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Role Perceptions of Early Childhood Teachers Leading Professional Learning Communities Following a New Professional Development Policy
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Avidov-Ungar, Orit; Merav, Hayak; Cohen, Sivan – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2023
The goal of the study was to examine the factors that drove early childhood teachers to accept a leadership role in professional learning communities (PLCs), their perceptions of the role's characteristics and the implications of taking on an additional role beyond the teaching of kindergarten-age children. This qualitative study included 30…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Teachers, Teacher Role, Teacher Attitudes
Navigating Ambiguity: Early Childhood Leaders' Sense-Making of Their Identity in a New Mid-Level Role
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Moshel, Smadar; Berkovich, Izhak – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2020
Mid-level roles in education have been widely explored, primarily in schools, but little research has been conducted during the systemic reform that involves creating a mid-level role between end units and the system. The present study explores the sense-making of early childhood leaders (ECLs) at the initial stage of their new role as mid-level…
Descriptors: Ambiguity (Context), Role Perception, Professional Identity, Middle Management