Early education program administrators are charged with recruiting, supervising, serving students and staff, and enlisting community support. Whether you are beginning a new program or school year this entails assembling volumes of records. There are numerous forms to be adopted and this toolkit will make your job easier. It provides every tool needed to plan and administer a program that promotes optimal development in each stakeholder. The forms comply with current federal and state rules and regulations, in addition to the National Health and Safety Standards of the American Academy of...

The Classroom Management Strategy Toolbox includes more than twenty-five proactive and practical strategies that prevent classroom management problems whenever possible. Althea shares proven practices that have worked for her as a teacher over the past thirty years. The strategies support social and emotional development and encourage positive guidance in early education settings. The teacher is equipped to create and maintain a supportive environment in which children can begin to learn and practice appropriate and acceptable behaviors.

Bullies are noisy, bossy, rude, threatening, or annoying people that lack courage and respect for themselves and others. They hurt or harm others emotionally or physically. Bullying is a form of behavior that causes conflict. The behavior can be obvious (e.g. fighting, hitting, or name calling) or it can be sneaky (e.g. excluding someone from the group, whispering or posting something online about them). The Bible has many examples of people that handled conflict well. I hope these strategies will help you to respond to bullies the way Jesus and other Bible characters did. You can read my...