Early Childhood Leadership in Action: Evidence-based approaches for effective practice
Leadership is a core skill required by all early childhood educators, whatever position they hold - whether leading their own ethical and professional practice or leading others. From understanding ethical frameworks to managing change, and from quality assurance to working with teams, families and the wider community, the most effective early childhood leaders act with confidence, flexibility and creativity.

In this book early childhood researchers Elizabeth Stamopoulos and Lennie Barblett provide a new model for leadership. Recognising that leadership is both an individual and collective endeavour, multi-layered and multidimensional, the authors have distilled core tasks of leadership that are explored in detail in each chapter:
*Understanding and conceptualising theories of leadership
*Leading in times of change
* Advocating for high quality pedagogy and practice
*Developing strong communication skills
* Leading through digital technology and media
* Developing effective teams
* Building positive relationships with families and the wider community
* Embedding Indigenous perspectives
* Embracing evidence-based research
And
* Leading ethical practice.

Featuring the perspectives of leaders from diverse settings, together with reflection exercises and discussion questions throughout, this is an essential book for both pre-service and in-service early childhood educators.

'The authors...are commended for their commitment to shining a light on a wide range of research, theories and issues concerned with leadership and the early childhood profession. ' — from the foreword by Catharine Hydon and Dr Anne Kennedy
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Early Childhood Leadership in Action: Evidence-based approaches for effective practice
Leadership is a core skill required by all early childhood educators, whatever position they hold - whether leading their own ethical and professional practice or leading others. From understanding ethical frameworks to managing change, and from quality assurance to working with teams, families and the wider community, the most effective early childhood leaders act with confidence, flexibility and creativity.

In this book early childhood researchers Elizabeth Stamopoulos and Lennie Barblett provide a new model for leadership. Recognising that leadership is both an individual and collective endeavour, multi-layered and multidimensional, the authors have distilled core tasks of leadership that are explored in detail in each chapter:
*Understanding and conceptualising theories of leadership
*Leading in times of change
* Advocating for high quality pedagogy and practice
*Developing strong communication skills
* Leading through digital technology and media
* Developing effective teams
* Building positive relationships with families and the wider community
* Embedding Indigenous perspectives
* Embracing evidence-based research
And
* Leading ethical practice.

Featuring the perspectives of leaders from diverse settings, together with reflection exercises and discussion questions throughout, this is an essential book for both pre-service and in-service early childhood educators.

'The authors...are commended for their commitment to shining a light on a wide range of research, theories and issues concerned with leadership and the early childhood profession. ' — from the foreword by Catharine Hydon and Dr Anne Kennedy
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Early Childhood Leadership in Action: Evidence-based approaches for effective practice

Early Childhood Leadership in Action: Evidence-based approaches for effective practice

by Elizabeth Stamopoulos
Early Childhood Leadership in Action: Evidence-based approaches for effective practice

Early Childhood Leadership in Action: Evidence-based approaches for effective practice

by Elizabeth Stamopoulos

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Overview

Leadership is a core skill required by all early childhood educators, whatever position they hold - whether leading their own ethical and professional practice or leading others. From understanding ethical frameworks to managing change, and from quality assurance to working with teams, families and the wider community, the most effective early childhood leaders act with confidence, flexibility and creativity.

In this book early childhood researchers Elizabeth Stamopoulos and Lennie Barblett provide a new model for leadership. Recognising that leadership is both an individual and collective endeavour, multi-layered and multidimensional, the authors have distilled core tasks of leadership that are explored in detail in each chapter:
*Understanding and conceptualising theories of leadership
*Leading in times of change
* Advocating for high quality pedagogy and practice
*Developing strong communication skills
* Leading through digital technology and media
* Developing effective teams
* Building positive relationships with families and the wider community
* Embedding Indigenous perspectives
* Embracing evidence-based research
And
* Leading ethical practice.

Featuring the perspectives of leaders from diverse settings, together with reflection exercises and discussion questions throughout, this is an essential book for both pre-service and in-service early childhood educators.

