Developing Your Leadership in the Early Years

by Mary Briggs, Ian Briggs

Overview

Developing Your Leadership in the Early Years is the essential handbook for all professionals who are working to become leaders and managers for services that support young children and their families (including childcare, education, health and family support). The authors draw on their own experiences in education and the public services sector to deliver this user-friendly guide.


Chapters include:



The relationship between leadership and management
New paradigms in early years leadership
Multi-agency working
Leadership challenges for the early years
Developing your own leadership skills
Mentoring and supporting your team
Leadership and careers


The content supports leadership development for those with or without line-management responsibilities within multi-agency and partnership working. Through audits, checklists and case studies this book will help you assess your own needs and those of others.







Developing Your Leadership in the Early Years is ideal as a supporting textbook for Childhood Studies leadership modules and NPQICL courses. It is informed by experience and research from a range of professional perspectives, and relates these to current practices and expectations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781847062338
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	06/15/2009
Pages:	168
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 9.60(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Mary Briggs is Associate Professor at the Institute of Education, University of Warwick, UK. Ian Briggs is Senior Fellow in the Institute of Local Government Studies at the University of Birmingham, UK

Table of Contents

Introduction

1 What is your current leadership experience?

2 What is leadership?

3 Leadership and management

4 New paradigms in leadership

5 Leadership in partnership

6 The range of leadership challenges in the early years

7 Planning the development of your own leadership skills

8 Developing leadership in others and organizations
9 Leadership and careers
 
Appendix of Professional Standards

Editorial Reviews

'The single most important factor that majority of the early years workforce would like to see in their leader is "inspiration"; somebody who can enthuse them to be "thinking by" and "doing by." Skilled leadership is essential in early years and in supporting families. This book is for those prepared to lead and effect change in families and communities they work with.' Razia Lakha, Sure Start Centre Co-ordinator, Milton Keynes, UK

'This book benefits from the joint expertise and experience of the authors. By combining their different and complementary perspectives, experience and research into leadership they offer the reader a comprehensive introduction to developing their role as effective leaders in a challenging emergent sector. Emphasising that leadership is developed through reflective practice, the messages in this book demonstrate how theory underpins practice and discourages the reader from aligning themselves with any single theoretical approach to leadership. Effective leaders are authentic individuals and where leaders in early years settings are influencing the youngest members of society, it is authentic leadership that will mould the leaders of the future. An essential read for anyone working in the early years sector.' Martin Willis, Director, The Institute of Local Government Studies, University of Birmingham, UK

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