Leadership and Management in Early Childhood Education
UndergraduateLTU-EDU4LAM2025
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 7 Sept 2025
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 6 weeks
- Start dates
- 3 Mar 2025,
- 15 Sept 2025
- Price from
- $578
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Leadership and Management in Early Childhood Education
About this subject
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Explore aspects of leadership and management and evaluate the attributes of an effective and motivational leader in an Early Childhood context.
- Articulate and demonstrate the meaning and purpose of advocacy and activism through leadership.
- Recognise and identify personal goals and demonstrate an ability to reflect on own professional abilities and continuous improvement.
- Who Is a Leader? What Is Leadership?
- Leadership and Its Influences on Early Childhood Education in Australia
- Pedagogical Leadership
- Challenging Stereotypes in Early Childhood
In this subject pre-service teachers will examine a broad range of leadership styles and management roles in an early childhood context and recognise their own goals for leadership and management, identifying what success will mean in their future professional and personal lives. They will also investigate the issues that shape early childhood leadership such as: policy, legal requirements, political influences, professional ethics and operational management. Additionally, Pre-service teachers will examine advocacy through leadership research and practice and consider ways to advocate for professional and community awareness of the importance of early childhood education.
- Assessment Task 1. Professional Plan – Diagnostic Task (200 words) This assessment task will be undertaken within the first 2 weeks of the term. (10%)
- Assessment Task 3: Leadership Enquiry (2000 words) (50%)
- Assessment Task 2: Professional Plan. (1800 words) (40%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- LAT-ECE-DEG-2025 - Bachelor of Early Childhood Education
Prior study
You must either have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject, or currently be enrolled in the following subject(s) in a prior study period; or enrol in the following subject(s) to study prior to this subject:
one of
- LTU-EDU3CC-Early Childhood Curriculum
- LTU-EDU3CAT-Connections and Transitions: 3-5 Year Old Placement
Please note that your enrolment in this subject is conditional on successful completion of these prerequisite subject(s). If you study the prerequisite subject(s) in the study period immediately prior to studying this subject, your result for the prerequisite subject(s) will not be finalised prior to the close of enrolment. In this situation, should you not complete your prerequisite subject(s) successfully you should not continue with your enrolment in this subject. If you are currently enrolled in the prerequisite subject(s) and believe you may not complete these all successfully, it is your responsibility to reschedule your study of this subject to give you time to re-attempt the prerequisite subject(s).
Others
Prerequisites: Students must be admitted in the following course: EBECEO.
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Bachelor of Early Childhood Education
UndergraduateLAT-ECE-DEG