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  • This resource provides information on the changing leadership structure from a pyramid to a network approach. The resource provides information on the concept of distributed leadership, which is a collaborative leadership practice.
  • This bibliography shares resources that promote equity practices. Some of the following concepts are covered: prioritizing equity by setting equity targets and goals, creating accountability measures for equity, and implementing and measuring equity programs.
  • Chien, N., Blasberg, A., Daneri, P., Halle, T., King, C., Zaslow, M., Fisher, K., & Dwyer, K. (2013). Conceptualizing and measuring collaboration in the context of early childhood care and education (Research brief OPRE 2013-29). Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE), Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Retrieved from https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/opre/collaborations_brief.pdf
  • This brief provides information about a study focusing on key collaboration components in the early care and education field. It presents a logic model that measures collaboration and explains its components. These components are brought to life through a collaboration example. Finally, it shares findings from a review of current measures of collaboration, provides key considerations for measurement, and presents areas for future research.
  • This guide shares leadership approaches and issues that are often in play during times of change. The guide covers the following topics: change management, teams and change, governance, decision-making, conflict resolution, public-private partnerships, and resources.
  • This toolkit includes information for administrators and their communities as they create strategies and measures to promote equity. The resource shares information about how to address the effects of a crisis within an organization. It also outlines interventions for and maintenance of an accepting culture.
  • This resource shares information about inspirational leadership at a state education agency. It outlines positive management practices and explains the behaviors and actions of inspirational leaders. This resource also includes tips, case studies, and guiding questions to make the ideas noticeable and significant for all types of situations.
  • This chapter provides information on governance work from 14 state leaders. The resource helps early childhood leaders and advocates recognize the influence governance has on services for children and families using examples from the Early Learning Challenge states.
  • This tool uses the framework from the Early Childhood Systems Working Group. It gives state and community leaders information about how to collaborate more in order to create early childhood systems that best meet the needs of children and families.
  • This brief includes information about elements of successful collaboration for building capacity. It uses examples of lessons learned from the Family Literacy Support Network in Los Angeles County. This network recognizes factors that support collaboration, which ultimately benefits children, families, and communities.
  • This article describes collective impact work. It supports leaders of collective impact initiatives by addressing how to start, align, and maintain such initiatives.
  • This book summary defines execution and how to achieve it. The summary shares how the book provides leaders with strategies for building execution in their organization through strategies, goals, and culture.
  • This article shares information about collective impact and the use of cross-sector collaboration to address social problems. The author shares five conditions of collective success, which are a common agenda, shared measurement systems, mutually reinforcing activities, continuous communication, and backbone support organizations.
  • This report is informed by a bipartisan framework that the State Policy and Research for Early Education Working Group designed to help state policymakers ensure that every child is prepared to learn. It offers strategies and policy options to help state leaders improve their state policy discussions as well as specific actions to take to ensure children’s school readiness.
  • This article shares a neuroscience-based model for successfully collaborating with and influencing others. It argues that neuroscience is relevant to our leadership practices because it clarifies which factors drive our behavior. Considering our neurobiology can help us better understand how we respond to challenges in our field.
  • This article outlines a systems leader’s main capabilities. It identifies the competencies needed to bring about collective leadership.

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