Join us for this engaging session featuring Chapter 5: Program Curriculum. Session topics include: 

• Considering and evaluating a curriculum approach, or combination of approaches, to best fit your program.
• Helping your teachers understand the purpose of learning standards and how to use them as a framework to implement the curriculum.
• Balancing your oversight of the curriculum with opportunities for teachers to develop confidence and autonomy.
• Recognizing when your curriculum is not working and what to do next.

This session is part of the Leadership Initiative’s 2022 Webinar Series featuring the NAEYC publication: From Survive to Thrive: A Director’s Guide to Leading an Early Childhood Program. This 10-part series includes a webinar presentation of each chapter followed by a professional learning community for you to discuss and share implementation ideas with other leaders.

Join us for this informative session featuring Chapter 6: Observation, Assessment, and Documentation. Session topics include: 

• Creating your assessment plan to collect evidence of what is working or not working in your program and classrooms.
• Overseeing the observation and evaluation tools your teachers will use to monitor children’s learning.
• Creating a culture for documentation in partnership with your teachers and families.

This session is part of the Leadership Initiative’s 2022 Webinar Series featuring the NAEYC publication: From Survive to Thrive: A Director’s Guide to Leading an Early Childhood Program. This 10-part series includes a webinar presentation of each chapter followed by a professional learning community for you to discuss and share implementation ideas with other leaders.

Join us for this integral session featuring Chapter 7: Staffing. Session topics include: 

• Identifying the most important qualities you want in your staff and crafting interview questions to help you find individuals with those qualities.
• Developing your skills for observing and evaluating teachers.
• Supporting your teachers in goal setting to empower ownership of their professional development.
• Reframing your staff conflicts as opportunities for problem solving and growth.
• Building your competence for handling staff disciplinary and dismissal procedures.

This session is part of the Leadership Initiative’s 2022 Webinar Series featuring the NAEYC publication: From Survive to Thrive: A Director’s Guide to Leading an Early Childhood Program. This 10-part series includes a webinar presentation of each chapter followed by a professional learning community for you to discuss and share implementation ideas with other leaders.

Join us for this fundamental session featuring Chapter 8: Working with Families. Session topics include: 

• Understanding the significance of your leadership role in creating a culture where families are valued as their children’s first teachers.
• Welcoming families to your program and creating robust home-school partnerships.
• Building your competence for managing confrontations, conflicts, and challenges with families.

This session is part of the Leadership Initiative’s 2022 Webinar Series featuring the NAEYC publication: From Survive to Thrive: A Director’s Guide to Leading an Early Childhood Program. This 10-part series includes a webinar presentation of each chapter followed by a professional learning community for you to discuss and share implementation ideas with other leaders.

Join us for this highly beneficial session featuring Chapter 9: Center Enrollment. Session topics include: 

• Maximizing your advertising efforts by conducting market research to match your program’s services to the community’s needs.
• Leveraging the right combination of tools to effectively market your program.
• Streamlining your enrollment process with application materials and processes that are straightforward, well organized, and transparent for families.

This session is part of the Leadership Initiative’s 2022 Webinar Series featuring the NAEYC publication: From Survive to Thrive: A Director’s Guide to Leading an Early Childhood Program. This 10-part series includes a webinar presentation of each chapter followed by a professional learning community for you to discuss and share implementation ideas with other leaders.

Join us for this culminating session featuring the final chapter: Balancing Act- Managing Your Role as the Director. This session offers a compass to effectively navigate the twists and turns of your leadership journey. You will engage with the seven guiding principles for directors that together with the From Survive to Thrive chapter tools, will help you balance your responsibilities and keep your program running successfully and smoothly.