The Visionary Director: A Handbook for Dreaming, Organizing, and Improvising in Your Center

The Visionary Director: A Handbook for Dreaming, Organizing, and Improvising in Your Center by Curtis, Deb. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781884834554.

An inspiring and practical guide to creating a larger vision in early child care, this popular professional development tool has been thoroughly revised and offers a concrete framework for organizing an early childhood center directors ideas and work. Updated and expanded, it reflects new requirements and initiatives for center directors and addresses topics including cultivating a vision, developing "systems thinking" for management roles, implementing principles and strategies for mentoring, building a learning community for adults and children, and bringing visions to life. The Visionary Director provides directors with information to perform their jobs with motivation and creativity.