Expect the Unexpected

10/27/2008

There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.
Khalil Gibran

In her Exchange article, "Straight from the Field: Reflections on the Director's Job," Jo-Ann Spence discusses what new center directors may expect to encounter such as...

"The first and perhaps most important thing to remember is that THINGS WILL HAPPEN! The mix of parents, teachers, children, regulations, building problems, and so on is so complex and filled with so many elements out of your control that things happening — good and/or bad — is a given. I know a director who quit her job for that very reason — being judged on things out of her control.

"Expect to be a fire chief fighting fires! Things just happen AND overtime won’t help! At first, you will be tempted to think you can control these happenings by working more hours, doing more yourself, being nicer (harder, more understanding, and so on) to everybody, or some combination of the above. None of this will work. Things will still happen. So, take your vacation and go home as close to your time as you can. A rested director can handle these things better than a stressed, tired one."

A Tool Kit for Managers

Exchange has packaged six of its practical management resources into a single “Center 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 Tool Kit for only $112. Resources in the kit include:

The Art of Leadership: Managing Early Childhood Organizations
Managing Money: A Center Director’s Guidebook
Beginnings Workshops Book #8 - Professionalism
250 Management Success Stories from Child Care Directors
Developing Capable, Creative Teachers CD Book
Leading People in Early Childhood Settings CD Book

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