These days improving the quality of early childhood care and education is a priority for policymakers and practitioners on local, state, and federal levels. As a result, much attention is being focused on early childhood educators to ensure that they do a good—and better—job teaching young children. This handbook provides the guidance, techniques, and tools directors, supervisors, coaches, and others need as they lead and support teachers.
Checklists, handouts, forms, tools, vignettes, reflection questions, and tips are provided to aid in program planning and development and teacher support.
What sets this book apart from others similar in topic are the pieces on evaluating teachers and defining quality in early childhood education. The content on evaluation is what will truly differentiate this book from others about supporting teachers. Right now it’s a hot topic, one people aren’t sure how to tackle.
This is Angèle Sancho Passe’s fifth book with Redleaf Press. Her other books have been best-sellers, and Angèle does a terrific job promoting her titles when she speaks at early childhood conferences and professional development workshops.
