The Visionary Director: Going for Bigger Dreams.
Many directors point to NAEYC Accreditation, Head Start Performance Standards, the Creative Curriculum, or their High/Scope program as their vision. To be sure, I have great respect for these guideposts and have used such things for many years in my own work. But as I begin to look around at the actual classrooms following these standards, and when I assess the focus of curriculum and interactions between the staff, children, and families, my heart sinks. Somehow the idea of a vision for a program has been reduced to a set of goals, standards, and regulations; lots of paperwork, checklists, and little boxes to be filled out.
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