EDF5847 · Quality early childhood leadership and management

Overview

This unit focuses on educational leadership through team building for high-quality teaching and learning programs, and organisational leadership for management and administration as defined in Early Childhood policy. You will critically analyse traditional and contemporary leadership approaches and apply this knowledge to develop effective visions and lead teams through change for quality improvement initiatives. Specific attention is given to conceptualising policy actors, debates and newly emerging discourses in policy documents of children and childhoods within an ethical global context. You will develop an understanding of how policies shape and influence the lives of children and families, workplace initiatives, team collaborations, and leadership roles in projects of progression, innovation, and advocacy. You will research Effective Leadership approaches for understanding educational leadership for professional teamwork partnerships and high-quality educational services. This will include knowledge of leadership within the context of early childhood contemporary policy, current research and recommendations, as well as engagement with policy making processes within local and global contexts. You will critically examine early childhood policies, ethical conduct, regulations, the National Quality Standards and professional standards to develop and examine your emerging identity as an educational leader to support quality improvement in early childhood.

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

The Handbook lists no prerequisite, corequisite or prohibition for this unit.

Learning outcomes

1. articulate and demonstrate professional values and commitment to leadership as a means of securing socially just and sustainable futures for children, families and the early childhood profession
2. identify roles of organisational leadership through the accreditation and regulatory implementation for workplace safety, cultural sensitivity and wellbeing
3. demonstrate disciplinary and ethical understanding of leadership and professional identity to develop effective teamwork collaborations for a culture of growth and respect
4. research, analyse and critique key policy trends in relation to educational and organisational leadership for effective team collaborations of quality EC practice
5. understand national performance/productivity reports for indicating and inspiring the need for innovation to lead change in early childhood practice and policy development.

Workload

The minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per teaching period comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Usually, you can expect to engage with: • 24 hours* of scheduled learning delivered on campus via weekly/regular directed learning activities; and • the remaining hours to be allocated towards self-directed/independent study Scheduled learning activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement. *Subject to variation due to professional experience requirements

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.