Unit 5 Assignment: Professional Development

Points: 100 Scenario: Preschool Staff Professional Development Objective: To create a PowerPoint presentation regarding the importance of ongoing professional development for your teachers and assistants. Scenario: You are the director of a center with a total staff of 18. Although you hold regular monthly staff meetings, your staff engages in little outside professional development, and you would like to encourage them to take more training opportunities. At your next staff meeting, you plan on presenting a short training about the importance of ongoing professional development that will motivate staff to continue their training. Focus Assignment: 1. Create a seven-page PowerPoint that discusses the importance of ongoing professional development. Slide One: Cover page formatted to APA formatting Slide Two: Define Professional Development and cite your sources Slide Three: Bullet at least 3 reasons why professional development is so important in the ECE field. In the note section, in your own words explicitly explain each of your bulleted reasons Slide Four: List at least 2 professional development workshops every staff member should take. Slide Five: List one free workshop that you have found that you could pass along to your staff. Be sure to include the website link for this professional development opportunity. Slide Six: Use this slide to add any other pertinent information regarding the importance of professional development. Be sure to give evidence from the chapter supporting this slide (with citations). Slide Seven; Reference page formatted to APA formatting. Feel free to be creative when designing your PowerPoint. CHS307 – Administration of Child Care Programs Unit 5: Preschool Staff Professional Development CRITERIA Outstanding Good Fair Needs Improvement NAEYC Management Knowledge and Skills 75 Points 55-74 Points 25-54 Points 0-24 Points The ability to define organizational problems, gather data to generate alternative solutions andeffectively apply analytical solutions Assignment is complete. Student provides an explicit definition of Professional Development including a source and includes all content areas Assignment is complete. Student provides a definition of Professional Development and includes All content areas Assignment submitted has met only partial content of the required information. Assignmentis attempted. Writing is vague. NAEYC Standards (15 points) (12-14 points) (9-11 points) (0-8 points) 6d: Integrating knowledgeable, reflective, and critical perspectiveson early education. Student presents a persuasive case for the importance of Professional Development within the ECE program. Student presents a case of the importance of Professional Development within the ECE program but it is lacking detail Student presents a case for only partial of the criteria, for Professional Developmen t within the ECE programs Student minimally addresses what a Professional Development CRITERIA Outstanding Good Fair Needs Improvement (5 points) (4 points) (3 points) (0-2 points) Professional Communication: SS3 Grammar, spelling, sentencestructure. Proficiency in reading and writing.Sources of all information obtained from course materials and researched resources. If known, proper APA use: in-text citations and references preferred. Polished responses; zero to one error: grammar, spelling and sentence structure. Sources of all information obtained from course materials and researched resources. Clear responses; one to two errors: grammar, spelling and sentence structure. Sources of most information obtained from course materials and researched resources. Adequate responses: maximum of four or five errors: grammar, spelling and sentence structure. Sources of some information obtained from course materials and researched resources. Inadequate or poorly written responses: Six or more errors: grammar, spelling and sentence structure. Sources of information not provided. (5 points) (4 points) (3 points) (0-2 points) Paper length 7 pages 5- 6 pages 3-4 pages 1 – 2 pages

 

 

 

 

 

Readings and Resources

Readings and Resources

eBook:

 

• Adams, S.,  Donley M., Kronberg A., Lynch E. (2022). Developing and administering early childhood education programs (10th ed). Cengage.
• Review Chapter 1: The Effective Director

This chapter provides information on supporting and mentoring staff particularly through the use of frequent communication, professional development plans, and mentoring.

• Chapter 14: Providing for Personal and Professional Staff Development.

Articles, Websites, and Videos:

 

In this website, extensive guidelines for leading oneself, other individuals, groups, and organizations and described. 

• All about leadership: How do I lead? (n.d.). Free Management Library.

This LinkedIn article discusses the techniques to develop and mentor new leaders and managers to allow for continuity within an organization.

• Overcome leadership and management challenges: Help fill your leadership pipeline. (n.d.). LinkedIn Learning.

This video discusses the differences between being a leader or manager. Several different qualities are described to identify the differences.

Watch VideoLeadership vs management, what’s the gifference? – Project management training

 

Duration: 5:43
User: Project Management Videos – Added: 10/8/18

 

Cengage Video: Teaching as a Profession: An Early Childhood Teacher’s Responsibility and Development

Supplemental Resources:

 

Publisher PowerPoints:

• Chapter 1 PowerPoint Chapter 1 PowerPoint – Alternative Formats
• Chapter 14 PowerPoint Chapter 14 PowerPoint – Alternative Formats

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