What You Need to Lead an Early Childhood Program: Emotional Intelligence in Practice

Early childhood directors manage through relationships. What You Need to Lead an Early Childhood Program guides a director through the steps to build respectful, dynamic, and welcoming relationships with families and staff. This important book covers all traditional early childhood administration topics, from financial management to marketing and development, while also recognizing and exploring the human side of management and the critical role of emotional intelligence in effective leadership.

Author: Holly Elissa Bruno
Publisher: National Association for the Education of You
Published: 03/01/2012
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 9.90h x 7.90w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9781928896807
ISBN10: 1928896804
BISAC Categories:
- Education | Schools | Levels | Early Childhood (Incl. Preschool & Kinder
- Education | Administration | General
- Education | Teacher & Student Mentoring

About the Author
Holly Elissa Bruno, MA, JD, attorney and keynote speaker, hosts the online radio program Heart to Heart Conversations on Leadership: Your Guide to Making a Difference on bamradionetwork.com. She teaches graduate leadership and law courses at Wheelock College and National Louis University's McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership. Having served as assistant attorney general for the state of Maine, assistant dean at the University of Maine School of Law, and dean of faculty and associate professor at University of Maine-Augusta (UMA), she was named UMA's Outstanding Professor. Holly Elissa's keynotes engage and inspire audiences from Reykjavik, Iceland, to Budapest, Hungary, and from Honolulu, Hawaii, to Anchorage, Miami, Chicago, Austin, San Diego, Tulsa, and Spearfish, South Dakota. She believes early childhood leadership is one of the most powerful positions anyone can hold.