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“A person can grow to his or her fullest capacity only in mutually caring relationships with others.” - Fred Rogers
Just last month I presented a webinar for directors called, Putting out Fires. I was shocked, and pleasantly surprised to have 701 people, mostly directors signed up to listen to the webinar.
This made me think that directors are hungry for information, ideas, suggestions and answers to their questions. I spent roughly 3 hours after the webinar answering questions that I didn’t get to during the couple hours I was talking.
So, what I talked about was broken into three types of fires.
Type A : Day-to-day common
place problems
Type B: Staff issues
Type C: Family Issues
Interestingly I discovered that the majority of the participants mostly wanted help and ideas for working with staff and staffing issues.
Think about the following:
Staff issues. What happens when a staff person calls off? What are some ways to care for your staff, promote their professional development and challenge them? (educate, nurture and support)
When dealing with staff issues I find the following the most challenging?
A. Delegating
B. Communication
C. Retention
D. Scheduling
E. Professional Development
Review what I have written and I was thinking that we could continue the conversation here on the blog. Think about the questions above or the most challenging aspect of dealing with staff and post a question or a comment to get the conversation started. Or if you have another concern you would like address you can post that as well. I look forward to our conversation on “Putting out Fires” or even better preventing them by being proactive.
Below are several resources I used in developing my webinar.
1. Exchange Magazine
Director’s Magazine -1-800-726-1708, http://childcareexchange.com/
2. The Anti-Ordinary Think book
by Bonnie Neugebauer
3. Training Teachers, A Harvest of Theory and Practice by Margie Carter and Deb Curtis
5. Feelings, Facts and Feedback by Jane Harris, 566 Sequoia Tr., Roselle, Il 60172
6. Preschool Publications Teacher/Parent Communication 1-800-726-1708
7. The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook: Strategies and Tools for Building A Learning Organization by Peter Senge,Richard Ross, Bryan Smith, Charlotte Roberts and Art Kleiner
8. Managing from the Heart by Hyler Bracey, Jack Rosenblum, Aubry Sanford and Roy Trueblood
9. The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
10. 1001 Ways to Reward Employees by Bob Nelson
11. Care Packages for the Work Place by Barbara A. Glanz
12. Lifesavers for Early Childhood Managers by Sue Baldwin
13. The Art of Leadership, Managing Early Childhood Organizations Edited by Roger and Bonnie Neugebauer
Internet links
Child Care Exchange –Directors Magazine They also have a free newsletter sent to your e-mail http://www.ccie.com/
Locating websites http://www.ecewebguide.com/
National Association for the Education of Young Children http://www.naeyc.org/
Zero to Three http://www.zerotothree.org/
For those of you who would like a one on one half hour follow up session with me you may contact me directly at: eengelhardt1@notes.udayton.edu 937-229-3572
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