Breakout Session 5 - 17th September at 12:30 - 1:10

Support leaders to design and implement pedagogical change

Abstract

Pedagogical leadership is leadership focused on developing the capacity of the early childhood setting to be a professional learning community/organisation. This presentation illustrates a process that supports leaders and aspiring leaders to engage in and critically reflect on leading effective pedagogical change within a community of learners. The New Zealand Education Review Office (ERO) (Education Review Office, 2020) claims that “Leadership is the exercise of influence, whether based on positional authority, personal characteristics, or quality of ideas. It is about ‘influence with purpose’, about persuading and supporting others to pursue changes that make a positive difference to children’s learning” (p. 29). 

Through engaging in postgraduate study, teachers developed their understanding of their role as pedagogical leaders who can identify areas for pedagogical change informed by theory and research. This knowledge was applied to practice for improved educational outcomes for children. Teachers were able to critically evaluate the effectiveness of using a needs analysis approach to inform their leadership of pedagogical change. 

In this presentation I will share with you examples of the analysis teachers undertook and the range of leadership strategies the teachers implemented as they influenced change.

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