Successful leadership in the early years / June O'Sullivan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Sullivan, June, author.

Series:

Featherstone professional development.

Featherstone Professional Development

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Early childhood education--Administration.

Early childhood education.

Elementary school administration.

Educational leadership.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

London, [England] : Bloomsbury, 2015.

Summary:

This book by June O'Sullivan provides a comprehensive exploration of leadership within the early years education sector. It is designed for leaders managing various early childhood settings, such as nurseries, schools, and childcare centers. The author emphasizes the critical role of effective leadership in delivering high-quality services for children and families. The book offers practical guidance, reflective exercises, and activities to help leaders understand their roles, enhance their skills, and address challenges. Topics include leadership strategies, change management, staff development, parental involvement, and governance. The text highlights the importance of capable leadership in fostering positive outcomes for children, reducing staff turnover, and addressing social injustice. With its practical approach, the book aims to equip current and aspiring leaders with the tools to lead effectively in complex environments. Generated by AI.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Half Title""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""1 The journey to successful leadership""; ""Why lead?""; ""The emerging early years leader""; ""The leader in action""; ""Do you think you are a successful leader?""; ""2 Leadership know-how""; ""Leadership characteristics""; ""Putting frameworks into practice""; ""Examples of leadership characteristics""; ""Leadership competencies""; ""When did you last assess your leadership in action?""; ""3 Leading change""; ""Organisational change""; ""Summary of early years change""; ""Leading the change""

""Common responses to change""""Think and reflect!""; ""Do you think you lead change successfully?""; ""Strategic change preparation plan""; ""Change strategy checklist""; ""Managing change checklist""; ""Activity to complete at a staff team meeting or training session""; ""4 Overcoming leadership challenges""; ""Communication""; ""Making decisions""; ""The C-step approach""; ""Dealing with conflict""; ""Reality test""; ""Activities to complete at a staff team meeting or training session""; ""5 Developing the pedagogical leader""; ""Pedagogical leadership influences""

""My favourite pedagogues""""Neuroscience and education""; ""Putting pedagogy at the heart of the curriculum""; ""Leading the nursery towards continual evaluation""; ""?The woven mat?""; ""Looking for examples of best practice""; ""The London Early Years Foundation pedagogy""; ""Making it happen""; ""Children learn best""; ""Activities to complete at a staff team meeting or training session""; ""6 Leading to involve parents""; ""Changing family patterns""; ""Parenting as a factor in poverty""; ""Sure Start Children?s Centres""; ""Positive parenting""

""Ideas for involving parents in activities""""Activities to complete at a staff team meeting or training session""; ""7 Developing new leaders""; ""Staff retention""; ""How to develop leaders""; ""Leadership versus management""; ""Supporting staff as they develop into new leaders""; ""Developing yourself""; ""Being part of a learning organisation""; ""Checklist for developing new leaders""; ""Identifying a starting point for the new leader""; ""8 The entrepreneurial leader:""; ""Why convert the idea into a childcare setting?""; ""Principles for successful communities""

""The social entrepreneurial leader in action""""Starting a network""; ""Is your organisation a social enterprise?""; ""Activity to complete at a staff team meeting or training session""; ""9 Leading with your governors and trustees""; ""What is governance?""; ""Incorporation of a charity""; ""The board of trustees""; ""Reviewing the board""; ""Successful boards""; ""Company directors""; ""The role of the chair""; ""A good chair""; ""Parent Council""; ""Trustee committee""; ""The role of the early years leader""; ""An annual meeting plan""; ""Liabilities of staff and volunteers""

""Recruiting new trustees""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 6, 2015).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.

ISBN:

1-4729-1904-1

OCLC:

921302087