Prior to beginning work on this assignment, review the web page Early Learning Program Accreditation Standards & Assessment Items (Links to an external site.) with particular attention to Standard 10: Leadership and Management. For this assignment you will be creating a presentation using either PowerPoint For assistance, view How to make a PowerPoint Presentation (Links to an external site.).

Early childhood administrators need to be well-versed in standards set by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). Having comprehensive knowledge of these standards will help to ensure a quality early childhood program.

Rationale:

Excellent programming requires effective governance structures, competent and knowledgeable leadership, as well as comprehensive and well-functioning administrative policies, procedures, and systems. Effective leadership and management create the environment for high-quality care and education by

• Ensuring compliance with relevant regulations and guidelines;
• Promoting fiscal soundness, program accountability, effective communication, helpful consultative services, positive community relations, and comfortable and supportive workplaces;
• Maintaining stable staff; and
• Instituting ongoing program planning and career development opportunities for staff as well as continuous program improvement.

Application:

You are the director of your own childcare center. Using Standard 10 in Early Learning Program Accreditation Standards & Assessment Items (Links to an external site.) as a guide, create an eight- ten slide PowerPoint presentation to share with your staff, demonstrating the following NAEYC points:

• Effective communication
  • Explain how you will effectively communicate with your staff.
  • Create a protocol for how you will communicate with them, and how you want them to communicate with you.
  • Describe what role you will play in family communication and your expectations for their family communication.
• Comfortable and supportive workplaces
  • Describe how you will create a comfortable and supportive workplace for your staff.
  • Develop a plan that addresses how you will overcome potential challenges you may face.
  • Explain specifically what you envision a comfortable and supportive workplace for your staff including.
• Career development opportunities for staff
  • Discuss how you will create professional development opportunities for your staff.
  • Plan a 10-month calendar of professional development opportunities that you feel are important for your staff. Visit this web page for helpful Calendar Templates (Links to an external site.).
• Hiring and retention
  • Explain how you will attract and retain quality staff members.
  • Develop a plan of specifically how you will support the following:
    • new staff
    • veteran staff
    • staff that need additional support

Your eight- to 10-slide PowerPoint presentation (in addition to your title and reference slides) should

• Creatively address the material including graphics, visuals, charts, graphs, or sound;
• Be designed to clearly and concisely address the material;
• Be formatted according to APA style, including the title slide, reference slide, and in-text citations;
• Utilize the notes section of the PowerPoint to expand on the presented points. These notes would be your talking points when presenting this to your staff; and
• Use at least one source in addition to the course text.

The Leadership and Management Presentation

• Must be eight to 10 double-spaced slides in length (not including title and references slides) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s How to Make a PowerPoint Presentation (Links to an external site.)
• Must include a separate title slide with the following:
  • Title of presentation
  • Student’s name
  • Course name and number
  • Instructor’s name
  • Date submitted
• Must use at least one sources in addition to the course text.