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Leading and Managing Early Childhood Settings - ECED826

This unit aims to build students’ capacity to lead and manage quality early childhood education settings. The unit critically examines the social, political and legal contexts within which early childhood education settings in Australia operate, and explores early childhood leadership theory. Students will investigate diverse management structures, regulatory and legislative frameworks, and the ethical and professional roles and responsibilities of early childhood teachers as leaders and managers.

Credit Points: 4
When Offered:

S1 Day - Session 1, North Ryde, Day

S1 External - Session 1, External (On-campus dates: Compulsory)

Staff Contact(s): Professor Manjula Waniganayake
Prerequisites:

[Admission to MTeach(Birth to Five Years) and ECED600 and ECED601 and ECED602 and ECED603 and ECED820 and ECED823 and ECED824 and ECED827] or [admission to MEChild or MEdLead or MEd or MIndigenousEd or MSpecEd or PGCertSpEd] Prerequisite Information

Corequisites:

NCCW(s): ECED604, EDCN845, ECED745, ECED834
Unit Designation(s):
Assessed As: Graded
Offered By:

Department of Educational Studies

Faculty of Human Sciences

Course structures, including unit offerings, are subject to change.
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