Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit Convener
Manjula Waniganayake
Contact via ilearn
Room 277 in 29 Wally Walk
By appointment
Lecturer/tutor
Susan Reade
Contact via iLearn
Casual marker
Andrea McFarlane
Contact via iLearn
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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 MEChild or MEd or MIndigenousEd or MSpecEd or PGCertSpEd or GradCertEdS]
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
ECHX826 - Leading and Managing Early Childhood
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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:
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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A#1 Leadership and the NQF | 30% | No | Wednesday 28 March 2018 |
A#2 Reflecting on Leading | 20% | No | Friday 11 May 2018 |
A#3 Leadership in action | 50% | No | Friday 8 June 2018 |
Due: Wednesday 28 March 2018
Weighting: 30%
A 2000 word essay addressing two key questions related to the application of the NQF in early childhood settings.
Due: Friday 11 May 2018
Weighting: 20%
This assignment requires students to participate in the weekly discussions forum attached to each topic being examine in this unit.
Due: Friday 8 June 2018
Weighting: 50%
This assignment requires you to analyse leadership enactment within an early childhood centre of your choice.
Electronic Communication
During semester time, staff may contact students using the following ways:
• Dialogue function on iLearn
• Official MQ Student Email Address
It is the students 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 Assessment, Readings and Study Guide for ECEDX826, that
is available for download 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. It is therefore essential to have completed the required pre-requisites for this unit, in particular ECED/X603.
Withdrawing from this PG Unit
If you are considering withdrawing from this unit, before you proceed, please seek academic advice by writing to 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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20/02/2018 | Change of due dates for A#2 and A#3. |
20/02/2018 | Added convener room details. |