Chapter 1: The Working Director

Chapter 1: The Working Director

TRUE/FALSE

• A successful director will know about either early childhood education or business practices.

ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Difficult

• Children on the waiting list of a center are not the responsibility of the director.

ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Easy

• The NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct and the Statement of Commitment helps educators deal with

ethical dilemmas and issues.

ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Easy

• Effective directors possess both leadership and management skills.

ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Easy

• Effective directors are committed to the belief that parent satisfaction is their only responsibility.

ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate

• If several center directors compared job responsibilities, they would discover many differences in their

work tasks and duties.

ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate

• Successful directors look to the staff for ideas, initiative, and implementation of their centers’ programs.

ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate

• The laissez-faire managerial style is most effective when a majority of the staff is inexperienced.

ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Difficult

• Due to the conflicting roles many directors must assume, effective directors find others to promote the

center out in the community.

ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Difficult

• Most communities want directors who are active participants in their affairs and events.

ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Difficult

• Effective directors routinely put in 60 and 70 hour weeks to ensure their centers are operating smoothly.

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ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate

• If a director or staff member follows the steps of conflict resolution, a solution will always present itself.

ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate

• Generally, board members make policy and the job of the director is to create procedures for

implementing those policies.

ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate

• According to the text, development of a “time line” falls under the category of Analyzing Use of Time.

ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Difficult

• Most new directors usually have specialized training and are well prepared for their administrative roles.

ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate

MULTIPLE CHOICE

• A staff-oriented director ____.
• avoids going into classrooms since teachers are in charge there
• visits each classroom briefly each day
• visits the classroom when there is nothing else to do
• goes to a classroom only when there is a crisis

ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate

• A staff-oriented director ____.
• understands that events in staff members’ personal lives are of no concern at the center
• never mentions anything about her own family
• remembers and relates to events and incidents that are important to staff
• really doesn’t have time to talk to staff

ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate

• Directors ____.
• may be teachers also
• should not be teachers
• never have responsibility for more than one center
• are only responsible to the board of directors or the corporate system

ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate

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• A director may be ____.
• the owner of the center
• responsible to a public school principal
• responsible to a corporate system
• all of these answers

ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate

• The director’s role requires knowledge and skills in ____.
• early childhood education and child development
• business practices
• elementary teaching
• both A and B

ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Easy

• The curriculum leader is ____.
• each teacher
• whichever teacher has most knowledge about curriculum
• whichever teacher has most interest in curriculum
• the director

ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate

• Academic standards for preschoolers ____.
• should be addressed throughout the year in each preschool classroom
• should be ignored because the children are too young for academic standards
• should be a primary focus at least once a week
• should be used only if children are having trouble learning and achieving

ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate

• A commercially written curriculum that provides a plan and activities for each day of the

year ____.

• ensures that children will learn all the necessary skills, even those that the individual

center may neglect.

• should be purchased because they save teachers a great deal of work
• should not be purchased because they have not been designed and written to meet

children’s individual needs and cultural backgrounds

• should not be purchased because they have not been approved by the government

ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Difficult

• When an appropriate curriculum is in place ____.
• academic goals are not addressed
• children are on task although they may not be actively involved
• children are actively engaged in learning through play and meaningful experiences
• all children are guaranteed to learn the same thing at the same time

ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate

• Directors must assume responsibility for ____. 3 / 4

• ensuring that staff are properly prepared to develop lesson plans for their own classroom
• writing curriculum for each classroom
• writing curriculum for each child
• underperforming students

ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate

• An effective curriculum should reflect ___.
• the center’s mission and goals
• children’s cultural and family backgrounds
• NAEYC’s best practices and be research based
• all of these answers

ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Difficult

• The main difference between a teacher and a director when it comes to being a child advocate lies in
• their devotion to the children they work with
• their dedication to improving the lives of the children they work with
• the compensation they receive for being a child advocate
• the ability of the director to have an impact on a broader scale, such as out in the

community.

ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate

• A center’s policies and procedures manual should contain ___.
• a strategic plan for the next three years
• a general overview of the children’s guidance and discipline policies
• information about the program’s operations, such as the enrollment process, materials

acquisition procedures, center’s by-laws, job descriptions, philosophy, and funding

• a detailed list of every possible situation that may occur at the center

ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Difficult

• A policy is ___.
• a series of steps to be followed to implement procedures
• a document that spells out the rights of children and staff members
• a course of action that guides future decisions
• all of the above

ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Difficult

• A procedure is ___.
• a series of steps to be followed to implement policy
• a document that spells out how to handle children who have challenging behaviors
• a course of action that guides future decisions
• none of these answers

ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Difficult

• Decisions about policies and procedures are not made by ____.
• the director and/or board of directors
• the center’s parents and/or community members
• the school corporation
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