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Every early care and education program deserves a qualified and competent supervisor. This pioneering text continues to address the special needs of administrators and staff to help them expand and improve their supervisory skills. The first to provide guidelines and practical suggestions for staff training and development in early childhood settings, this classic volume is still the best choice for those supervising staff from a wide variety of educational and cult… More >>
Supervision in Early Childhood Education: A Developmental Perspective
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#1 by Tia A. Tiraterra on May 6, 2010 - 12:07 pm
I ordered this product for a college class, it was the required text. When I selected the item I noticed that I would qualify for free shipping if I purchased another book. I did, the shipping said that I should expect to receive my book within 5-9 days. After 8 days my shipment had not even left the seller. I switched and paid for my shipment, at which time I was notified that I would be waiting another 3-5 days. I believe I received my shipment on the 5th day (which was a saturday, at a closed rural post office). Missed the first week’s worth of assignments in my class, paid for shipping that should have been free and bought another book, that I didn’t need only got for the free shipping. I was really frustrated with this purchase and it will be a long time before I purchase anything from Amazon!
Rating: 4 / 5
#2 by Mary Lu Love on May 6, 2010 - 2:13 pm
Reading this book encouraged me as a supervisor to reflect on my practice, and is a helpful tool to improve supervisory skills, in turn improving the effectiveness of teachers.
In the first section, there is a discussion of the `Myths of Supervision.’ Many of the myths encouraged me to confront my images of what the `ideal supervisor’ should be. The book then looks at a developmental perspective of supervision. I learned that just as with children, doing the same for each teacher, is necessarily not the best practice. The book helped me to think about how such things as age, experience, and education play into the employee’s expectation of their supervisor helping to define the relationship.
The dance between supervisor and supervisee as describe in this book helped me to reach new depths in my search for continuous improvement. As a supervisor, I have become more mindful of my supervisory practice. As I implement supervisory changes, I have encouraged teachers to truly become `Reflective Practitioners.’
One of the great lessons learned from this book is the similarity between best practices with children and best practice as a supervisor. This parallel awareness helped me to understand that supervisors who help teachers maximize their potential will focus on: the relationship, allow teachers to learn from mistakes, ask pivotal questions to deepen understanding of topics they are exploring.
I recommend this book to Early Childhood professionals, who have supervisory responsibility, including: Principals, Head Start Managers, Child Care Directors and Head Teachers who may supervise. Many of us assumed these roles without formal training, yet this book will give us things to implement and much to think about.
Mary Lu Love, mllove@mediaone.net
Rating: 5 / 5