Reflective Practice and Program Development

Effective leaders of infant-family programs create relationships characterized by trust, support, and growth among professional colleagues, parents, and children.

These relationships profoundly affect the quality of services provided by infant-family programs. Reflective leadership is characterized by self-awareness, careful and continuous observation, and respectful, flexible responses that result in reflective and relationship-based programs.

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Reflective Practice and Supervision

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Resources on Reflective Practice

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Reflective Practice for Early Childhood Professionals: A Daily Checklist

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Buzzwords Explained: Reflective Practice

Reflective practice is a tool that invites us to pause and slow down to become aware of thoughts, feelings and reactions that arise in everyday interactions.
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Reflective Practice and Program Development

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Respect, Reflect, Relate: Guiding Principles to Enhance Relationships

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Honoring Race and Diversity in Reflective Supervision: Guiding Principles to Enhance Relationships

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Reflective Practice and Reflective Supervision

Explore the components of reflective supervision, learn key skills associated with reflective practice and explore strategies for providing responsive versus reactive responses in practice.
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Vol 37 No 2 – Measuring and Building Reflective Capacity

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PLAN Sheet: Cultural Influences on Early Language and Literacy Teaching Practices

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Vol 31 No 2 Putting Reflective Supervision Into Practice
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Vol 31 No 2 – Putting Reflective Supervision Into Practice

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What is Reflective Leadership?

Leadership takes place in the context of relationships, and quality relationships are crucial to good outcomes.
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Area Cooperative Educational Services Middlesex County Early Head Start staff members: (from left to right) Kolby Bowen, system program specialist; Dionne Lowndes, maternal child health manager; Jennifer Cronin, home visitor; Rommy Nelson, ERSEA assistant; Sherri O’Shea, mental health professional; Heather Haouchine, home visitor; Sharon Redmann, quality assurance consultant; Melinda Moore, home visitor; Rebecca Cuevas, program coordinator; Taneone Hurlburt, data clerk; and Cindy Smernoff, education manager

Three Building Blocks of Reflective Supervision for Early Childhood Professionals

Reflective supervision promotes and supports the development of a relationship-based organization.
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