Leadership: Contexts and Complexities in Early Childhood Education / Edition 2

by Manjula Waniganayake, Sandra Cheeseman, Marianne Fenech, Fay Hadley, Wendy Shepherd

Overview

Leadership will provoke and challenge you to think and question the way you look at and engage with 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 critically understand and actively engage with the macro and micro contexts within which they may work as intentional leaders.

Based on the authors' professional development and research-based activities in a variety of locations, including metropolitan, rural and remote regions in Australia, the book draws on established professional networks to capture diverse images and experiences of early childhood leaders.

This book is in two parts. The first provides an orientation to the various contextual dimensions of early childhood leadership. These chapters are focused on 'big picture' issues that give shape to early childhood leadership, and include discussion of early childhood policy, legislative frameworks,
quality standards, advocacy, governance and pedagogy. Part two deals with the application of leadership within early childhood settings. These chapters address perennial areas of importance including the development of sound relationships with families, engagement with community, and the creation of effective workplaces, as well as focus on other relatively new leadership dimensions: social entrepreneurialship, professional judgment and succession planning.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780190309367
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	01/08/2018
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	342
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 9.60(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Manjula Waniganayake, Professor of Early Childhood, Institute of Early Childhood, Macquarie University,Sandra Cheeseman, Lecturer, Institute of Early Childhood, Macquarie University,Marianne Fenech, Senior Lecturer, Program Director, Faculty of Education and Social Work, University of Sydney,Fay
Hadley, Senior Lecturer, Institute of Early Childhood, Macquarie University,Wendy Shepherd, Director, Mia Mia, Macquarie University

Manjula Waniganayake is Professor of Early Childhood in the Institute of Early Childhood, Macquarie University

Sandra Cheeseman is a Lecturer in social policy, management and leadership in the Institute of Early Childhood, Macquarie University

Marianne Fenech is Marianne is a Senior Lecturer and Director of Early Childhood programs in the Faculty of Education and Social Work, University of Sydney

Fay Hadley is a Senior Lecturer and Director of Initial Teacher Education programs at Macquarie University in the Institute of Early Childhood, Macquarie University

Wendy Shepherd is the director of Mia Mia in the Institute of Early Childhood, Macquarie University

Table of Contents

PART 1: Contexts of Leadership1. Conceptualising early childhood leadership2. The Australian Policy Context3. Leading for Quality4. Leadership and Governance5. Strategic Planning and Social Entrepreneurship6. Pedagogical Leadership7. Leading Intentionally through Advocacy and Activism8. Leading Organisational ChangePART 2: Leadership in Context9. Interpersonal and Workplace Communication10. Creating a Community of Learners11. Relationships with Families12. Community Engagement13. Money Matters14. Places and Spaces for Adults for Thinking and Learning15. Career Development and Succession Planning