EDF5042 Leadership for children, families and community partnerships
Faculty of Education
EDF5042 Leadership for children, families and community partnerships is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Education. It isn't offered in 2023. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2023
- Other periods
- Peninsula
- Assessment
- No exam
- 2 tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2023 handbook entry. See the 2024 entry.
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Requisites
Overview
In this unit, you will develop an advanced knowledge of your role as an early childhood teacher in developing collaborative and equitable family and community partnerships. You will evaluate your knowledge of pedagogical practices for leading family and community partnerships that are socially inclusive and grounded in ethical principles including: multicultural education; family and community diversity; partnerships to support early childhood and partnerships to support the development of safe and secure communities for families (including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander approaches to family and community). You will apply and transform your knowledge into existing partnerships and develop recommendations on how to lead partnerships that are ethical, social inclusive and highly responsive to the local community. Ethical principles of educational leadership and your application of these to educational practices will be explored. You will also develop an understanding of leadership strategies as intellectual tools to support the development of an inclusive, culturally safe, and secure community for all learners and families who engage with a range of professional educational services.
Offerings in 2023
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Term 2 | Peninsula | Online |
| Term 3 | Peninsula | Online |
Assessment
- Reflective essay (2000 words or equivalent)50%
- Planning and leading new community partnerships for families (2000 words or equivalent)50%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
demonstrate an advanced understanding of theories, policies, and principles for leading equitable, ethical and effective approaches to developing family and community partnerships
- 2
critically analyse different approaches to leading partnerships with families and communities, including culturally diverse partnerships, to enhance children’s learning
- 3
evaluate and provide well-informed ethical solutions to practical challenges when engaging in partnerships with children, families and communities
- 4
develop and maintain inclusive, equitable and collaborative partnerships with families and communities
- 5
demonstrate knowledge about how to access a wide range of professional partnerships for the solution of complex practical problems.
Workload and teaching
- Tutorials24 hours
- Teaching approachActive learning
The minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per teaching period comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study.
Usually, you can expect to engage with:
• 12 hours of scheduled learning delivered online via synchronous directed learning activities;
• 12 hours of scheduled learning delivered online via asynchronous directed learning activities; and
• the remaining hours to be allocated towards self-directed/independent study
Scheduled learning activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.
You will be provided with the opportunity to engage with relevant literature and resources. Further, you will be encouraged to deepen your understanding of topic areas through collegial discussion and debate, and by participating in activities designed to extend your learning.
Learning resources
Recommended resources
Please visit the unit Moodle site for further information.
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Anne Keary
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Anne Keary
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for EDF5042?
EDF5042 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is EDF5042 offered?
EDF5042 has no offerings listed in the 2023 handbook.
How much work is EDF5042?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does EDF5042 have an exam?
No. EDF5042 has 2 assessment tasks and no exam.