Links to Other Leadership Resources

Leaders don't force people to follow - they invite them on a journey.

Charles S. Lauer

The Art and Science of Leadership - Includes a leadership guide for supervisors, managers, leads, and anyone wishing to move up through the ranks as a leader. The first chapter, Concepts of Leadership, provides a basic background on leadership, while the following chapters provide the skills and knowledge needed to implement effective leadership.

Emerging Leaders - Children's Defense Fund Leadership Project for Early Childhood Development - The Children's Defense Fund Emerging Leadersª Project brings together early care and education advocates and provides them training, resources, networking, and technical assistance. The Project enhances fellows' leadership and advocacy skills and fosters new strategies for improving child care, early education, and school-age policies.

Early Childhood Program Development - Programs, Challenges, and Lessons learned, developed by Marsha Munn, National Smart Start Technical Assistance Center.

Early Childhood Leadership Directions (ECLD) is a model demonstration project of national significance funded by the United States Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs. This project is housed at the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences at Oregon State University.

The Forum for Early Childhood Organization and Leadership Development, whose mission is to increase leadership, management and organization capacity of current and emerging early learning and care leaders in the six state Midwest region.

The McCormick Tribune Center for Early Childhood Leadership - Dedicated to enhancing the management skills, professional orientation, and leadership capacity of early childhood administrators. The activities of the center encompass fours areas: training, technical assistance, research, and public awareness.

Steps to Success Early Literacy Mentoring Program- Head Start Steps to Success or text version

NAEYC Leadership program - The National Leadership Program is a component of Supporting Teachers, Strengthening Families, NAEYC's Doris Duke Charitable FoundationÑfunded initiative to engage the early childhood community in preventing child abuse and neglect and promoting children's healthy social and emotional development.

Wheelock College Leadership and Policy in Early Care and Education Graduate program

Articles on Leadership and Mentoring - compiled by the National Association for the Education of Young Children.

Transforming your Leadership (article) A reflective exercise on seven common traps that impede our effectiveness, and a process of inquiry that enables managers to bring about more effective action

Leadership Self-assessment - From the National School Board Association

Leadership and Team Assessment - From National Aeronautic & Space Administration Leadership site.

Research & Policy Publications

The Early Care & Education Workforce: At the Fulcrum

NC Early Childhood Needs and Resources Assessment

Roots of Decline

Losing Ground

Core Knowledge for PK-3 Teaching

A national scan of early childhood distance learning
compiled by the Center for Child Care Workforce

NCICCC Professional Education Committee

What Do Personnel Need to Know?

Professional Education Priorities for Personnel Serving North Carolina's Young Children