childhood studies
A Fundamental Understanding of Early Childhood Management and Leadership
This essay will be studying standard and current studies of leadership and management in early childhood setting. It will demonstrate an understanding and knowledge of the school’s management and leadership. This will be achieved by considering present situation and practice, relating decisions and references to my experience. It will also give a theoretical perspective, backed up by, for example, Rodd and McGregor, which may have an influence in the school, displaying and analysing this in relation to early childhood.
The definition of management and leadership style describes it as a skill or ability, an action or behaviour; responsible management can be described as a process, an experience, an influencing relationship, a position of authority; a trait or characteristic; a style (Koza, 2010 and Daly et al, 2009). Management and leadership both involve deciding what needs to be done, creating networks of people and relationships that can accomplish an agenda and trying to ensure that those people actually get the job done (Daly et al, 2009).
However, understanding leadership and management in the early childhood setting is a main objective and fundamental aspect of this essay. For example, developing future practitioner leaders is one of the greatest challenges faced by the nursery profession. Mahoney (2001) cited in Early Childhood Studies (2005) mentions that, powerful leadership skills are needed by all practitioners who also should provide support to those in top management positions. As a male worker in the setting, being involved in an activity or taking care of a child or being responsible for giving assistance to another practitioner, may mean I am considered as being a leader.
The school is surrounded by world class learning institutions and opportunities, which act daily as the extended classrooms. The children are aged from 3 to 11 and are drawn from the neighbourhood
This essay will be studying standard and current studies of leadership and management in early childhood setting. It will demonstrate an understanding and knowledge of the school’s management and leadership. This will be achieved by considering present situation and practice, relating decisions and references to my experience. It will also give a theoretical perspective, backed up by, for example, Rodd and McGregor, which may have an influence in the school, displaying and analysing this in relation to early childhood.
The definition of management and leadership style describes it as a skill or ability, an action or behaviour; responsible management can be described as a process, an experience, an influencing relationship, a position of authority; a trait or characteristic; a style (Koza, 2010 and Daly et al, 2009). Management and leadership both involve deciding what needs to be done, creating networks of people and relationships that can accomplish an agenda and trying to ensure that those people actually get the job done (Daly et al, 2009).
However, understanding leadership and management in the early childhood setting is a main objective and fundamental aspect of this essay. For example, developing future practitioner leaders is one of the greatest challenges faced by the nursery profession. Mahoney (2001) cited in Early Childhood Studies (2005) mentions that, powerful leadership skills are needed by all practitioners who also should provide support to those in top management positions. As a male worker in the setting, being involved in an activity or taking care of a child or being responsible for giving assistance to another practitioner, may mean I am considered as being a leader.
The school is surrounded by world class learning institutions and opportunities, which act daily as the extended classrooms. The children are aged from 3 to 11 and are drawn from the neighbourhood