Executive Leadership Series: Leadership and Professionalism (LDPM)
About This Course
This course aims to provide a platform for Senior Leaders (Senior Principals and above) to understand ECDA’s vision, mission, values for the early childhood sector and key leadership models for building professionalism that would foster growth and development to achieve these key tenets of the sector.
Apart from discussing ECDA’s vision, mission and values and some common frameworks of the sector, participants will learn about leadership theories and common psychological theories for nurturing of a learning culture at their Centres. They will also be introduced to the basics of Systems Theory and application of Systems Theory to the functioning of their Centres.
What You'll Learn
• Understand through discussion, ECDA’s vision, mission, values for the early childhood sector
• Explore theories that under-gird the QRS and have deeper insights on quality
• Understand leadership and professionalism and leadership models for building professionalism in the sector
• Understand the distinctive role of EC leaders in raising quality and providing for leadership for learning
• Be motivated to act on building leadership for learning, professionalism, and learning cultures at centres
• Understand common psychological theories that are important for leading of centres
• Understand the basics of Systems Theory and be able to apply this understanding to the operations of their centres
Entry Requirements
1. Be ECDA-certified as L2 teacher
2. Currently employed in a childcare registered or licensed with ECDA