Leading In The Field Of ECE

Competencies

Formulate a vision to lead.

Evaluate principles of ethics and leadership.

Explore advocacy opportunities in the community.

Evaluate how to develop high-quality educators through ethics and leadership.

Evaluate the impact of professionalism on children, families, and community.

Develop strategies for training and mentoring future leaders in early childhood education.

Instructions

One aspect of being an early childhood education leader is advocating for children, their families, yourself, and the profession. Networking with other leaders, investigation, and reflection will assist you with finding your voice, while becoming a catalyst for change and positive outcomes for you and the children and the families you serve.

This project contains two components: an interview with a leader, and a public service announcement. Part 1: Interview with a Leader

First, conduct an interview with an individual in a leadership position. This individual can be in a formal or informal leadership position and is not required to work within the field of early education. For example, you may choose a parent leader of a parent support group, a manager of a local business, a community activist, or an individual with a leadership role within your own organization.

Organize and schedule the interview with your chosen leader. Interviews can be conducted via email, video or phone call, or in person.

Prepare at least 10 questions to ask during the interview. Keep in mind that the purpose of this interview is to gain insight into the individual’s leadership style as well as how they handle challenging situations.

Conduct the interview. Interviews should be limited to no more than 45 minutes. Remember to take detailed notes.

Next, in a written reflection, summarize the details of the interview (i.e., the name of your interviewee, time, date and method of the interview). Describe why you chose to interview this leader and include your list of questions in your reflection. Using at least three examples, compare and contrast your leadership style with the style of your interviewee. Offer an example of at least one similarity and one difference you noticed in how you would approach situations and lead others. Describe at least one strength and one weakness for each leadership style using outside resources to support your ideas.

Part 2: Public Service Announcement

Choose a challenge, crisis, or situation that you might encounter while at work in an early childhood setting, such as a natural disaster, economic crisis, health emergency, difficult conversations with parents, etc. If you are not currently working in an early childhood environment, select a situation you think could happen in that setting. 

Use a presentation tool such as PowerPoint or Prezi (or any other format that is compatible with the drop box) to create a public service announcement to help others see how you would handle the situation. The public service announcement should contain the following components:

A detailed description/narrative of the challenge or crisis. What issue needs to be addressed, solved, or supported?

A reflection on the situation, challenge, or crisis and explanation of how your leadership style (as described in the reflection above) may affect the outcome of the situation. Will your leadership style be a natural asset or would you need to modify your style before addressing the situation? Offer at least two examples to support and clarify your ideas.

A course of action through the crisis or challenging situation. List and describe at least five actions you will take to remedy the situation. Your course of action should support your leadership style.

A visually interesting and organized presentation using photos and bulleted lists.

A cover page/slide including name, date, and title of the PSA.

Use the appropriate audience-specific tone and context to write a narrative script in the notes section of each slide or in a Word document. Then narrate and record your script using the presentation tool you selected.

Your recorded presentation should be no longer than two minutes.

Submit your written interview reflection and your PSA presentation. 

 
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comprehensive enrollment management plan

 Submit your prospectus for a comprehensive enrollment management plan for the institution you selected in Module One. Take an in-depth look at your institution and create a prospectus that provides an overview of the institution and the theories and models that explain its current enrollment management strategies. Also give an overview of the institution’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats and the internal and external assumptions that underpin the institution’s enrollment management plan. To develop your prospectus, you will need to visit the IPEDS Data Center, your institution’s website, and other sources for local, regional, and national education and population trends. 

Follow rubric verbatim

 This assignment should be a five- to eight-page Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and compliance with APA style.  

 
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Design Processes and Delivery Strategies

Assignment 2: Design Processes and Delivery Strategies

Due Week 6 and worth 150 points

In Assignment 1, you developed the instructional objectives for your project. Building on Assignment 1, you will create strategies that support the identified objectives and content. For this assignment, you will develop instructional strategies, delivery strategies, and the learner-related sequence. Use the Internet and/or Strayer University Online Library (https://research.strayer.edu) to locate resources that focus on different types of delivery strategies.

Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:

  1. Outline the learner-related sequencing related to your design strategy, including the sequence, description, and related objective.
  2. Determine three (3) instructional learning strategies that clearly correlate with the learning objectives and instructional content created in Assignment 1.
  3. Determine three (3) examples of instructional strategies that are appropriate based on the learner analysis.
  4. Create an instructional message for the content. Specify the function, content structure, learner, and task attributes as they relate to your project.
  5. Select two (2) appropriate delivery strategies based on the instructional objectives. Provide a rationale for your selection.
  6. Select two (2) appropriate delivery strategies based on the instructional context. Provide a rationale for your selection.
  7. Select two (2) appropriate delivery strategies based on the instructional strategies. Provide a rationale for your selection.
  8. Use your textbook, Internet, and/or the Strayer University Online Library (https://research.strayer.edu)to locate at least three (3) reputable references (no more than ten [10] years old). Note: Appropriate academic resources include reputable websites, scholarly texts, and peer-reviewed articles. Wikipedia and other wikis do not qualify as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

  • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:

  • Determine the lessons, systems, and sequences of instruction to develop an instructional or training product.  

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.

 
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In 250-500 words summarize and reflect on your observation and, and describe how you will apply what you have learned to your future professional practice.

There’s an attached template and a rubric.

Part 1: Observation

Observing a classroom environment can provide much needed detail and understanding of students’ learning needs and continued progress.

For this field experience, observe a K-8 classroom during a math lesson. During your observation of the lesson, complete the “Math Observation” template.

Speak with your mentor teacher and, provided permission, use any remaining time to seek out opportunities to observe and/or assist your mentor teacher or another teacher and work with a small group of students on instruction in the classroom. Your mentor teacher must approve any hours spent observing another classroom environment.

With the help of your mentor teacher, identify 3-5 students above, at, or below standard achievement in the classroom environment that would benefit from additional learning support. Ask your mentor teacher for the unit and standards and unit the class is currently learning, in order to develop the pre-assessment for Clinical Field Experience B.

Part 2: Reflection

Following your observation, discuss the math lesson with your mentor teacher. In 250-500 words summarize and reflect on your observation and, and describe how you will apply what you have learned to your future professional practice.

Your discussion should include the following:

  1. How do you engage students in learning opportunities specific to mathematics?
  2. What strategies do you use to apply real-world relevancy to math lessons?
  3. How do you modify or adjust instruction based on responses from students?
  4. How do you prepare to teach instruction in mathematics (vocabulary, knowledge of material, content standards, and resources)?

Speak with your mentor teacher about implementing a math pre-assessment during Clinical Field Experience B. Inquire about the unit and standards that the classroom is learning in order to prepare your pre-assessment.

Submit your observation form and collaboration summary as one deliverable.

 
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