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Unit Summary
Unit aim
Provides students with an understanding of the responsibilities and challenges of being a professional leader in early childhood education and care (ECEC). The unit focuses on models and theories of leadership and management of early childhood services.
Unit content
Module 1: Leadership management in ECEC
Module 2: ECEC leadership philosophy, identity and leadership style
Module 3: Advocacy and early childhood
Module 4: Understanding advocacy in early childhood education and care
Module 5: Developing leadership identity
Module 6: Transition to the profession as an educational leader
Learning outcomes
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: | |
|---|---|
| 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 and practical 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 | critically reflect on the role that advocacy plays in early childhood education (locally, nationally and internationally) and identify the skills that a strong advocate for the ECEC profession should display |
| 4 | critically analyse and understand the role of the educational leader: including relationships, responsibilities, expectations, ethical practice and transition to an educational leader |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- demonstrate knowledge of the key principles of leadership and management in practice in early childhood education and care services and settings underpinned by theoretical and practical perspectives on administration, management and leadership
- demonstrate an understanding of how to build supportive and collaborative environments for children, parents, community and staff
- critically reflect on the role that advocacy plays in early childhood education (locally, nationally and internationally) and identify the skills that a strong advocate for the ECEC profession should display
- critically analyse and understand the role of the educational leader: including relationships, responsibilities, expectations, ethical practice and transition to an educational leader
Prescribed texts
- Rodd, J, 2013, Leadership in early childhood: The pathway to professionalism, 4th Edition, Allen & Unwin, Sydney. ISBN: 9781743310014.
- Waniganayake, M, Cheeseman, S, Fenech, M, Hadley, F & Shepherd, W, 2018, Leadership: Contexts and complexities in early childhood education, 2nd, Oxford University Press, South Melbourne, Vic. ISBN: 9780190309367.