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Unit of Study TCH10519 - Leadership and Advocacy in Early Childhood (2015)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Unit type

    UG Coursework Unit

  • Credit points

    12

  • AQF level

    7

  • Level of learning

    Advanced

  • Former School/College

    Former School of Education

  • Pre-requisites

    192 credit points in any SCU units

  • Enrolment information

    N/A

Unit description

Provides students with an understanding of the responsibilities and challenges of being a professional in early childhood and models of leadership and management of early childhood services. Students also develop skills required to participate successfully and effectively as a leader and manager.

Unit content

Module 1: Leadership management and early childhood education and care
Defining leadership: roles; relationships and responsibilities
Defining management: roles; relationships and responsibilities
Developing a personal philosophy of leadership
Establishing a leadership identity and leadership style

Module 2: Advocacy and early childhood
Defining advocacy
Understanding the role of advocacy in early childhood
Advocacy in early childhood: history; present and future

Module 3: The early childhood educator: Transition to the profession
Defining professionalism: roles; relationships and responsibilities
Dimensions of professionalism: expectations and ethics
Elements of a professional journey: identifying goals and strategies; professional portfolio; professional philosophy

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Online Session 2 N/A

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 demonstrate knowledge of the key principles of leadership and management in practice in early childhood education and care services and settings underpinned by theoretical perspectives on administration, management and leadership
2 demonstrate an understanding of how to build supportive and collaborative environments for children, parents, community and staff
3 develop a personal metaphor of leadership and create an artefact to represent this metaphor
4 critically reflect on the role that advocacy plays in early childhood education (locally, nationally and globally) and identify the skills that a strong advocate for the profession should display
5 prepare documents that will assist in transitioning to the profession.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. demonstrate knowledge of the key principles of leadership and management in practice in early childhood education and care services and settings underpinned by theoretical perspectives on administration, management and leadership
    • GA1:
    • GA3:
    • GA4:
  2. demonstrate an understanding of how to build supportive and collaborative environments for children, parents, community and staff
    • GA1:
    • GA3:
    • GA4:
  3. develop a personal metaphor of leadership and create an artefact to represent this metaphor
    • GA1:
    • GA3:
    • GA4:
  4. critically reflect on the role that advocacy plays in early childhood education (locally, nationally and globally) and identify the skills that a strong advocate for the profession should display
    • GA1:
    • GA3:
    • GA4:
  5. prepare documents that will assist in transitioning to the profession.
    • GA1:
    • GA3:
    • GA4:

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