Assesment 2 TCHR3004: Leadership and Advocacy in Early Childhood

Task Description

This task requires students to draw on learning from Modules 1 to 6 and one (1) of the provided educational leader interviews to write a critical review of the role, responsibilities, and challenges of the early childhood educational leader.

In developing and explaining these points, students will:

• Demonstrate an understanding of key principles of leadership and management in practice within an early childhood education and care service setting

• Critically reflect on what advocacy is in practice, its role in ECEC, and the skills needed/displayed by a strong advocate for the ECEC profession

• Demonstrate an understanding of how to build a supportive and collaborative environment for children, parents, community and staff as a leader within an early childhood education and care service setting

Rationale

As an early childhood teacher, it is important that you:

• Have an understanding and knowledge of varied and appropriate leadership styles

• Understand your role as a leader within an early childhood education and care service setting

• Can critically consider the impact of a leader and advocate in an early childhood education and care service/on the early childhood sector

Task Instructions

Three interviews with educational leaders in ECEC have been provided in the Task 2 folder on the Blackboard site.

Choose ONE interview with an educational leader and prepare a critical review of their role, responsibilities, and challenges as an early childhood educational leader in line with the following headings:

• Interview selected

• Key roles of the educational leader in this interview

• Key responsibilities of the educational leader in this interview

• The leadership style evident in this interview, and the theoretical underpinnings of this leadership style that are evident in this interview

• The challenges faced by the education leader in this interview and examples of these challenges that are outlined in the interview

• How the leader in this interview demonstrates advocacy/acts as a strong advocate, the skills they require for this advocacy role