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xxii, 338 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Contents note continued: EC centres as small business enterprises -- The Integrated Reporting Model -- EC leaders' roles and responsibilities in financial matters -- Understanding financial planning and legislative accountabilities -- Leaders in practice 13.1 Daniela Kavoukas -- Understanding income and expenditure cycles -- Avoiding pitfalls and managing risks -- Leaders in practice 13.2 Anthony Semann and Colin Slattery -- Windows of opportunity -- ch. 14 Places and Spaces for Adults for Thinking and Learning -- Thinking about spaces for adults -- Leaders in practice 14.1 Candace Fitzgerald -- Functional and inspirational? EC environments can be both -- Places and spaces for adults for thinking and learning -- Leaders in practice 14.2 Lisa Syrette -- The staff room: the space for physical and social--emotional well-being -- Places for staff and families -- ch. 15 Career Development and Succession Planning -- Being and becoming leaders -- |
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Contents note continued: Indigenous initiatives aimed at ̀Closing the Gap' -- Universal access to EC education with a university-qualified EC teacher -- Strengthening the EC workforce -- ch. 3 Leading for Quality -- Introduction -- Quality EC education -- Overview of legal, regulatory and professional accountabilities for EC settings -- The National Quality Framework (NQF) -- Leaders in practice 3.1 Sarah Woods -- Quality from whose perspective? -- Leaders in practice 3.2 Sylvia Turner -- Professional judgment and professional autonomy: essential tools in an intentional leader's repertoire -- ch. 4 Leadership and Governance -- What is governance? -- Global, national and local contexts of governance -- Good governance -- Leaders in practice 4.1 Leanne Gibhs -- Governance in practice -- Leaders in practice 4.2 Sally Whitaker -- EC management structures and governance -- Governance roles and responsibilities in EC settings -- Governance and human rights -- |
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Contents note continued: Leaders in practice 6.1 Rhonda Livingstone -- Creating a vision -- How can I lead a team to facilitate better learning outcomes for children? -- Getting started -- What else can I do? -- Leaders in practice 6.2 Christine Knox -- ch. 7 Leading Intentionally through Advocacy and Activism -- The case for advocacy and activism -- Leaders in practice 7.1 Alicia Flack-Kone -- Exploring advocacy and activism: two types of influence -- Starting points for advocacy and activism -- Intended impact of advocacy and activism -- Leading intentionally through advocacy and activism -- Leaders in practice 7.2 Brigitte Mitchell -- Overcoming barriers to practising advocacy and activism at the systems level -- ch. 8 Leading Organisational Change -- Types of change -- Framing change through an ecological perspective -- Leaders in practice 8.1 The team at Gowrie, Victoria -- Leading complex organisational change systematically -- Leading change effectively in EC settings -- |
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Contents note continued: Leaders in practice 8.2 Andrew Bagnall -- Reflective action on change -- Leading change ethically -- pt. 2 LEADERSHIP IN CONTEXT -- ch. 9 Interpersonal and Workplace Communication -- Introduction -- Interpersonal and workplace communication skills -- Assertiveness -- Mediation -- Conflict and the workplace setting -- Effective communication as ̀power with', not ̀power over' -- Leaders in practice 9.1 June Wangmann -- Effective communication as ethical practice -- Communicating with children through ̀power with' and ethical approaches -- Communicating with staff through ̀power with' and ethical approaches -- Using social media -- Leaders in practice 9.2 Jennifer Ribarovski -- ch. 10 Creating a Community of Learners -- Creating an ethical workplace -- Approaches to working with staff -- Building a centre team -- Mentoring as a leadership strategy -- Staff policies and procedures -- Leaders in practice 10.1 Karen Palmer -- |
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Contents note continued: Recruitment and retention of staff -- Building the organisational culture -- Leaders in practice 10.2 Angela Chng -- ch. 11 Relationships with Families -- Introduction -- Families with complex experiences -- What does building relationships with families mean? -- Leaders in practice 11.1 Carrie Rose -- Respectful, authentic and professional relationships -- Diversity within relationships -- Collaboration and decision-making processes -- Professional boundaries -- Leaders in practice 11.2 Benjamin Walker -- Online communication -- ch. 12 Community Engagement -- What is community engagement? -- Involving families, staff and the community -- Working with families and agencies in integrated ways -- Networking within the sector -- Leaders in practice 12.1 Dr Marina Papic -- Networking beyond the sector -- Leaders in practice 12.2 Angela Thompson -- Working with the media -- The leader's role in building connections with the community -- ch. 13 Money Matters -- |
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Contents note continued: Understanding continuing professional growth -- Why is professional learning necessary? -- Professional learning support strategies -- Career pathways in the EC sector -- Leadership specialisations -- Leaders in practice 15.1 Dr Karen Martin -- Novice educators and induction into the profession -- Leaders in practice 15.2 Virginia Artinian -- Succession planning |
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Contents note continued: ch. 5 Strategic Planning and Social Entrepreneurship -- Context misconception -- What is social entrepreneurship? -- The many faces of organisational planning -- The leader's role in organisational planning and development -- Leaders in practice 5.1 Jane Bourne -- Strategic organisational development -- Getting started---guiding beliefs and values -- Developing an organisational vision -- Evaluation -- Gathering insights -- Including the voices of children -- Collating and analysing data -- Identifying the goals, outcomes or key results areas -- Developing strategies---getting everyone on board -- Keeping the plan alive -- Making mistakes and changing direction -- From planning to marketing -- Marketing---communicating vision to stakeholders -- Leaders in practice 5.2 Dennis Blythin -- Recognition and image -- ch. 6 Pedagogical Leadership -- Now is the time -- The importance of philosophy in pedagogical leadership -- The role of the educational leader -- |
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Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 CONTEXTS OF LEADERSHIP -- ch. 1 Conceptualising Early Childhood Leadership -- Contexts of EC leadership -- Intentional leadership -- What do we know about EC leadership? -- Theorising EC leadership -- Elements of leadership activity -- Pivotal role of leadership in EC settings -- Leadership and ethics -- ch. 2 The Australian Policy Context -- Why do I need to know about politics? -- What is policy? -- The Australian context -- Government in Australia -- Creating policy from legislation -- Leaders in practice 2.1 Tonia Godhard AM -- Policy in the EC context -- EC settings -- Why are governments involved in EC? -- Australian government involvement in EC provision -- Leaders in practice 2.2 Professor Deborah Brennan -- The Australian government's reform agenda for EC -- National Quality Standard and enhanced regulatory arrangements -- A quality rating system -- A national Early Years Learning Framework -- |
| Summary |
'Leadership' is an essential resource that informs day-to-day pedagogy and management of early childhood organisations. The book is enriched through the incorporation of practitioner voices reflecting diversity across gender, culture, age and expertise of those working in a range of early childhood contexts |
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Australian |
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Formerly CIP. Uk |
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Includes activation code for Oxford ascend resources |
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Originally published: 2012 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Early childhood education -- Administration.
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Early childhood education -- Australia.
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Early childhood education.
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Education, Preschool -- Administration.
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Early childhood educators -- Australia.
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Educational leadership.
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Organizational effectiveness.
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| Author |
Cheeseman, Sandra, author
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Fenech, Marianne, author
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Hadley, Fay, author
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Shepherd, Wendy, author
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| ISBN |
9780190309367 |
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