Stacie Goffin

Professionalizing Early Childhood Education as a Field of Practice

A Guide to the Next Era

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Join the movement to mobilize and professionalize the early childhood education field with this comprehensive guide. Share and converse about why change is necessary, and why organising as a profession is the solution. Included are participant and facilitator guides, as well as a conversation workbook to help mediate discussion.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Redleaf Press
• Seitenzahl: 120
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 274mm x 215mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 296g
• ISBN-13: 9781605544342
• ISBN-10: 1605544345
• Artikelnr.: 42473039

Autorenporträt

Stacie Goffin is a widely recognized authority in early childhood education with a passion for raising the competence of ECE as a field of practice. She received a degree in child development from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, followed by her Master's in Early Childhood from George Washington University and her Executive Education Certification from Harvard. Stacie currently serves as the Principal of the Goffin Strategies Group, where she uses her experience consulting with educational programs to improve effectiveness and services for young children. Rhian Evans Allvin currently serves as the Executive Director of the National Association for the Education of Young Children. Rhian formerly served as CEO of First Things First, Arizona's ballot initiative to advance early childhood policy and quality across the state. Throughout her career she has served as a tireless advocate for children including leadership roles with Brecon Group, the Arizona Community Foundation, Libraries for the Future, and Children's Action Alliance. She currently resides in Falls Church, Virginia with her husband and three young children.

Inhaltsangabe

Includes the four sections listed below.
Introduction: overview of the issue, why change is needed, and why
organizing as a profession is offered as the solution, including an
overview of what is needed to move forward
Participant guide: shares with participants what they need to do to make
conversations about changing the field of early childhood education
meaningful and productive
Conversation workbook: presents central questions associated with forming
early childhood education as a profession, such as choices characteristic
of adaptive work, and prompts to imagine a different future for the field
Facilitator guide: assists professionals by creating an optimum context for
conversations as well as guidelines for navigating conversations.