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2018-02-12 LEADERSHIP IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION Ron Spreeuwenberg Doubt everything or believe everything: these are two equally convenient strategies. With either we dispense with the need for reflection. - Henri Poincare The

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LEADERSHIP IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

Ron Spreeuwenberg

  • Henri Poincare

“Doubt everything or believe everything: these are two equally convenient

  • strategies. With either we dispense with

the need for reflection.”

WHAT IS LEADERSHIP ANYWAYS?

“The action of leading a group of people or an

  • rganization.”

“The action of leading a group of people or an

  • rganization.”
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WHAT LEADERSHIP IS NOT ATTEMPT AT A DEFINITION

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WHY IS LEADERSHIP IMPORTANT IN EARLY ED? THE MACRO VIEW

Importance

  • f Early Ed

= VERY BIG!!!

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Investment in Early Ed = VERY SMALL!!! NEED

LEADERS

TO CLOSE THIS GAP!

THE MICRO VIEW

ONE CHILD = VERY IMPORANT! THEREFORE, YOUR IMPACT = VERY IMPORANT!

VIDEO

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ECE LEADERS: WHAT I’VE LEARNED!

EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION IS SUPER HARD!

LEARNING #1

MOST PEOPLE HAVE NO CLUE EARLY ED IS SO HARD!

LEARNING #2

WE HAVE TO ALWAYS BE LEARNING IN EARLY ED

LEARNING #3

LIVING OUT YOUR PASSION = HAPPY!

LEARNING #4

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COMPASSION BREEDS TRUST AND RESPECT.

LEARNING #5

CULTURE IS EVERYTHING

LEARNING #6

EMPOWERMENT IS FUNDAMENTAL TO CULTURE

LEARNING #7

MANAGING FINANCES IS CRITICAL

LEARNING #8

NEED TO BE WILLING TO BE DIFFERENT

LEARNING #9

TAKE ACTION!

LEARNING #10

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OUR RESEARCH

TOP RISK IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

EMPLOYEE RATING SCALE

1 dissatisfied 5 very satisfied 3

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Average company rating?

POLL 1

Average company rating?

3.3

1 dissatisfied 5 very satisfied 3

  • kay
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Average child care company rating?

POLL 2

Average child care company rating?

1 dissatisfied 5 very satisfied 3

  • kay

2.8

Leadership & Culture - Management support and the workplace environment Wages - Base salary and other monetary compensation Benefits & Hours - Vacation, sick leave, working hours and schedule flexibility Professional Development - Training and opportunities for career advancement Children & Families - Experiences working with children and families

LEARNING MORE ABOUT WHY ONLY 2.8 STARS

What was the most common thing people said they LIKED about their job in child care?

Leadership & Culture Wages Benefits & Hours Professional Development Children & Families

POLL 3

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What was the most common thing people said they DISLIKED about their job in child care?

Leadership & Culture Wages Benefits & Hours Professional Development Children & Families

POLL 4

BUT WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT IT!?

  • 1. GET A BASELINE
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http://mccormickcenter.nl.edu/program-evaluation/program-administration-scale-pas/ http://mccormickcenter.nl.edu/program-evaluation/assessing-work-attitudes/

  • 2. LEARN!
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SO MUCH FREE CONTENT!

  • 3. TAKE ACTION!

RON’S FAVOURITE QUOTE!

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“Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.”

  • Theodore Roosevelt

ron@himama.com @rspreeuwenberg linkedin.com/in/ronspreeuwenberg/