Leadership in Early Childhood

Leadership can be a challenging and complex area of practice, but this textbook will be your essential guide, teaching you how to master this important skill and find your professional voice.

The book considers the challenges of leadership in the early years, exploring both the theoretical aspects, and the skills and tools needed to support and develop leadership and mentoring in practice. You will be encouraged to critically reflect on practice in a global context, looking at vignettes, case studies and reflections from international settings, which will equip you with valuable transferable leadership skills, applicable to any situation in practice.

Auteur

Jill Harrison is the academic portfolio lead for Early Years and link tutor for SEGI Colleges Malaysia. After gaining her NNEB qualification worked in Early Years for many years as an early years practitioner, working her way through the ranks to become a coordinator of a work based nursery, and then a Manager of a children's centre, which was part of a research project to introduce High/Scope to the sector. More recently she has been a college lecturer before moving to the University of Greenwich. She now has a research focus on leadership and mentoring in the early years and is near completion of her research on 'Maids or Masters: A study reviewing the concepts of leadership in early years provision in Malaysia and England. She has a passion for improving experiences for young children and giving them the love of learning, and believes that a well-trained, open minded, reflective staff who are inspired can do this.

Contenu

Chapter 1: Exploring Leadership Theories for Driving Excellence in Early Years
Chapter 2: Developing as a Leader
Chapter 3: Reflective Practice
Chapter 4: Leading Collaboratively
Chapter 5: Leading in Changing Times
Chapter 6: Conflict Resolution - A Problem Solving Approach
Chapter 7: Mentoring to Support Leadership and Excellence in Practice
Chapter 8: Finding and Using Your Professional Voice