Professionalizing Early Childhood Education as a Field of Practice is a tool to help everyone in early childhood education engage in serious discussions about professionalizing the field. Author and thought leader Stacie G. Goffin has written a book that contains an overview of the topic, a participant guide, a conversation workbook, and a facilitator guide; each section supports deep thought and creative discussions about how early childhood education can move toward being a professional field of practice.

Moving early childhood education forward as a professional field of practice -- Stepping forward to become an organized field of practice -- Engaging with ECE's challenge -- How do we get started? -- Entering ECE's next era through conversations with intent -- About this book -- How to use this book -- Thinking alone -- We are part of the system we want to change -- Questions for self-reflection -- Thinking together -- Setting the stage for conversations with intent -- Foundational practices -- Boosting our contributions to the group conversation -- Creating shared meaning about ECE as a professional field of practice -- Supporting successful conversations with intent -- Convening conversations with intent -- The facilitator's role -- Preparing the learning environment -- Guiding ECE into its next era.