Overview
Early childhood educators are skilled in supporting and promoting children’s friendships. But adult professional friendships, sometimes known as critical friendships, are also integral to early childhood education, giving educators daily support and collaboration, nurturing their professional and pedagogical growth, and—not to be discounted—making the job fun! Enhance your joy and practice as an early childhood educator through professional friendships.
This book is an invitation for you to:
- Reflect on the big ideas of professional friendships.
- Consider how to apply the theories of professional friendship to practice.
- Articulate what you value in a professional friend.
- Focus on yourself to describe your own identity.
- Communicate the expectations that you have for your professional friends in your current and potential relationships.
This book title, Cultivating Professional Friendships in Early Childhood Education, ISBN: 9781605547961, by Diane Kashin, published by Redleaf Press (December 19, 2023) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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