'The authors...are commended for their commitment to shining a light on a wide range of research, theories and issues concerned with leadership and the early childhood profession. ' — from the foreword by Catharine Hydon and Dr Anne Kennedy

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781760294755
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 06/27/2018
Pages: 328
Product dimensions: 9.06(w) x 6.94(h) x (d)

About the Author

Dr. Elizabeth Stamopoulos and Dr. Lennie Barblett are senior lecturers in early childhood education at Edith Cowan University. They have both conducted extensive research into leadership issues and have published widely in this field.

Table of Contents

List of tables and figures xi

About the authors and contributors xiii

Foreword xvi

Introduction xix

Part 1 Leadership in Early Childhood

1 Conceptualising and theorising early childhood leadership 3

Overview 4

Defining leadership 4

Management and leadership 9

Personal attributes and qualities of early childhood leaders 9

Theories of leadership 12

Diverse styles of leadership 15

Developmental models of leadership 17

New paradigm for early childhood leadership 24

Conclusion 32

2 Leading in times of change 35

Overview 36

Changing political and policy context 37

Early childhood leadership in times of change 41

Early Childhood Leadership and Change Management model 44

Early childhood leaders as change agents 55

Conclusion 57

3 Leading early childhood pedagogy and practice 59

Overview 60

Pedagogy 60

Early childhood pedagogical leadership 63

Leading early childhood pedagogy 65

Pedagogical decision-making 70

Pedagogical learning 74

Tensions 79

Conclusion 80

Part 2 Leading and Supporting Others

4 Leading through effective communication 85

Overview 86

The communication process 87

Communication styles 89

Communicating a vision and mission 91

Communication strategies 92

Minimising barriers to communication 96

Conflict resolution 100

Crisis communication 104

Conclusion 105

5 Leading with digital technology and media 107

Overview 108

Digital technology and media 109

Leadership and the digital age 110

Digital technology, media and young children 113

Leading learning using digital technology and media 116

Digital technology, media and families and communities 121

Digital technology, media and the profession 123

Digital disadvantage and divide 125

Ethical and safe use of digital technology and media 126

Developing a digital plan for the organisation 128

Conclusion 128

6 Leading teams 131

Overview 132

Leading and building teams 133

Developing a positive organisational culture 134

Stages of team development 137

A framework for effective teamwork 138

Leading multi-disciplinary and trans-disciplinary teams 146

Capabilities of multi-disciplinary or trans-disciplinary team leaders 148

Multi-disciplinary team development 149

Conclusion 150

7 Leading partnerships with families and communities 153

Overview 154

Partnerships with families 155

Engaging with families 159

Engaging with communities 167

Challenges to family and community engagement 170

Advocating and acting on behalf of families and communities 175

Conclusion 176

8 Leading by embedding Indigenous perspectives 179

Overview 180

Indigenous contexts 181

Embedding Indigenous perspectives 183

Political and policy imperatives 189

Cultural competence and responsiveness 191

Cultural safety and cultural security 193

Indigenous early childhood leadership 196

Intercultural leadership 202

Conclusion 204

Part 3 Leading Responsibly and Ethically

9 Leading and improving practice through evidence-based research 209

Overview 210

Early childhood research is important 211

Research informing quality 212

Research informing pedagogy and practice 213

Early childhood educators as researchers 214

Building professional learning communities of practice 216

Unravelling the research process 218

Leaders researching their practice to improve their leadership 227

The Professional Leadership and Action Research training model 230

Challenging attitudes towards research 232

Researching with others 233

Ethical considerations and professional responsibilities 234

Conclusion 235

10 Leading through ethical practice 238

Overview 239

Understanding ethics 240

Early childhood codes of ethics 240

Ethical decision-making 243

Ethical relationships 247

Ethical organisational cultures 248

Ethical approaches to practice 250

Ethical leadership 252

Ethics and research 255

Conclusion 258

11 Leading early childhood professionals into the future 261

Overview 262

Early childhood professional identity 263

Sustaining effective leadership 269

Leading the profession 271

Leading succession planning through mentoring, coaching and supervision 274

Conceptualising and strengthening leadership 277

Conclusion 284

Acknowledgements 287

Bibliography 289

Index 301

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