Creating a Culture of Reflective Practice: The Role of Pedagogical Leadership in

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Offers a comprehensive practical look at creating systems, structures and protocols for supporting people in large and small organisations, individuals working as mentors, coaches or pedagogical leaders to invite educators into a thinking and learning process about their work.

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As the field of early learning continues to grow and evolve, we must consider the impact of our approaches to working with adults and children. Early childhood professionals and leaders need to reconcile the responsibility between never-ending administrative tasks, ensuring program quality and supporting the growth of others. Creating a Culture of Respective Practice: The Role of Pedagogical Leadership in Early Child Programs is a comprehensive practical look at creating systems, structures and protocols for supporting people in?large and small organizations, individuals working as mentors, coaches or pedagogical leaders to invite educators into a thinking and learning process about their work. Readers will develop the skills and mindsets that can enhance their performance and effect organizational change. Creating a Culture of Respective Practice: The Role of Pedagogical Leadership in Early Child Programs offers stories and structures connected to four principles of pedagogical leadership with specific ideas to enhance the work of educational leaders:Working from a place of values and visionBuilding strong relationshipsSeeing and supporting strengths and competenciesSupporting professional learning in multiple ways

Author Biography

Lorrie Baird has been actively working in the early learning field for over 30 years and currently is the executive director of Pedagogy with Compass Early Learning and Care in Peterborough, Ontario. Lorrie has immersed herself in the early learning field strengthening her understanding of the teaching and learning process. As a pedagogical leader and professional learning facilitator she believes in engaging educators in reflective practice and ensuring that our work in adult learning parallels that which we want to foster with children. Deeply rooted in a social constructivist approach, her practice is to engage early learning professionals in opportunities to reflect and think together about their work. Anne Marie Coughlin is the educational director at London Bridge Child Care Services in London, Ontario, Canada. She is an accomplished, passionate speaker who is known for her innovative work with Early Childhood Educators and her inspiring vision. Anne Marie works as a mentor for both classroom Educators and program leaders, exploring ways to work with and think about both children and adult learning. Over the past 35 years she has held a variety of roles in the early learning sector including, preschool educator, center and program director, professional development coordinator, and community college teacher. She served as provincial director with the Canadian Association for Young Children and as Director at Large for the Ontario Reggio Association.

Table of Contents

Chapter One: Introduction: Welcoming Complexity into our Work   Chapter Two: Pedagogical Leaders Work from a Place of Vision and Values Chapter Three: Pedagogical Leaders focus on Building Meaningful Relationships Chapter Four:?Pedagogical Leaders See and Support Competence in Both Children and Adults Chapter Five:?Pedagogical Leaders Support Professional Learning in Multiple Ways References and Appendix

Review

"Baird and Coughlin disrupt coaching and supervising approaches that disempower educators and invite us to consider pedagogical leadership that creates the conditions for relationships and learning to flourish. They share stories drawing on decades of experience transforming their own work, offer pages for reflection, and challenge us deeply." —Margie Carter, early childhood consultant and co-author of The Visionary Director

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"Baird and Coughlin disrupt coaching and supervising approaches that disempower educators and invite us to consider pedagogical leadership that creates the conditions for relationships and learning to flourish. They share stories drawing on decades of experience transforming their own work, offer pages for reflection, and challenge us deeply." --Margie Carter, early childhood consultant and co-author of The Visionary Director "Wow! I loved every minute of this book. If you only pick one book for your professional unfolding this year, make it this one. The depth of thinking, reflection, and real-life stories set you on a path of deep learning and growth. Essential reading for all who are about the lived experience of young children and their educators. This should be required reading in all ECE programs." --Dr. Jean Clinton, MD, FRCP (C), Clinical Professor Child Psychiatry McMaster University "Brilliant! I want to read it over and over, slowly, and deliberately, savoring every word. Baird and Coughlin demonstrate how, with deliberate intention, we can build a program worthy of our children, our families, our teams, and ourselves. Through story sharing and clear achievable steps, they invite us to think about how we can create space for reflection, and build our environments through respect, trust, and collaboration. A must-read for all leadership positions within child care organizations and for those aspiring to lead. This is how I want to live and work." --Sheila Olan-Maclean, CEO, Compass Early Learning & Care "An inspiring and insightful resource. Finally, a book that will become my pedagogical companion! Creating a Culture of Reflective Practice will be referred to time and time again by educators and pedagogical leaders that would like to reflect and grow their practice." --Paola Hohenadel, RECE, MEd, Affiliated Services for Children and Youth (ASCY), Hamilton, Ontario "Throughout their book, Lorrie and Anne Marie offer a variety of thought-provoking reflective questions that help shift practice. As a Pedagogical Leader, offering opened questions along with 'reflection', inspires educators to align their values, beliefs, and learning, while developing a critical understanding of their own practice. This provokes educators to consider their own knowledge, skills, and dispositions to achieve the best outcomes for children." --Lisa Bellardini, RECE, Director of Learning and Pedagogy & Carrie Horn, RECE, Executive Director Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic Child Care Centres "When early childhood educators and program leaders choose to step away from pre-planned curricula, we may initially find ourselves without much to hold on to. Simply directing educators to pursue a reflective teaching approach--without providing any supportive guidance or practical tools--is just mean! Intentional pedagogical leadership fills that gap, enabling a reflective and responsive experience for educators, children, and families. From a place of deep experience and empathy, Lorrie and Anne Marie offer us relevant and usable strategies for pedagogical leadership, and a robust framework for upholding reflective practice in our classrooms and schools." --Sarah Felstiner, operations manager, Epiphany Early Learning Preschool

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Anne Marie Coughlin and Lorrie Baird are Pedagogical Leaders and Early Learning Mentors from Ontario, Canada. Individually they head professional learning programs for large multi-site child care organizations. Together they offer Learning Institutes across Ontario, Canada, and the US that offer unique, engaging, and meaningful experiences for teachers and administrators. Both Anne Marie and Lorrie have contributed to some of Redleaf Press' best selling titles such as The Visionary Director and Designs for Living and Learning by Margie Carter and Deb Curtis and Anne Marie contributed to the Unscripted Classroom by Susan Stacey. There is an onslaught of rules and requirements for assessments of children, teachers, environments and curriculum in early childhood programs. These requirements and assessment tools limit programs and teachers to a narrow focus on checklists, counting toys and materials and the number of questions an educator asks children. This book is a comprehensive practical look at creating structures for supporting people in large and small organizations, individuals working as mentors, coaches, or pedagogical leaders. Audience: Early childhood education pedagogical leaders, mentors, coaches, education and curriculum coordinators, college instructors, program directors, teachers and providers and others interested in supporting and developing reflective teaching practices. Potential for course adoption.

Details ISBN1605547409 Author Deb Curtis Pages 200 Publisher Redleaf Press Year 2021 ISBN-10 1605547409 ISBN-13 9781605547404 Short Title Creating a Culture of Reflective Practice Language English Format Paperback Imprint Redleaf Press Place of Publication St Paul, MN Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2021-11-23 NZ Release Date 2021-11-23 Publication Date 2021-12-30 UK Release Date 2021-12-30 Subtitle The Role of Pedagogical Leadership in Early Child Programs DEWEY 371.2011 Audience Professional & Vocational US Release Date 2021-12-30 We've got this

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