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 cultural backgrounds. In this twentieth anniversary edition, updated to reflect the many changes that have
taken place in the field, you'll find:
A new chapter on career ladders/lattices.
A new chapter on staff selection, recruitment, and orientation.
Promising staff development and evaluation practices that emphasize staff learning and reflection.
Continued attention to issues of diversity.
Relevant NAEYC accreditation criteria at the end of selected chapters.
Emphasis on the development of supervisors, as well as staff members.
A focus on collaborative relationships and dialogue
Table of Contents
The supervisory context
Myths about supervision
p. 3
Early childhood programs : implications for supervision
p. 10
Supervisors and staff : roles and responsibilities
p. 30
A developmental perspective
Caring, knowing, and imagining
p. 47
The developmental dynamic
p. 56
Supervisor development
p. 78
Supervisee development
p. 92
The developmental dynamic at work : a case study in supervision
p. 102
A framework for supervision
Clinical supervision
p. 109
The supervisory conference
p. 113
Observation and analysis
p. 135
Special issues affecting early childhood supervision
p. 156
Staff recruitment, development, and evaluation : a continuum
The carer ladder/lattice : a framework for staff recruitment, development, and evaluation
p. 175
Staff recruitment, selection, and orientation
p. 183
Staff development and learning
p. 192
Staff evaluation and learning
p. 214
Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved.
