Discussion 1
Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses. Reference the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated.
Administrator Competencies
The NAEYC document, Program Administrator Definition and Competencies, states that "the core competencies needed for effective early childhood program administration fall into two broad categories: management knowledge and skills and early childhood knowledge and skills. These are not discrete categories; they overlap conceptually and practically" (National Association for the Education of Young Children, 2007).
Focusing on that last sentence, "they overlap conceptually and practically," identify one of the given skills from each of the two broad categories. Briefly summarize your choices. Present an example, scenario, or case study that demonstrates how your chosen management knowledge and skill might overlap on a conceptual and practical level with your chosen early childhood knowledge and skill.
Guided Response: Review several of your classmates' posts and analyze their chosen skills and how they overlap. Respond to at least two of your classmates who selected different skills than your own selections, and provide recommendations to extend their thinking by offering an additional example, scenario, or case study. Challenge your classmates by asking a question that may cause them to reevaluate or add components to the examples that they gave.
Assignment should be 3 pages no errors
Ashford 3: Discussion 2
Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses. Reference the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated.
Paths to Leadership
Getting started as a new leader means making practical choices, while being uplifted by your dream. Winston Churchill, who led Great Britain through the perils of a world war, advised: "The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." Considering all the pathways to leadership, what was or is likely to be your pathway? Describe what was or is most (a) challenging, (b) encouraging, and (c) special about your process.
Select and summarize one of the following paths to leadership: inside, outside, "Founder's Syndrome" or becoming the director of a family organization, and describe how it aligns to your own pathway. Referencing the NAEYC's Code of Ethical Conduct: Supplement for Early Childhood Adult Educators, identify a possible solution for any challenges or difficulties that you have encountered or may encounter on your path to leadership.
Guided Response: Review several of your classmates' posts and analyze their pathways to leadership. Respond to at least two of your classmates who selected different paths than your own, and share alternative solutions to their challenges or difficulties. How might you handle their given situations differently from what they have proposed?
Ashford 3:- Assignment
Job Description
According to the Childcare Law Center's booklet, "Employing People with Disabilities" (1996) referenced in this week's readings in your text, an essential function is defined as "the tasks and duties that describe the job, but only those that are essential to the job" (as cited in Bruno, 2009). In addition, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) also ensure that people with disabilities have equal access to employment. Review the "Facts about the Americans With Disabilities Act" from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
In preparation for the job fair presentation you will submit for your Final Project in Week Five, you will create a job description for a teaching position at your early childhood development center and write an analysis of the job description.
Part One: Job Description
Within your job description, include the following information in a format that simulates an actual ad or job posting:
a. Describe the job title and targeted student population (e.g., lead toddler teacher)
b. Discuss the essential functions of the position to include at least five tasks the applicant should be able to complete
c. Summarize your center's overall philosophy and environment (think in terms of the mission statement that you developed in Week One)
Part Two: Analysis of Job Description (one to two pages)
a. Analyze how your job description meets the criteria established by the Childcare Law Center and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Remember that you are analyzing the job description with regard to potential employees who have disabilities (not children with disabilities).
Your paper must be two to three pages (excluding title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. Cite at least one source in addition to your course text and the NAEYC Standards for Early Childhood Professional Preparation Programs.