NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 5 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Weston, Gill; Tyler, Mary – Management in Education, 2015
This article reviews the process and achievements of leadership of an improvement and development programme for children's centres in the context of public value and Ofsted inspection. It analyses how the capacity has been developed of children's centre managers to work more strategically and collectively. Distributed leadership theory is applied…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Improvement Programs, Leadership, Child Development Centers
Thornton, Linda; Brunton, Pat – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2009
"Understanding the Reggio Approach" is a much needed source of information for those wishing to extend and consolidate their understanding of the Reggio Approach. Analysing the essential elements of the Reggio Approach to early childhood and its relationship to quality early years practice, this new edition is fully updated with the…
Descriptors: Young Children, Reggio Emilia Approach, Early Childhood Education, Child Development Centers
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Isaac, Patricia; Trodd, Lyn – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2008
The National Professional Qualification in Integrated Centre Leadership (NPQICL) is a programme that supports children's centre leaders to develop their own leadership capability. This research highlights the effect the particular constructivist teaching and learning methodology has had on individual tutors' and mentors' professional development.…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Mentors, School Administration, Tutors
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
John, Karen – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2008
Leadership mentoring is a central component of the National Professional Qualification in Integrated Centre Leadership (NPQICL), which is designed to develop robust, creative and courageous children's centre leaders. Mentoring provides a safe, supportive and confidential space in which leaders can discuss the challenges of leading their centres.…
Descriptors: Integrated Services, Mentors, Role Perception, Leadership Effectiveness
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Broadhead, Pat; Armistead, Jo – Children & Society, 2007
This study reports on research into a Local Authority initiative in York, in North Yorkshire which aimed to establish early education and childcare partnerships between its 51 primary schools and local early-years providers from the community-voluntary and private sectors in close geographical proximity to the schools. The initiative was named…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Partnerships in Education, Community Coordination, School Community Programs