Technical Assistance
Develop expertise. The McCormick Institute’s Center for Early Childhood Leadership works with individuals, organizations, and state agencies to develop informed and experienced trainers, coaches, mentors, technical assistance specialists, and organizational consultants interested in supporting early childhood administrators' whole leadership development.
The Director’s Toolbox Management Series, Training-for-Trainers
The McCormick Institute works with organizations and state agencies to support the development of trainers on early childhood leadership content. The Director’s Toolbox Management series includes seven books and Trainer’s Guides on important and timely early childhood program administration topics. We offer a full-day training on each book.
Presentations and Workshops
Focus your coaching and mentoring skills. These professional learning experiences will keep you on top of the latest research, abreast of best practices, and innovative in your delivery techniques. Sample topics include:
Supporting Directors as the Gatekeepers to Quality
Saying It in Writing:
Helping Directors Improve and Organize Documentation
The Next Step: How to Help Administrators and Staff Interpret ECWES Results and Move Forward
Not All Directors Are the Same:
Tailoring Coaching Based on Director Developmental Stage
PAS-3 Transformative TA Institute
Strategies and Tools for Supporting Providers with The Program Administration Scale (PAS-3). Topics include:
Widening The Lens:
Widening The Lens: An Introduction to the Program Administrations Scale-3
Assessment of early childhood program quality is generally associated with indicators of the classroom learning environment. Little attention has been given to the quality of overall administration of the program. The session will provide a rationale for viewing quality from a broader perspective. Participants will be introduced to the Program Administration Scale (PAS), 3rd edition which measures the quality of management and leadership practices in a program. Participants will learn how to score the instrument as well as strategies for using the tool as a resource for improving administrative practices. Examples of how center directors can use the PAS to enhance program effectiveness will be presented. Participants will also learn how to incorporate the tool into action plans.
Can You Hear Me Now?
Improving Communication with the PAS and BPA
Improving Communication with the PAS and BPA
Frustrations arise when program staff feel unseen and unheard. A dedicated focus on personal communication styles, internal communication habits, and strengths-based development work together to ease frustrations and improve relationships. Participants will learn strategies to reflect on their own communication preference and behaviors and concrete ways to incorporate more strength-based practices into the programs they lead.
Dancing with Data:
Using Numbers to Inform Your Next Steps
You can’t improve what you don’t measure. Continuous quality improvement involves data collection, decision making, and reflective change. But making sense of data can sometimes be overwhelming. Participants will explore a variety of formal and informal evaluation tools, discuss how to use data to make data-informed decisions for improvement, and how to work with staff to create lasting change.
