EDFD451 - Early Childhood Leadership and Management and Advocacy

Assignment Task

Description and Aim

The unit content acknowledges the growing trend towards integrated early years learning centers the benefits of collaboration across all learning contexts, and the need for professional leaders to have knowledge and skills in interdisciplinary and trans-disciplinary leadership. The unit focuses on the development of knowledge and skills to support the establishment of effective leadership, management, and advocacy policies and procedures for early childhood education. Pre-service teachers will critically reflect on ways in which policies and procedures reflect State and Commonwealth legislative mandates and operate within an ethical framework. The unit is structured to provide varied opportunities for the acquisition of knowledge and awareness of processes that may assist in the building and maintaining of effective partnerships that enable leadership, management, and advocacy. These processes will include strategies for collaborative leadership, effective decision-making, and self-awareness. Skills in communication, negotiation, and conflict resolution are developed through group discussions, role-plays in simulated contexts, and critical reflection on practice relevant to the exploration of home/center/school partnerships. Pre-service teachers will develop the required skills to engage in research-informed advocacy and leadership practices in early childhood contexts and to be able to engage effectively with key stakeholders.

Context

• Advocacy on behalf of the child, the family, and the field of ECEC
• Professional attributes, skills, roles, and responsibilities of an early childhood educational leader when working with families, children, and staff on a local context and when working with their broader community, institutional, and organizational contexts.
• Principles of effective management with group contexts: interacting/communicating with others including - conducting effective meetings, working with stakeholders, and providing accurate and well-targeted information for the benefit of others
• Policy development includes - the purpose of the policy, the process of developing and revising the policy, using the expertise of recognized authorities, and monitoring the implementation of the policy.
• Understanding of legislative requirements, regulations, licensing procedures, quality improvement and accreditation systems affecting early childhood education and programming
• Principles and concepts to guide a research-informed investigation in early childhood.

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