The Importance Of Leadership And Implementing The Setting Is Recognized By All Early Years Leaders

Throughout this assignment a discussion will take place into the theories of leadership, whilst examining the role of managers within the context of the early years. A series of management competences will be evaluated, whilst investigating the notions of leadership and collaboration.

Leadership is a sociocultural construct underpinned by the beliefs and values of a society (Waniganayake, Cheeseman, Fenech, Hadley, & Shepherd, 2012). Leadership in early childhood have shifted the focus from one designated leader into a more collective approach – distributed leadership, which is not about delegating. As Cheeseman (2012) states, in early childhood settings, attention is often directed at administrative and management leadership (Waniganayake et al., 2012); however it is important to have a designated leader in the areas of development and implementation of curriculum and pedagogy – being the educational leader as a requirement of the National Quality Framework – whilst at the same time see educational leadership as a

Leadership refers to the act of leading a considerable number of people within an establishment or the capacity to do this. Leadership has to do with coming up with a vision that is crystal clear and the ability to spreads that idea out in a manner that makes individuals, given the information, knowledge, and methods to understand, willing to follow. Subsequently, balancing and coordinating the conflicting interests of all stakeholders and members. It is typical for any good leader to step up in the event of a contingency, with the potential to imagine and act creatively in situations that prove to be difficult. Different from management, leadership can never be taught, in as much as it may be learned and bettered employing mentoring and coaching (Servant Leadership Based on Robert Greenleaf’s Writings, 2010).

Leadership can be defined as the ability of a superior to influence the behavior of a minor or group and persuade them to follow a particular course of action. A leader sets a course of action and ensures that everyone follows the action. Leading can apply to leading oneself, other individuals, groups, organizations and societies. The nature of how leading is done depends on the framework of the situation, one's point of view, and on the nature and needs of those involved. While leadership is learned, the skills and knowledge processed by the leader are influenced by their traits, such as beliefs, values, ethics, and most importantly character. Knowledge and skills directly relate to the process of leadership, while the other qualities

“Understanding leadership in early childhood has been plagued by its confusion with the concept of management” (Rodd, 2013, p. 19). The quotation highlights the overlapping of different roles of leadership and management. It is true in respect that people misunderstand the true nature, roles and responsibilities of both the roles because the educational leaders play the role of manager in early childhood setting and the managers perform the duties of educational leader. The following essay will discuss the role of the leaders, which is different from the managers in early childhood settings. There will be discussion on the different skills and dispositions required to perform the role of a leader and a manager. There are different models and theories, which influence the way of working of the leaders and managers. First, the essay will explain the Collin’s level five leadership model; and Katz’s four development stages model followed by the Formal, Collegial and Cultural models of educational management in early childhood setting. Finally, the essay will compare and contrast the current theories of leadership; the charismatic theory, the transactional theory and the transformational theory of leadership. The different theories’ implication to the early educational settings will also be discussed through the essay.

Leadership can be defined as the ability of a superior to influence the behavior of a minor or group and persuade them to follow a particular course of action. A leader sets a course of action and ensures that everyone follows the action. Leading can apply to leading oneself, other individuals, groups, organizations and societies. The nature of how leading is done depends on the framework of the situation, one's point of view, and on the nature and needs of those involved. While leadership is learned, the skills and knowledge processed by the leader are influenced by their traits, such as beliefs, values, ethics, and most importantly character. Knowledge and skills directly relate to the process of leadership, while the other qualities

These critical views have created a confused idea of what effective leadership is and for an EYT (as well as the community) this could affect their leadership role, especially in typical hierarchical environment, that has clearly defined terms of leadership and management (Payler and Locke, 2013. p134). However, their own interpretation of effective leadership agrees with theorists such as Hallet, Miller and Aubrey, who identify the early years professional (EYT) as the key component for successful leadership. Payler and Locke, noted that one of the areas felt most strongly about was a sense of value and community (Payler and Locke 2013) however, Aubrey and Siraj-Blatchford &Manni all identify holistic care and building community partnerships

In this essay I want to address the issue of leadership identity within the early years setting. Additionally, I want to discuss the misconceptions and negative responses to these changes, as this appears to have a direct affect upon effective leadership. I will be looking at what literature identifies as the key areas of effective leadership, as well as reflect upon the statements from critics about the graduate leader and their interpretation of what effective leadership is. I aim to assess how these statements compare and how this relates to Ofsted View on effective leadership. Additionally, I aim to assess how strong leadership identity will benefit children and their

Normally in a good childhood, a child will grow up well educated and wanting to be a role model for younger children whereas a child with a bad childhood might follow in their parents’ footsteps and be a bad influence to others. In an article written by Victoria Carr, Lawrence J. Johnson, and Connie Corkwell, it is explained that “One of the most important aspects of any early childhood setting is the quality of its leadership. Leaders set the tone and are critical to the development of a nurturing environment that supports families and staff, who then encourage children to flourish” (Carr, Corkwell, Johnson 1). They explain that a good or bad childhood is influenced by the role model in that child’s life. A role model can be a parent, a neighbor, a teacher, even a sibling. To the child, they want to grow up and be like their role model. These role models are teaching future “Leaders [to] inspire those they supervise to find their own voices,” or unfortunately to take revenge upon the people who did not help them (Carr, Corkwell, Johnson 2). A child needs someone to look up to because they need direction; it is up to a role model to show the child right from wrong so they can learn and become a leader in the

This essay will begin by discussing the importance of the early year’s leadership which implies the effective strategy to develop school education according to Early Year Foundation Stage (EYFS, 2012) curriculum. This will be following by a discussion of early years’ leadership practice and key learning theories which underpin upon early years learning environment.

Leadership has been studied extensively and many varying definitions exist. Hughes, Ginnett and Curphy (2015, p.4) review many of these definitions and consequently describe leadership as ‘the process of influencing an organised group towards its goals’. Leadership involves the interplay of a range of different factors, not least the leader themselves, the followers and the situation. For

My leadership can be seen in my experience as the Director of Resource in my school of 600 students, Preschool through the eighth grade. I supported parents, teachers and administrators as they maneuvered the obstacles involved in identifying learning needs as well as the challenges that follow after identification. I worked directly with teacher and families to complete the necessary paperwork and advocated on their behalf with the public school system. Under the role as director, I was solely responsible for

Over the years, a great deal of time, and research has been dedicate to the study of leadership. Even with extensive data on the topic, many still disagree on what leadership really means. Hence, leadership is a word that has many different meanings and different researched theories associated with it. On a basic level, leadership involves having and establishing a clear vision, sharing that vision with followers, respecting followers, and leading an organization with excellence while ensuring that everyone is part of the team. Leadership is also a method by which a leader uses his or her influence towards getting a group of followers to take ownership or buy into a vision.

This essay will critically discuss the key factors that influence the management of an Early years setting focusing on government early years policies that influence the management of provision and the manager’s roles and responsibilities.

Leadership is an approach for a leader to guide, motivate, supervise, manage, and influence others in different situation to reach a goal. According to the Pettinger (2007), the leadership can be explained in several situations. First, the leaders have the responsible to provide vision and direction to the followers. Second, the leaders shall energise and motivate the followers. Third, the leaders shall set and enforce absolute standards of behaviour, attitude, presentation and performance.