Educational Leadership, Management and Program Assessment
Overview
This unit provides pre-service teachers with the skills and knowledge necessary to successfully work in a variety of leadership and managerial positions within an early childhood service. Pre-service teachers will also gain skills that enable them to be effective communicators.
Requisites
AND
237.5 credit point in one of:
BA-EDECP (S) Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood and Primary)
OR
BA-EDUEC (2) Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood)
OR
BA-EDUECT (S) Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Teaching)
OR
BA-EDU (S) Bachelor of Education
OR
BA-EDUPRI (1) Bachelor of Education (Primary)
26-May-2024
09-June-2024
Learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
- Analyse the skills and dispositions required for the roles of early childhood leader and manager and appreciate their inter-connectedness
- Apply current theories and models of leadership and understand how they apply them appropriately to educational settings
- Identify legal requirements for managing and operating early childhood services
- Work collaboratively to develop early childhood policies and procedures
- Critically evaluate principles and strategies for assessment and reporting of student learning and development
- Examine ethical requirements for policies and working in complex partnerships with families, children, colleagues and members of the community
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
Type | Hours per week | Number of weeks | Total (number of hours) |
---|---|---|---|
Live Online Lecture | 1.00 | 12 weeks | 12 |
On-campus Class | 2.00 | 12 weeks | 24 |
Specified Activities Various | 4.00 | 12 weeks | 48 |
Unspecified Activities Various | 5.50 | 12 weeks | 66 |
TOTAL | 150 |
Swinburne Online
Type | Hours per week | Number of weeks | Total (number of hours) |
---|---|---|---|
Online Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning | 12.50 | 12 weeks | 150 |
TOTAL | 150 |
Assessment
Type | Task | Weighting | ULO's |
---|---|---|---|
Essay | Individual | 50% | 1,2,3 |
Policy Development Project | Group | 50% | 4,5,6 |
Content
- Defining leadership and management
- The visionary leader
- Dispositions of leadership
- The critical importance of communication
- Quality assurance: rethinking issues of quality
- Legal issues
- Occupational health and safety issues
- Strategic planning
- Effective communication skills
- Change management
- Marketing and promotion
- Administration in children’s services and schools
- Project management
- Program assessment
- Portfolio design and assessment strategies in care services (provide feedback and report on student learning)
- Ethical leadership
- Financial management
- Systems operations
- Policies and governance
- Human resource management
- Policy development
- Legal and ethical dimensions of teaching including the use of ICT
Study resources
Reading materials
A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.