Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit Convener
Professor Manjula Waniganayake
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Room 277, Building 29, Wally's Walk
By appointment
Lecturer
Professor Philip Li
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Room 217 . Building 29, Wally's Walk
By appointment
Lecturer & Unit Administration
Susan Reade
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Casual marker
Andrea McFarlane
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Credit points |
Credit points
4
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
[Admission to MTeach(Birth to Five Years) and ECED600 and ECED601 and ECED602 and ECED603 and ECED820 and ECED823 and ECED824 and ECED827] or [admission to MEd or GradCertIndigenousEd or MIndigenousEd or MSpecEd or GradCertEdS]
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit aims to build students’ capacity to lead and manage quality early childhood education settings. The unit critically examines the social, political and legal contexts within which early childhood education settings in Australia operate, and explores early childhood leadership theory. Students will investigate diverse management structures, regulatory and legislative frameworks, and the ethical and professional roles and responsibilities of early childhood teachers as leaders and managers.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Assessment Presentation and Submission Guidelines:
Please follow these guidelines when you submit each assignment:
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Please note:
Assignment extensions and late penalties
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Requesting a re-assessment of an assignment:
If you have evidence that your task has not been correctly assessed against the grade descriptors you can request a re-mark. To request a re-mark you need to contact the unit convener within 7 days of the date of return of the assignment and provide a detailed assessment of your script against the task criteria. Evidence from your assignment must be provided to support your judgements.
Note: Failed assessments cannot be re-marked as they are all double-marked as a part of the moderation process.
Please note: The outcome of a re-mark may be a higher/lower or unchanged grade. Grades are standards referenced and effort is NOT a criterion.
Descriptive Criteria for awarding grades in the unit
In order to meet the unit outcomes and successfully pass this unit, students must make a genuine attempt at all assessment tasks. Where any submitted assessment task is considered to be unsatisfactory in this regard, the highest possible final mark that can be awarded for the unit will be 45.
Students will be awarded grades ranging from HD to F according to guidelines set out in the policy: https://staff.mq.edu.au/work/strategy-planning-and-governance/university-policies-and-procedures/policies/assessment-in-effect-from-session-2-2016
The following generic grade descriptors provide university-wide standards for awarding final grades.
Results
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Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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A#1 Leadership and the NQF | 30% | No | Wednesday 27 March 2019 |
A#2 Reflecting on Leading | 20% | No | Friday 10 May 2019 |
A#3 Leadership in action | 50% | No | Friday 7 June 2019 |
Due: Wednesday 27 March 2019
Weighting: 30%
A 2000 word essay addressing two key questions related to the application of the NQF in early childhood settings.
Due: Friday 10 May 2019
Weighting: 20%
This assignment requires students to participate in the weekly discussions forum attached to each topic.
Due: Friday 7 June 2019
Weighting: 50%
This assignment requires students to analyse leadership enactment within an early childhood centre of their choice.
Electronic Communication
During semester time, academic staff involved in this unit may contact students using the following ways:
• Dialogue function on iLearn
• Official MQ Student Email Address
It is the student's responsibility to check all electronic communication on a regular weekly basis.
Resources
The information in this Unit Guide must be read in conjunction with the Readings, Assessments and Study (RAS) Guide for ECED/X826, that
is available for downloading from iLearn.
Important note:
It is recommended that ECED/X 826 be taken in your final year of the Master of Teaching (Birth to Five Years) because it is assumed that you have some familiarity with EC settings in Australia. It is therefore essential to have completed the required pre-requisites for this unit, in particular ECED/X603.
Withdrawing from this Unit
If you are considering withdrawing from this unit, before you proceed, please seek academic advice by writing to https://ask.mq.edu.au because this unit may be a co-requisite or prerequisite for units in the following semesters and may impact on your progression through the Master of Teaching (Birth to Five Years) degree.
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