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Bachelor of Early Childhood Education and Care (Birth-5): ECPPL405A Leadership and Management in Early Childhood

Prescribed and Recommended Texts

Early childhood leadership in action : evidence-based approaches for effective practice (2020) - eBook and book by Elizabeth Stamopolous; Lennie Barblett
Leadership : contexts and complexities in early childhood (2023) - eBook and book by Manjula Waniganayake; Sandra Cheeseman; Marianne Fenech; Fay Hadley; Wendy Shepherd

The books below are used in the weekly readings:

Readings

Alchin, I., Arthur, L., & Woodrow, C. (2019). Evidencing leadership and management challenges in early childhood in Australia.
Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 44(3), 285-297. https://doi.org/10.1177/1836939119855563
Australian Children's Education & Care Quality Authority. (2018). Quality area 2: Children's health and safety.
https://www.acecqa.gov.au/nqf/national-quality-standard/quality-area-2-childrens-health-and-safety
Australian Children's Education & Care Quality Authority. (2018). Quality area 3: Physical environment.
https://www.acecqa.gov.au/nqf/national-quality-standard/quality-area-3-physical-environment
Australian Children's Education & Care Quality Authority. (2018). Quality area 4: Staffing arrangements.
https://www.acecqa.gov.au/nqf/national-quality-standard/quality-area-4-staffing-arrangements
Australian Children’s Education & Care Quality Authority. (2017). The quality of physical environment in education and care services: An analysis of Quality Area 3 of the National Quality Standard (Occasional Paper No. 4).
https://www.acecqa.gov.au/sites/default/files/acecqa/files/Reports/OccasionalPaper4-TheQualityofPhysicalEnvironments_2.pdf
Australian Children’s Education & Care Quality Authority. (2018). Quality area 1: Educational program and practice.
https://www.acecqa.gov.au/nqf/national-quality-standard/quality-area-1-educational-program-and-practice
Australian Children’s Education & Care Quality Authority. (2018). Quality Area 5: Relationships with children.
http://www.acecqa.gov.au/Relationships-with-children
Australian Children’s Education & Care Quality Authority. (2018). Quality Area 6: Collaborative partnerships with families and communities.
http://www.acecqa.gov.au/Collaborative-partnerships-with-families-and-communities
Australian Children’s Education & Care Quality Authority. (2018). Quality Area 7: Governance and leadership.
https://www.acecqa.gov.au/nqf/national-quality-standard/quality-area-7-governance-and-leadership
Australian Children’s Education & Care Quality Authority. (2019). The educational leader resource.
https://www.acecqa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2019-04/ACECQA_Educational_Leader_Manual_WEB.pdf
Australian Children’s Education & Care Quality Authority. (2023). Guide to the National Quality Framework.
https://www.acecqa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2023-07/Guide-to-the-NQF-230701a.pdf
Australian Children’s Education & Care Quality Authority. (2023). National Quality Standard and Assessment and Rating. In Guide to the National Quality Framework. (pp. 85-143).
https://www.acecqa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2023-07/Guide-to-the-NQF-230701a.pdf
Australian Government Department of Education. (2022). Belonging, being & becoming: The Early Years Learning Framework for Australia (V2.0). Australian Government Department of Education for the Ministerial Council.
https://www.acecqa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2023-01/EYLF-2022-V2.0.pdf
Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership. (n.d.). Australian professional standards for teachers.
https://www.aitsl.edu.au/teach/standards

