Guiding principles for the new early childhood professional : building on strength and competence / Valora Washington and Brenda Gadson ; foreword by Marcy Whitebook.

Author/creator Washington, Valora, 1953- author.
Other author Gadson, Brenda, author.
Other author Whitebrook, Marcy, author of introduction, etc.
Format Electronic
PublicationNew York, NY : Teachers College Press, [2017]
Description1 online resource (xiii, 130 pages).
Supplemental ContentEBSCOhost
Subjects

SeriesEarly Childhood Education Series
Early childhood education series (Teachers College Press) ^A397231
Contents ""Cover ""; ""Title Page ""; ""Front Matter ""; ""Table of Contents ""; ""Foreword ""; ""Acknowledgments ""; ""Introduction: Guiding Changeâ#x80;#x94;Let's Talk! ""; ""Truths, Dilemmas, and Contradictions ""; ""Facing Goliath ""; ""Essential Companions ""; ""Leadership Dilemmas ""; ""The Guiding Principles ""; ""Our Hopes for Our Readers ""; ""Let's Talk! ""; ""Respect!""; ""What is Respect?""; ""A Deficit Approach?""; ""Ironies of Asymmetrical Power""; ""Respect: Elephants in the Room""; ""Radio Silence""; ""Taking a Different Perspective""; ""Respectful Listening""
Contents ""Opportunity, Pathways, and Recognition""""Respectful Behavior""; ""The Time to Wait Has Passed!""; ""Achieving Balance: What We Must Add as We Professionalize""; ""Facing Goliath: Affirmations""; ""Reflect on the Guiding Principle of Respect""; ""Competence""; ""What is Competence? What are Competencies?""; ""Why Competencies Matter""; ""The Dilemma""; ""Competencies by Proxy""; ""Accelerating Degree Acquisition""; ""Degree Attainment: an Insufficient Proxy for Competencies""; ""Beyond Degrees: Moving Toward Competencies""; ""Career Progression""
Contents ""Achieving Balance: What We Must Add as We Professionalize""""Facing Goliath: Affirmations""; ""Reflect on the Guiding Principle of Competence""; ""Strengths""; ""The Adaptive Challenge: Whatâ#x80;#x99;s Worth Keeping?""; ""Competence and Improvisational Performance Art""; ""Making Our Culture Visible""; ""â#x80;#x9C;Intangiblesâ#x80;#x9D; Drive Performance""; ""Preserving Our Strengths: Cautions""; ""Achieving Balance: What We Must Add as We Professionalize""; ""Facing Goliath: Affirmations""; ""Reflect on the Guiding Principle of Strengths""; ""Equity""; ""What is Equity?""; ""Reality, Equality, and Equity""
Contents ""Ironies of Equity""""Equal Pay for Equal Work?""; ""Why Must We Focus on Equity?""; ""Naming the Elephant in the Room ""; ""Represent!""; ""Speak!""; ""Inequities have Consequences""; ""Possibilities""; ""We Must Actively Reject Inequity""; ""Willing to be Disturbed""; ""Achieving Balance: What We Must Add as We Professionalize""; ""Facing Goliath: Affirmations""; ""Reflect on the Guiding Principle of Equity ""; ""Synthesis""; ""Elevate Our Voices: Next Steps""; ""Unify with Systems Thinking: Next Step""; ""Claim Power through Public Policy: Next Steps ""; ""Leadership without Authority""
Contents ""Elevate, Unite, Claim Power!""""Notes""; ""References""; ""Index""
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Source of descriptionDescription based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 08, 2017).
Issued in other formPrint version: Washington, Valora, 1953- author. Guiding principles for the new early childhood professional New York, NY : Teachers College Press, 2017 9780807758694
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2017046060
ISBN9780807776643 electronic book
ISBN0807776645 electronic book
ISBNpaperback

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