3. •Syllabus
• Evaluation
• Student’s Grade will be based on:
• Portfolio – 80%
• We will be completing level I
• Homework – 10%
• Reading assignments will be made from the
textbook and outside articles assigned
• Participation – 10%
• Will be divided into 6 sections
4. •Syllabus
• Attendance Policy
• Students are expected to be present and arrive on time
• Credential requires a certain amount of hours
• Only allowed to miss 3 classes
• Any more student must contact the instructor
5. •Discussion Boards
• In this course you will have weekly discussion
questions that correspond with the topic. Each person
is responsible for completing the discussion questions
each week.
• Once you have submitted your initial post, then you
must respond to two (2) individuals responses.
• Failure to complete weekly discussion questions will
impact your overall participation grade.
• Discussion questions CANNOT be made up.
6. •Portfolio Assignments and Group Work
• Each person will be assigned to a group in which you will work
together to complete your portfolio assignments. Groups will
be selected by the instructor.
• Portfolio assignments MUST be submitted via Blackboard. Each
portfolio assignment will be reviewed and suggestions made if
necessary.
• Each portfolio assignment will be graded individually and will
count as part of the 80% of the final portfolio.
• No late portfolio assignments will be submitted with prior
approval from the instructor.
12. •Leadership
What is hard about being a new director?
Getting respect Time management
Getting into routine Making changes
Being firm w/Parents Filling another
and staff director’s shoes
Learning your staff Being accepted by
Learning Parents & staff & families
Children Building on some else’s
Learning your role foundation
14. •Leadership
What is burnout?
Ready to quit No time for staff
Fed up Elevated stress levels
Memory Loss Job consuming life
Not being able to cope Job has lost it’s “sizzle”
w/situation Lack of delegation
Moody Trying to do it all yourself
Over worked Performance suffering
No time off – long hours
16. •Leadership
How does a director recover from burnout?
• Quit
• Change fields
• Vacation
• Take a day off
• Delegate responsibility
• “Clean House”
• Take “Sanity Breaks”
• Therapy
• Vent to friends
17. •Leadership
Small and Class Discussions
• Small Group Discussion
• Five suggestions for becoming a more
• effective leader
• Five suggestions for becoming a more
• effective communicator
• Whole Class Discussion
• Discuss findings
18. •Handouts
• Definitions of Manager and Leader
• Roles Leader Play
• Self-Portrait
• Xvxry Pxrson is Important
• Staff Motivation Ideas
20. •Homework
• Read and Summarize Chapter 1 of
your text book
• Complete Week 1 Discussion Question
• Portfolio Assignment: Leadership
Level I, Letter B & C.