Both Discussions is due on Thursday Both should be 1 page or an half of page Ashford 3: - Week 2 - Discussion 1 Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses. Reference the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated. Administrator Competencies The NAEYC document, Program Administrator Definition and Competencies, states that “the core competencies needed for effective early childhood program administration fall into two broad categories: management knowledge and skills and early childhood knowledge and skills. These are not discrete categories; they overlap conceptually and practically” (National Association for the Education of Young Children, 2007). Focusing on that last sentence, “they overlap conceptually and practically,” identify one of the given skills from each of the two broad categories. Briefly summarize your choices. Present an example, scenario, or case study that demonstrates how your chosen management knowledge and skill might overlap on a conceptual and practical level with your chosen early childhood knowledge and skill. Guided Response: Review several of your classmates’ posts and analyze their chosen skills and how they overlap. Respond to at least two of your classmates who selected different skills than your own selections, and provide recommendations to extend their thinking by offering an additional example, scenario, or case study. Challenge your classmates by asking a question that may cause them to reevaluate or add components to the examples that they gave. Assignment is due on Monday Assignment should be 3 pages no errors Ashford 3: - Week 2 - Discussion 2 Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses. Reference the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated. Paths to Leadership Getting started as a new leader means making practical choices, while being uplifted by your dream. Winston Churchill, who led Great Britain through the perils of a world war, advised: “The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” Considering all the pathways to leadership, what was or is likely to be your pathway? Describe what was or is most (a) challenging, (b) encouraging, and (c) special about your process. Select and summarize one of the following paths to leadership: inside, outside, “Founder’s Syndrome” or becoming the director of a family organization, and describe how it aligns to your own pathway. Referencing the NAEYC’s Code of Ethical Conduct: Supplement for Early Childhood Adult Educators, identify a possible s ...