Unit of Study TCHR3004 Leadership and Advocacy in Early Childhood (2024)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

UG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Education
Placement

Yes

Enrolment information

Students enrol by the date specified by the Professional Experience Team to ensure a placement can be arranged. Students provide evidence of compliance for all placement requirements prior to attending professional placement. Full details are available at: www.scu.edu.au/education/education-profession/professional-experience/

Unit description

Provides students with an understanding of the responsibilities and challenges of being a professional leader in early childhood education and care (ECEC). The unit focuses on models and theories of leadership and management of early childhood services.

Unit content

Module 1: Leadership management in ECEC

Module 2: ECEC leadership philosophy, identity and leadership style

Module 3: Advocacy and early childhood

Module 4: Understanding advocacy in early childhood education and care

Module 5: Developing leadership identity

Module 6: Transition to the profession as an educational leader

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Gold Coast	Term4	Term4
Online	Term4,5	Term4,5

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

demonstrate knowledge of the key principles of leadership and management in practice in early childhood education and care services and settings underpinned by theoretical and practical perspectives on administration, management and leadership

demonstrate an understanding of how to build supportive and collaborative environments for children, parents, community and staff

critically reflect on the role that advocacy plays in early childhood education (locally, nationally and internationally) and identify the skills that a strong advocate for the ECEC profession should display

critically analyse and understand the role of the educational leader: including relationships, responsibilities, expectations, ethical practice and transition to an educational leader

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (weekly)

Placement 10 days (once)

Assessment
Report	50%
Portfolio	50%
Placement	SR

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (weekly)

Placement 10 days (once)

Assessment
Report	50%
Portfolio	50%
Placement	SR

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts

No prescribed texts.

Prescribed Resources/Equipment

Readings and materials will be found in the TCHR3004 MySCU Learning site.

Prescribed Texts

No prescribed texts.

Prescribed Resources/Equipment

Readings and materials will be found in the TCHR3004 MySCU Learning site.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.

Fee information

Domestic

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