Managing Early Years Settings
Supporting and Leading Teams
- Alison Robins - University of Worcester, UK
- Sue Callan - The Open University
The following are considered:
- Changes and developments within the early years sector
- The impact of good leadership on children and their families
- Effective practice in a variety of settings, including Children's Centers
- Values-based leadership and inspirational leadership
- Meeting the challenges of management and leadership
- Managing change
- Inter-agency and multi-disciplinary working
- Working with families and parent groups
Anyone studying Childhood and Early Childhood will find this book an invaluable aid.
Will be very helpful for my students undertaking leadership and management modules
This is an excellent text that underpins a range of current issues within Managing Early Years Settings. The chapters on collaborative participation and adult learning are particularly beneficial for students interested in Leadership and Management.
The text also contains interesting information on fathers groups and makes relevant links to current research.
I found this book highly interesting, I felt as though I could relate to articles within the book and this made it more enjoyable to read.
Excellent set out book easy to understand and our learners would enjoy reading and using within their assignments.
Leading and managing is challenging as well as rewarding. This book opens up new practical perspectives for the practitioners working within the range of early years settings. One of the strengths of this publication is its excellent practice based insight. Furthermore the book supports lesson planning with the additional activities, case studies and points of reflections. A good addition to my early childhood student's reading list.
Includes also chapter overviews, summaries, further reading and a glossary of terms.
a complementary text to support students leadership in early years at undergraduate level.
this book has been used in foundation degree their leadership and management module and also managing change as a supplement to their required reading and will be used in the future
A well constructed book - very informative and practical.
A clearly written text book that allows students to gain an understanding of the issues surrounding management in early years settings
Ideal text to support learning around the subject of managing and mentoring in early years settings.
