Graceful Leadership in Early Childhood Education - by Ann McClain Terrell (Paperback)

About the Book

Nationally renowned early childhood education leader Ann McClain Terrell shares her professional journey and the lessons she's learned.

Book Synopsis

Graceful Leadership in Early Childhood Education is a book to turn to when there is a challenge that needs tackling, when you need a boost of inspiration, or when you just want to reflect on your own journey.

Ann shares a graceful approach to being a more capable and effective leader in the field of early childhood. Told in a narrative, inspirational, and practical way this book shares the values that the author has and has been able to hold onto in order to be successful. It shares how one woman maintained her grace and quiet dignity while on her leadership journey and overcame the challenges and hurdles that she faced. This is not a theoretical book but rather one that shows how theory/personal experience can be used and put into action.

Review Quotes

"This is a stunningly brilliant book. Ann weaves a personal, poignant, and beautiful story that exudes the authentic grace that is her approach to leadership. Whether you are a practitioner, administrator, or advocate who is starting your career or in retirement, read this book so you don't miss the opportunity to be moved and motivated by Ann's work." --Rhian Evans Allvin, CEO, National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)

"In her signature style, Ann gives the ingredients necessary for graceful leadership. Always listening, learning, and serving, a leader knows that great things happen in service to others. There's no chance that you forget this leadership truth after reading Ann's thoughts, which are graceful indeed!" --Vincent J. Costanza, superintendent in residence, Teaching Strategies, LLC

"Lord, how I love this book! Ann's words soothe my heart, restore my faith, and remind me of what matters." --Holly Elissa Bruno, keynoter, radio host, and author of The Comfort of Little Things

"Ann McClain Terrell's Graceful Leadership in Early Childhood Education is a spiritual, autobiographical homage to all the women on whose shoulders she stands--those who have inspired her to develop grit, vision and tenacity and the wisdom to lead with grace, courage, and commitment. This book is a must-read for those who want to be inspired to lead and inspire others." --Maurice Sykes, executive director, Early Childhood Leadership Institute and author of Doing the Right Thing for Children: Eight Qualities of Leadership

About the Author

Ann McClain Terrell is the Director of the Milwaukee Public Schools Foundation. She was formerly the Director of Innovation and the Director of Early Childhood Education for Milwaukee Public Schools. She holds a master of science degree in educational leadership from Cardinal Stritch University, and a master of science degree in cultural foundations of education from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Ann received the Black Women's Network Legacy of Leadership in Education Award 2008; the National Black Child Development Institute-Milwaukee Affiliate Early Childhood Recognition Award 2007; and the Community Braining Storming Conference Children's Advocacy Award 2004. She was selected as a 2000 Children's Defense Funds Early Childhood Leadership Fellow and was recently nominated for the Wisconsin Association of School District Administrators Bert Grover Advocacy Award.