Early childhood education for a new era : leading for our profession / Stacie G. Goffin ; foreword by Mary Jean Schumann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goffin, Stacie G.

Series:

Early childhood education series (Teachers College Press)

Early childhood education series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Early childhood education--United States.

Early childhood education.

United States.

Educational change--United States.

Educational change.

Educational leadership--United States.

Educational leadership.

Physical Description:

xx, 100 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Teachers College Press, [2013]

Summary:

In her provocative new book, Stacie Goffin presents a leadership manifesto for the field of early care and education. With an action-oriented frame of reference, she offers a unique point of view on efforts to improve programme quality and developmental and learning outcomes for children. The book calls for the ECE field to step forward as agents for change by: (1) Assuming responsibility for the competent practice of its practitioners and for facilitating positive results for children and their learning. (2) Formally organising as a profession to realize consistency in practice across sites and program types. (3) Diminishing its reliance on public policy for defining its purpose and structure. The text concludes with "Next Steps Commentaries" written by education luminaires Rolf Grafwallner, Jacqueline Jones, and Pamela J. Winton outlining concrete steps for action that will jump-start a conversation about moving forward with the ideas presented in the book. ECE for a New Era builds on and extends the conversation started in Goffin's critically acclaimed book co-authored with Valora Washington, Ready or Not: Leadership Choices in Early Care and Education.

Contents:

1 Calling the Question 1

A Defining Moment for ECE 2

In Every Challenge Lies an Opportunity 2

Why the Time Is Now 4

Wanted: Leadership 5

Can We? Will We? 6

2 The Next Frontier: ECE as an Organized Field of Practice 9

ECE on the Defensive 9

The Missing System: ECE as an Organized Field of Practice 10

Parting Ways with ECE's Habits of Mind 16

Moving Forward as a Field of Practice 20

3 Forming ECE as a Profession 24

The Next Frontier Awaits 24

Why Occupations Organize as Professions 27

It Can Be Done 32

4 Moving from Fragmented Connections to a Unified Field of Practice 34

Organizing as a Profession 34

Becoming a System of Preparation and Practice 35

ECE's History as an Aspiring Profession 38

An Organizational Option for ECE as a Profession 40

5 Stepping Forward Together 48

Professionalism as a Field-Unifying Strategy 49

Stepping Up to the Challenge 50

Next Steps: Three Commentaries 60

Public Policy and ECE: Who Should Define the Profession? / Jacqueline Jones Jones, Jacqueline 60

Merging Toward a Unified Field of Practice / Rolf Grafwallner Grafwallner, Rolf 63

Leapfrogging Complexities of the Status Quo / Pamela J. Winton Winton, Pamela J. 66.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780807754603

0807754609

9780807754610

0807754617

OCLC:

852399941