Leadership : contexts and complexities in early childhood education /
Manjula Waniganayake
Bok · Engelsk · 2017
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| Omfang | xxii, 338 sider ; : illustrasjoner ;
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| Utgave | Second Edition.
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| Opplysninger | 1. utgave 2012. - Part 1: Concepts of leadership -- Chapter 1. Conceptualising early childhood leadership -- Contexts of EC leadership -- Intentional leadership -- What do we know about EC leadership -- Theorising EC leadership -- Elements of leadership activity -- Pivotal role of leadership in EC settings -- Leadership and ethics -- Chapter 2. The Australian policy context -- Why do I need to know about politics? -- What is policy? -- The Australian context -- Government in Australia -- Creating policy from legislation -- Policy in the EC context -- EC settings -- Why are governments involved in EC? -- Australian government involvement in EC provision -- The Australian government's reform agenda for EC -- National Quality Standard and enhanced regulatory arrangements -- A quality rating system -- A national Early Years Learning Framework -- Indigenous initiatives aimed at 'Closing the Gap' -- Universal access to EC education with a university-qualified EC teacher-- Strengthening the EC workforce -- Chapter 3. Leading for quality -- Introduction -- Quality EC education -- Overview of legal, regulatory and professional accountabilities for EC settings -- The National Quality Framework (NQF) -- Quality from whose perspectives? -- Professional judgment and professional autonomy: essential tools in an intentional leader's repertoire -- Chapter 4. Leadership and governance -- What is governance? -- Global, national and local contexts of governance -- Good governance -- Governance in practice -- EC management structures and governance -- Governance roles and responsibilities in EC settings -- Governance and human rights -- Chapter 5. Strategic planning and social entrepreneurship -- Context misconception -- What is social entrepreneurship? -- The many faces of organisational planning -- The leader's role in organisational planning and development -- Strategic organisational development -- Getting started - guiding beliefs and values-- Developing an organisational vision -- Evaluation -- Gathering insights -- Including the voices of children -- Collating and analysing data -- Identifying the goals, outcomes or key results area -- Developing strategies - getting everyone on board -- Keeping the plan alive -- Making mistakes and changing direction -- From planning to marketing -- Marketing - communicating vision to stakeholders -- Recognition and image -- Chapter 6. Pedagogical leadership -- Now is the time -- The importance of philosophy in pedagogical leadership -- The role of the educational leader -- Creating a vision -- How can I lead a team to facilitate better learning outcomes for children? -- Getting started -- What else can I do? -- Chapter 7. Leading intentionally through advocacy and activism -- The case for advocacy and activism -- Exploring advocacy and activism: two types of influence -- Starting points for advocacy and activism -- Intended impact of advocacy and activism-- Leading intentionally through advocacy and activism -- Overcoming barrier to practising advocacy and activism at the systems level -- Chapter 8. Leading organisational change -- Types of change -- Framing change through an ecological perspective -- Leading complex organisational change systematically -- Leading change effectively in EC settings -- Reflective action on change -- Leading change ethically -- Part 2: Leadership in context -- Chapter 9. Interpersonal and workplace communication -- Introduction -- Interpersonal and workplace communication skills -- Assertiveness -- Mediation -- Conflict and the workplace setting -- Effective communication as 'power with', not 'power over' -- Effective communication as ethical practice -- Communicating with children through 'power with' and ethical approaches -- Communicating with staff through 'power with' and ethical approaches -- Using social media -- Chapter 10. Creating a community of learners -- Creating an ethical workplace-- Approaches to working with staff -- Building a centre team -- Mentoring as a leadership strategy -- Staff policies and procedures -- Recruitment and retention of staff -- Building the organisational culture -- Chapter 11. Relationships with families -- Introduction -- Families with complex experiences -- What does building relationships with families mean? -- Respectful, authentic and professional relationships -- Diversity within relationships -- Collaboration and decision-making processes -- Professional boundaries -- Online communication -- Chapter 12. Community engagement -- What is community engagement? -- Involving families, staff and the community -- Working with families and agencies in integrated ways -- Networking within the sector -- Networking beyond the sector -- Working with the media -- The leader's role in building connections with the community -- Chapter 13. Money matters -- EC centres as small business enterprises -- The integrated reporting model-- EC leaders' roles and responsibilities in financial matters -- Understanding financial planning and legislative accountabilities -- Understanding income and expenditure cycles -- Avoiding pitfalls and managing risks -- Windows of opportunity -- Chapter 14. Places and spaces for adults for thinking and learning -- Thinking about spaces for adults -- Functional and inspirational? EC environments can be both -- Places and spaces for adults for thinking and learning -- The staff room: the space for physical and social-emotional well-being -- Places for staff and families -- Chapter 15. Career development and succession planning -- Being and becoming leaders -- Understanding continuing professional growth -- Why is professional learning necessary? -- Professional learning support strategies -- Career pathways in the EC sector -- Leadership specialisations -- Novice educators and induction into the profession -- Succession planning.. - Leadership will challenge you to think about the question the way you look at and engage in leadership matters within your early childhood setting and beyond. It is an essential resource that will assist tertiary students and practitioners engaged in early childhood matters to understand and engage with the macro and micro contexts within which they may work, and inspire them to be intentional leaders. Drawing on the authors' teaching, research and professional development activities in a variety of locations including metropolitan, rural and remote regions in Australia, the book captures diverse images and experiences of early childhood leaders. -- from back cover.
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| Emner | Early childhood education - Administration.
Early childhood education - Australia. Early childhood educators - Australia. Education, Preschool - Administration. Vis mer... Educational leadership.
Organizational effectiveness. administrasjon ledelse barnehagepedagogikk barnehager barnehagestyrere pedagogisk ledelse Australia |
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| ISBN | 0190309369. - 9780190309367
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