San Antonio College Library

This unique guidebook is designed for community college and university level students enrolled in administration and supervision courses and professionals in the field of education who are interested in planning, implementing and evaluating a successful mentor/coach-protégé program for an early care and education staff. The text is aligned to educational initiatives and ""Good Start, Grow Smart"", and includes such topics as leadership; communication;...

"In Mentoring Early Childhood Educators, Carol Hillman shares an innovative, collaborative supervisory model that gives preservice and novice teachers the opportunity to discover what real classroom look and feel like while they develop the skills and thoughtfulness to work through both everyday issues and the more difficult problems of practice. From your first meeting with a new teacher to end-of-year goodbyes, Hillman's program supports quality...

"The key to observing children, state authors Deb Curtis and Margie Carter in The Art of Awareness, is using observation as more than just a teaching technique. Observing children closely provides a new way of thinking about learning and teaching, a way of making children visible as they are, not just as we want them to be. Observant teachers will find more than techniques for watching or taking notes about children--they will discover a different...

The world can be a confusing, frightening place to young children. More than ever, early childhood educators need accurate information and practical guidance for helping children and families who have experienced trauma. Following a healing-centered approach to working with children ages 3-6, this book provides an understanding of what trauma is, what causes it, and its potential effects on the brain and learning; why your relationships with children...