In Event: Marriott Roundtable Session 1

SIG-Early Education and Child Development

Avoiding the "Touchy-Feely" Words: An Examination of State Early Childhood Education Leaders' Code-Switching Behavior With Elementary Colleagues - Kaitlin Northey, The University of Vermont

Leaders as Change Agents: A Theory of Change for Early Care and Education Quality Improvement - Anne Douglass, University of Massachusetts - Boston; Gretchen Kirby, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc; Lizabeth M. Malone, Mathematica Policy Research

Research on Characteristics of Effective Early Childhood Leaders: Emergence of Relational Leadership - Massie Hazegh, California State Polytechnic University - Pomona