Early childhood leaders must work in partnership with a wide range of stakeholders including other educators, management, parents and whānau, support services, primary schools and community groups. This course explores the range of collaborations and partnerships in which early childhood leaders are engaged and how these can be strengthened and supported to enhance teaching and leadership practice.
This course has over 25 interviews including:
Professor Marek Tesar, University of Auckland
Lorraine Manuela, Learning Centre Director Tots Corner
Professor Carmen Dalli, Victoria University of Wellington
Andy Dean, Centre Manager Faculty of Education Early Learning Centre
Dr Angel Chan, University of Auckland
Dr Madeleine Dobson, Curtin University
Claire Jongepier, Head Teacher Hill Street Early Childhood Centre
Brenda Soutar (Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Porou, Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki), Te Rūnanga Nui o ngā Kura Kaupapa Māori o Aotearoa
Jacqui Lees, Head Teacher Papkuranga Baptist Kindergarten
Vicki Barrie, Principal Northcote College
Bridgette Towle, Director Kids’ Domain Early Learning Centre
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The course is structured into eight parts, with each part designed to take about a week to work through, although participants are free to work at their own pace.
Builds an understanding of the principles of authentic partnership and how to develop ethical practices for collaborations with families. The common barriers to collaboration for families are also explored along with ways to work towards overcoming these.
Enables participants to understand how culturally responsive approaches are linked to social justice, as well as exploring how these might be embedded within their settings.
Supports participants to appreciate social justice and equity issues for families and children, and considers what is required to develop a truly inclusive practice, including the pedagogies of care and support, and the principles of trauma-informed leadership.
Focuses on understanding child-centred practices and the inquiry and research methodologies that can be employed in early childhood education to capture and empower children’s voices.
Explores the principles and benefits of community engagement and support participants to identify how they can develop authentic community partnerships.
Builds participants’ knowledge of bicultural practices and supports them to appreciate the importance of genuine alignment and implementation, as well as to increase culturally responsive practices in their settings.
Considers the benefits of cross-sector connections and supports participants to seek opportunities for and build connections across sectors, including around the transition to school.
Considers how to develop and manage supportive relationships and mutual understandings, and to explore the role of advocacy in leadership.
Please note, all our courses are best completed on a desktop/laptop computer or tablet. Because of the amount of content, we do not recommend using a phone.
* Lifetime access means for as long as the course is hosted on The Education Hub
Group discounts apply to the full price, and can only be applied in one transaction, not retrospectively, or on the addition of more enrolments.
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