Barnes, K., Hadley, F., & Cheeseman, S. (2019). Preschool educational leaders: Who are they and what are they doing? Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 44(4), 351-364.
https://doi.org/10.1177/1836939119870905
Browning, P. (2018). Creating the conditions for transformational change. Australian Educational Leader, 40(1), 50-53.
Carter, A. (2015). Leading and managing change. Australian Educational Leader, 37(1), 33-35.
Colmer, K., Waniganayake, M., & Field, L. (2014). Leading professional learning in early childhood centres: Who are the educational leaders?. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 39(4), 103-113.
https://doi.org/10.1177/183693911403900414
Early Learning: Everyone Benefits. (2019). State of early learning in Australia 2019. Early Childhood Australia.
Fleet, A., Soper, R., Semann, A., & Madden, L. (2015). The role of the educational leader: Perceptions and expectations in a period of change. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 40(3), 29-37.
https://doi.org/10.1177/183693911504000305
Hard, N., Lee, P., & Dockett, S. (2018). Mapping the policy landscape of Australian early childhood education policy through document analysis. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 43(2), 4-13.
https://doi.org/10.23965/AJEC.43.2.01
Hedges, H., & Cooper, M. (2018). Relational play-based pedagogy: Theorising a core practice in early childhood education. Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 24(4), 369-383.
https://doi.org/10.1080/13540602.2018.1430564
Heikka, J., Waniganayake, M., & Hujala, E. (2012). Contextualizing distributed leadership within early childhood education: Current understandings, research evidence and future challenges. Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 41
(1), 30-44. https://doi.org/ 10.1177/1741143212462700
Jones, C., Hadley, F., Waniganayake, M., & Johnstone, M. (2019). Find your tribe! Early childhood educators defining and identifying key factors that support their workplace wellbeing. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 44(4), 326–338.
https://doi.org/10.1177/1836939119870906
Kah Yan Loo, J., & Agbenyega, J. (2015). A critical analysis of the Australian ECEC policy reform: An opportunity for transforming educators into pedagogical leaders?
Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 40(2), 127-131. https://doi.org/10.1177/183693911504000215
Kreig, S., Davis, K., & Smith, K. A. (2014). Exploring the dance of early childhood educational leadership. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 39(1), 73-80.
https://doi.org/10.1177/183693911403900110

NSW Education. (2021, June 24). Early childhood teachers. NSW Government.
https://education.nsw.gov.au/teach-nsw/explore-teaching/types-of-teachers/early-childhood-teachers
NSW Educational Standards Authority. (n.d.). Proficient teacher evidence guide: Early childhood teachers.
https://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/wcm/connect/5b21b98c-116b-4f2e-a386-56e77c48f5a8/bostes-proficient-teacher-evidence-guide--early-childhood-teachers.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CVID=
Parliament of Australia, Parliamentary Library. (2014). Universal access to early childhood education: A quick guide
http://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/pubs/rp/rp1314/QG/ChildhoodEducatAccess
Pearson, E. (2015). Moving forward with early childhood care and education (ECCE) post-2015 in the Asia Pacific Region: an analysis of global and national policy goals. International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy, 9(13), 1-19.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40723-015-0016-9
Pinchover, S. (2017). The relation between teachers’ and children’s playfulness: A pilot study. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, 1-8.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.02214
Roybal-Lewis, A. (2021, June 21). Moving towards proficiency: A grounded theory study of early childhood teacher candidates and professional development schools. Early Childhood Education Journal.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10643-021-01229-7
Silcox, S., Boyd, R., & MacNeill, N. (2015). The myth of distributed leadership in modern schooling contexts: Delegation is not distributed leadership. Australian Educational Leader, 37(4), 27-30.
Sims, M., Forrest, R., Semann, A., & Slattery, C. (2015). Conceptions of early childhood leadership: Driving new professionalism? International Journal of Leadership in Education, 18(2), 149-166.
https://doi.org.org/10.1080/13603124.2014.962101
Tzuo, P-W., Tan, L.S., Liang, J-C., & Yong, F. L. (2015). Teachers’ versus parents’ perceptions of professionalism of early childhood teachers: A mixed-methods study. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 40(2), 117-126.
https://doi.org/10.1177/183693911504000214
UNICEF. (n.d.). A simplified version of the United Nations convention on the rights of the child.
https://www.unicef.org.au/Upload/UNICEF/Media/Our%20work/childfriendlycrc.pdf
Weckström, E., Karlsson, L., Pöllänen, S., & Lastikka, A. L. (2021). Creating a culture of participation: Early childhood education and care educators in the face of change. Children & Society, 35(4), 503-518.
https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12414