you serve, as well as those of your organization as a whole.
What is team building?
300
the person who can serve as a communication bridge between centers
What is the licensing specialist?
300
a management strategy of providing positive acknowledgment focused on a specific attribute of some action of piece of work completed.
What is encouragement?
300
the strategy of placing children of different ages in the same group
What is vertical grouping?
300
leadership that is changing, motivating, and elevating by leaders who are charasmatic, inspirational, empathetic and intellectually stimulating.
What is Transformational Leadership?
400
someone who combines skills, knowledge and caring while blending program managment and leading people
What is an effective director
400
the person who is responsible for obtaining a license for the child care center
Who is the director?
400
a management strategy that enhances job satisfaction by presenting more challenges and increasing responsibility, which, in turn, produces a sense of personal achievement.
What is Job Enrichment?
400
procedures developed by the director for children's health, injuries and accidents, natural disasters and terrorist attacks.
What are emergency plans?
400
leadership that emerges as a result of time, place and circumstance.
What is Situational Leadership?
500
the type of administrative style when the director determines what has to be done, how it is to be done and who should do it
What is the managerial approach?
500
standards based on building safety, physical space, teacher-to-child ratios, staff qualifications, transportation, healthy and safety of children.
What are licensing regulations?
500
when children, staff and families have a sense of ownership and a feeling of belonging within the center.
What is a sense of community?
500
hot dogs, nuts, popcorn, chunks of meat, whole grapes, hard candy, marshmallows, spoonfuls of peanut butter
What are foods that might cause choking?
500
understand that change is inevitable; see opportunities and benefits in taking risks and learning from mistakes; constantly reflect on their actions and beliefs; think about results and consequences; and understand the importance of teaching, learning and achieving as part of a community.
What are the ways in which good leaders and good teachers are similar?