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Descriptive Feedback
November 22, 2010
How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these.
-George Washington Carver, 1864-1943, agricultural scientist and inventor
-George Washington Carver, 1864-1943, agricultural scientist and inventor
"In describing an event, a director reports an event to a teacher exactly as it occurred. A judgment of this event, however, refers to an evaluation in terms of good or bad, right or wrong, nice or not nice. Feedback, which appears evaluative, increases defensiveness. It can readily be seen how teachers react defensively to judgments that are negative or critical. But it is often believed that positive judgments — praise — can be very effective as a motivational and learning tool. However, studies have shown that the use of praise has little long-term impact on employees' performance. Often, praise arouses defensiveness rather than dispelling it. Parents, teachers, and supervisors so often 'sugarcoat' criticism with praise ('You had a great lesson today, but ...') that when we are praised, we automatically get ready for the shock, for the reproof."
Exchange has packaged six of its practical management resources into a single “Manager’s Tool Kit” and is offering the entire set at a 33% discount. Separately, these resources would cost $175, but we are offering the entire Manager’s Tool Kit for only $112. Resources in the kit include:- Taking Stock: Tools and Strategies for Evaluating Programs, Directors, Teachers and Children CD Book
- The Bottom Line for Children's Programs: What You Need to Know to Manage Your Money
- Managing Money: A Center Director’s Guidebook
- Not Just Small Change: Fund Development for Early Childhood Programs
- Basic Techniques for Securing Enrollment: Updated Edition! Four Audio CDs
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