Elements Of Effective Distributed Leadership

Regarding my own effectiveness in building relationships with children and young people, I interact with children to get to know them more and involve in their play so the children feel comfortable around their surroundings. When children are doing various types of activities, encouraging and enabling them to do it by themselves is essential. If they cannot do it they are to go and ask for help rather than the staff automatically doing it for them, as staffs need to make children dependent on themselves.

As a qualified childcare practitioner with over 11 years' experience in Early Education and Childcare I have a wealth of experience and knowledge in working with children aged 0-5. Furthermore, being employed within a local primary school has given me opportunity to work with children ages 5-11 through frequent practical experiences. I have accrued many abilities and skills throughout my studies and career that would aid me in studying and work as a teacher; I am a nurturing person, which has allowed me to build strong relationships with children, parents and carers. Communication and team work are also skills that I have honed through my career. While I work competently as part of

It is important to ensure children and young people are protected from harm within the setting, as the parents are leaving their children in your care with the expectation that they can trust you and your colleagues to keep their children from harm. It is difficult for parents to leave their children in an education or care setting and then go to work; they need to be confident that their children will be in safe supportive hands with people that will help them develop.

In order to improve their work with young children practitioners use their own learning by using ways of work that are non-judgemental, sensitive and positive. Therefore, practitoners through initial on-going training and development need to develop, and demonstrate and continuously improve a number of things in their work. They may have to work with the wider community such as parents and carers and also with other professionals with inside and outside the setting. They may have to improve on their relationships with both the children and their parents and develop a knowledge and understanding of the diverse ways that children can learn in order to support and extend children’s learning across all areas and aspects of learning (Leicestershire County Council).

1.2 Explain the main roles and responsibilities of key staff involved in a child’s learning

Throughout this entire course we have learned many concepts and strategies to synthesize and use leadership as a means of working in a group setting. These concepts allowed us to learn not only how to lead other

• reduce the stress experienced by staff and parents who lack confidence in the face of

This paper has been divided into four parts. The first section defines and gives a brief explanation of the Basic Skills Component Domains of working with Children and young people including- Core competences for working with children and young

Working with children has been my number one career prospect since leaving school, but at first was undecided of the age range. This lead me into attending Franklin College to study English and Psychology at A level. However, felt this was not the right choice for me. After being disheartened from my experience at college I decided to apply for Level 2 Childcare at my local sixth form. I became intrigued by the various approaches to working with children and learning how children develop.

As part of their legal and professional obligations, practitioners hold positions of trust and a duty of care to the children in their school, and therefore should always act in their best interests to ensure their safety and welfare. Young children are very vulnerable and depend on parents and other carers to fulfil their basic needs, such as nutrition, warmth, shelter, love and attention. Practitioners need to actively promote the wellbeing of every child. This includes providing opportunities for children and young people to develop and learn, to play, to communicate and socialise with each other in the

Leaders foster collaboration and build trust by empowering others to take initiative and responsibility (Kouzes & Posner, 2012). Within this practice, leaders focus on building a bond with their constituents, sharing information, and enabling their team to make independent decisions to meet goals. The primary goal of this practice is building trust with constituents. In addition, communicating interdependence and fostering collaboration are critical to this practice. The role of an exemplary leader is to create a connected environment where people feel supported, competent and

The early years of a child’s life are the most critical when it comes to their development. They are growing and learning at a phenomenal rate. I believe each child has character traits, giftings, and talents that make that child unique. I read a book once called ‘Children are Wet Cement’ that impacted the way I look at children. It said that children are like wet cement – you can mold them and make imprints on them while they are young before they start to ‘harden’. Not that children can’t change, but that they are impressionable, teachable, and filled with wonder when young. We need to take advantage of the time we have with them to instill in them a love for learning and respect for themselves and for others. My goal as a director is assist our staff to teach, guide, and encourage the students we are privileged to teach. My hope is that our students will grow to be confident, successful individuals that reach their fullest potential.

It is every staff members job within the work setting to ensure children and young people in their care are happy and safe. If a safe environment isn’t provided for them to develop and thrive in, then the work setting is failing as a child service provider. If a child or young person does not feel safe at school, or where they live they will not progress and could find the transition into adult life more difficult. If a child is protected from harm, they will have the confidence to try new things a develop their life

children you are responsible for. Observe experienced staff within a work environment and what is

Within the past few years, Higher Education institutions have transformed from their traditional roots of a collegial culture and have begun to transition to this new “Managerialism” culture. This culture was adopted from the private/for-profit sector within Higher Education. The managerial culture resembles more of a business model approach. It focuses on the quantity in relations to productivity, bottom line, quantitative and efficiency versus the quality in regards to academic freedom, research, values and autonomy. “ Procedures around performance measurement, quality control, and audit aimed at improving the effectiveness and accountability of Higher Education institutions have at the same time contributed to the creation of additional bureaucratic layers of control which have often been experienced as inhibiting organizational effectiveness and responsiveness (764)” which has the greatest impact on how Higher Education operates.