Write about an aspect of curriculum leadership, connecting with appropriate literature to explore the area in sufficient depth to demonstrate deep understanding of the issues and research evidence
Assessment:
• Better understand curriculum leadership
• Develop participants’ understanding of contemporary models of learning
• Build participants’ understanding of the links between leadership and student outcomes
• Increase participant’s knowledge of leadership interventions
Topic: Curriculum Leadership: Educational Leader in Early Childhood Setting
ISSUE: THE CURRENT CHANGES IN THE EARLY CHILDHOOD SETTING (FRAMEWORKS AND POLICIES)
RESEARCH EVIDENCE: EDUCATIONAL LEADER LEADING CHANGE THROUGH CURRICULUM LEADERSHIP
1. Defining the role – ‘Curriculum Leadership’
2. Context – The changing nature of education in early childhood education (Curriculum and Frameworks and Policies, pedagogy and assessment)
1) National Quality Standard (NQS) (recently just applied nation wide)
• The role of an Educational Leader in Early Childhood Setting (as required in NQS)
• Qualities of an Educational Leader
2) Early Years Learning Frameworks (EYLF)
• Pedagogy (The educators now have to align their teaching to)
• Educators draw on rich repertoires of pedagogical practices to promote children’s learning by
• Early Years Planning Cycle (EYLF)
3. Leading The Change
1) Steps to leading Change (DRYSDALE)
1. Create a context for change
a. NQS and EYLF
2. Clarify the school’s intentions and ground rules (change proposal)
a. What’s beginning to matter now
b. New Challenges
3. Analyse the school context (people, structures, culture and processes)
a. Transformational Leadership
b. Sergiovanni’s Transformational Leadership Model
4. Develop a vision
a. The importance of creating a shared curriculum vision
5. Diagnose forces for and against change
a. Fear of change
b. Resistance to change
c. Cynicism
d. Understand the fear of change
e. Pressure and support
6. Acknowledge emotions
a. Understand the fear of change
7. Develop a model for change
a. A learning Community
i. Building Capacity
b. Structures that are in place to ensure EYLF alignment remains on the improvement agenda
8. Identify strategies
9. Identify your leadership strengths and actions
a. Motivate and Support to Educators (Level of Support)
b. Set up goals to achieve (short term and long term)
c. Articulate clearly what the roles and responsibilities are
d. Support chats on coordinators
Vision + Skills + Incentives + Resources + Action Plan = CHANGE
(TOWNSEND: MANGING COMPLEX CHANGE)
4. Improve Student Outcomes
1) Learning Community
2) Assessment
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