Description

Anne Marie Coughlin and Lorrie Baird are Pedagogical Leaders and Early Learning Mentors from Ontario, Canada. Individually they head professional learning programs for large multi-site child care organizations. Together they offer Learning Institutes across Ontario, Canada, and the US that offer unique, engaging, and meaningful experiences for teachers and administrators.

Both Anne Marie and Lorrie have contributed to some of Redleaf Press' best selling titles such as The Visionary Director and Designs for Living and Learning by Margie Carter and Deb Curtis and Anne Marie contributed to the Unscripted Classroom by Susan Stacey.

There is an onslaught of rules and requirements for assessments of children, teachers, environments and curriculum in early childhood programs. These requirements and assessment tools limit programs and teachers to a narrow focus on checklists, counting toys and materials and the number of questions an educator asks children. This book is a comprehensive practical look at creating structures for supporting people in large and small organizations, individuals working as mentors, coaches, or pedagogical leaders.

Audience: Early childhood education pedagogical leaders, mentors, coaches, education and curriculum coordinators, college instructors, program directors, teachers and providers and others interested in supporting and developing reflective teaching practices.

Potential for course adoption.