Early childhood leadership and professional identity

This unit provides comprehensive development of leadership initiatives by examining a broad range of national and international leadership strategies to implement contemporary approaches in early childhood settings. You will critically examine policies, ethical conduct, the National Quality Standards and professional standards to develop and examine your emerging identity as an educational leader to support quality improvement in early childhood. Through reflective practice initiatives, you will develop quality improvement plans to design authentic contemporary practices to establish specific initiatives generated as essential by exploring the Australian Early Development Census (AEDC) for an inclusive, culturally safe and equitable interdisciplinary team approach for children, families, and early childhood professionals within particular learning communities. You will critically evaluate and transform knowledge to lead the development and implementation of quality improvement plans for a centre’s practice approaches. In addition, you will engage with fundamental research and policy to support and sustain children's continuity of learning as they transition from early childhood education to primary school to identify and advocate for children's ongoing wellbeing and transition experiences through research within the local community.  As an educational leader, mentoring colleagues to successfully lead aspired changes in early childhood practice for quality improvement will be explored as an aspect of evolving professional identity.