Leadership Credential Textbooks

You can order your Administrative Credential textbooks online, from a bookstore, check out at your local library or the Wisconsin Child Care Information Center.
 

Course 1: The Personal Disposition of a Leader

Leadership and the One Minute Manager by Ken Blanchard, Patricia Zigarmi, and Drea Zigarmi
New Edition, HarperCollins

Mind in the Making: The Seven Essential Life Skills Every Child Needs by Ellen Galinsky*
First Edition, HarperStudio

The Pause Principle: Step Back to Lead Forward by Kevin Cashman*
First Edition, Berrett-Koehler Publishers

You will also need to purchase a subscription to ChildCare Exchange. The two year subscription will provide access to Exchange Articles on Demand. These will be helpful for research assignments, as well as provide you with the Exchange Every Day newsletter.

*These books will be used in all four courses in this credential.

Course 2: Leading in Your Program

From Teaching to Thinking: A Pedagogy for Reimagining Our Work by A. Pelo and M. Carter
Exchange Press

Course 3: Leading in Your Community and the Field

Mind in the Making: The Seven Essential Life Skills Every Child Needs by Ellen Galinsky
First Edition, HarperStudio

Course 4: Leading for Change

Leading for Change in Early Care and Education: Cultivating Leadership from Within by A.L. Douglas
Teachers College Press