Leading and Managing in the Early Years

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...a major contribution to the limited literature and research on leadership in childhood education.′ - Professor Tony Bush, Editor of Educational Management, Administration and Leadership.

′This important book focuses clearly on evidence, describing the realities of leading and managing settings in times of rapid policy changes. Carol Aubrey manages to combine theory, research and practice in a book that will be invaluable to a new generation of early years professionals.′ - Angela Anning, Emeritus Professor of Early Childhood Education, University of Leeds, UK

′..skilfully draws on sound empirical research to present a grounded theory model for leadership in early years education. ....of interest to researchers, students and practitioners internationally.′ - Professor Nithi Muthukrishna, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

This Second Edition of Leading and Managing in the Early Years explores and integrates leadership and management practice with a real understanding of early years settings.

Revised and updated, this new edition includes:

- Two new chapters on private day care and reflective practice and action research

- Further coverage of reflective practice and reflective leadership skills

- More on EYPS as well as integrated centre leadership

- Practical suggestions for working with resistant groups and individuals.

Carol Aubrey investigates different concepts and characteristics of Early Childhood (EC) leadership as well as the roles and responsibilities of EC leaders. She also explores the types of leadership programmes or development which are needed to maximise the effectiveness of EC leaders.

This book is essential reading for students in Early Childhood courses, Early Years Practitioners and local authority employees involved with the integrated centres initiative.

Carol Aubrey is Professor of Early Childhood Studies at the University of Warwick.

 

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THEORIZING LEADERSHIP IN EARLY CHILDHOOD
1
1 THE EARLY CHILDHOOD LEADERS AGENDA
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2 LEADERSHIP IN ENGLISH EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND CARE
19
3 PRACTITIONERS UNDERSTANDINGS OF EARLY CHILDHOOD LEADERSHIP
39
4 EARLY CHILDHOOD LEADERS WORK
49
5 I DONT LIKE THE IDEA OF MAKING A PROFIT EXPLOITING THOSE ON LOW WAGES
69
6 JOURNEYS INTO LEADERSHIP
78
7 MENTORING AS A LEADERSHIP STRATEGY
88
9 LEADING IN ATIME OF CHANGE
131
10 REFLECTIVE PRACTICE AND ACTION LEARNING
146
11 REFLECTIONS
165
POSTSCRIPT
174
APPENDIX
178
REFERENCES
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INDEX
218
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8 THE CHALLENGE OF LEADING MULTIAGENCY TEAMS
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Carol Aubrey is Emeritus Professor of Early Childhood in the Institute of Education at the University of Warwick. She trained as a primary school teacher and then as an educational psychologist. Later, she spent a number of years in primary teacher education with a particular focus on the early years, first at University College Cardiff and then at the University of Durham where she directed the Postgraduate Certificate of Education (Primary) and for a time was Deputy Director of the School. Thereafter, from 2001, she worked at Canterbury Christ Church University where she led the Centre for International Studies in Early Childhood (CISEC). Her research interests lie in the area of the policy to practice context of early childhood care and education in national and international contexts, early learning and development, with a particular interest in early mathematics and inclusion/special educational needs. She has been convener of the British Educational Research Association (BERA) Special Interest Group for Early Childhood Care and Education and a member of the BERA Executive Council from 2004 to 2007. She was UK editor for Journal of Early Childhood Research from 2003–2009.

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