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Your reading critique will consist of two basic sections, plus the resources used (articles, books, web sites, etc

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1. Your reading critique will consist of two basic sections, plus the resources used (articles, books, web sites, etc.).
2. For this assignment, all aspects of APA format will be required: title page, main body of the paper with author citations, and reference page.

SECTION I

This section will include two parts:

1) a topic paragraph which contains a brief description of your topic and a couple of questions you will try to answer in the body of your paper and;

2) a one page outline which identifies three or four major areas of inquiry and points to consider within each. IF YOU ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH HOW TO CREATE AN OUTLINE, CHECK THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENT, WHICH PROVIDES INSTRUCTIONS.

How to Make an Outline

A few sample areas of questioning might be: 1) What is the main theme or theory? 2) How does the author define leadership? 3) In what situations can this theory be applied? 4) What is required to apply this theory? The purpose of this topic paragraph and the outline are to help you organize your thoughts and integrate your sources. Every part of the outline should be developed in your paper and sources should be cited. The topic paragraph you write for this section may be used as the introductory paragraph for the completed paper.

This section will be posted to a discussion page and shared with your peers. In this way, everyone is exposed to all ideas and theories.

SECTION II

This section will consist of your written research paper, covering the areas of inquiry listed in your outline in detail. In the conclusion of your paper apply what you learned in your research to the task of being an early childhood director; include a statement or two commenting on the relationship between what you learned and staff morale.

The paper itself should consist of 6-7 pages of expository text with a separate page of resources with two correctly formatted citations per page, giving proper credit to each author. See APA Format.doc download for information about author citations

SUGGESTIONS TO IMPROVE RESEARCH REPORT WRITING:

• Uses specific headings to identify each section and key idea
• Use your outline to write your paper.
• Separate different ideas by paragraphs
• Begin your report with a topic paragraph and end it with a concluding paragraph
• Main body of the paper contains at least two (2) author citations per page
• Final paragraph should serve to bring paper to appropriate closure
• For this paper, use APA documentation for citations, references and resources – Refer to APA Format.doc or The Little, Brown Essential Handbook by Jane E. Aaron for the correct format or go to http://www.apastyle.org/faqs.html (Links to an external site.) for information.
• Paper should be typed; content of paper (excluding resource page) will be at least 6-7 pages in length, with a 9-page maximum.
• Refer to the writing rubric at the end of this paper for specifics about evaluation and expectations.

Possible References

This is to be considered a beginning list only. Feel free to be creative in your selection of author, topic and theory; just be prepared to apply your topic to the task of being a director.

 

• The One Minute Manager, Kenneth Blanchard, Spencer Johnson
• Leadership and the One Minute Manager, Kenneth Blanchard, Patricia & Drea Zigarmi
• Situational Leadership, Kenneth Blanchard & Paul Hersey
• Heart of a Leader: Insights on the Art of Influence by Kenneth Blanchard
• Top Ten Mistakes Leaders Make, Hans Finzel
• The Respectful Leader:Seven Ways to Influence Without Intimidation, Gregg Ward
• Time Power by Brian Tracy
• Time Management from the Inside Out, Julie Morgenstern
• The Empowered Manager, Peter Block
• Visionary Director, Margie Carter, Deb Curtis
• Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Steven Covey
• Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, and Principle-Centered Leadership, Steven Covey
• Leadership for Everyone, Peter J. Dean, Ph.D.
• Primal Leadership, Daniel Goleman
• Emotional Intelligence 2.0 Travis Bradberry, Jean Greaves
• 9 Things a Leader Must Do, Dr. Henry Cloud
• On Being a Leader, Roger Neugebauer
• Management of Organizational Behavior: Leading Human Resources, Paul Hersey
• Who Moved My Cheese, Spencer Johnson
• Leadership Challenge, James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner
• Turn The Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders,, L. David Marquet & Stephen R, Covey
• Leadership 101, John C. Maxwell
• Leadership, Tom Peters
• How Full Is Your Bucket?, Tom Rath, Donald Clifton
• Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action, Simon Sinek
• Leaders Eat Last: Why Ssome Teams Pull Together and Others Don’t, Simon Sinek
• Learning To Lead: Effective Leadership Skills for Teachers of Young Children, Debra Ren-Etta Sullivan
• The Fifth Discipline: the art and practice of the learning organization, Peter Senge
• Why the Best Man for the Job is a Woman, Esther Wachs