Leading Learning Through Partnerships

Developing respectful and responsive relationships with families, carers, colleagues and professionals is a core responsibility of educational leaders in Early Childhood and Education Care (ECEC) settings. This Melbourne MicroCert will provide you with a deep understanding of the relationship between educational leaders and these partners in early childhood settings, and the skills to build and sustain your collaborative practices. Engaging with contemporary theories, models, local data and practices, you will explore how collaborative partnerships can create pathways that support the learning and development outcomes for young children from birth to five years of age. The course is led by experts from the Melbourne Graduate School of Education (MGSE) and is part of the Educational Leadership in Early Childhood series, which focuses on enhancing the leadership qualities and practices of educational leaders and educators working in early childhood education and care. Who is it for? This MicroCert is for educational leaders and educators with a minimum of three years’ experience in early childhood sector wishing to aspire to lead teams or enhance their leadership skills to improve quality of learning and teaching within the sector. Key topics During this Melbourne MicroCert you will examine a range of key concepts, including: Research and policy-informed understandings of educational leadership and collaborative partnerships in ECEC settings Models and practices that address the role of educational leadership in collaborative partnerships and child learning and development outcomes Key evidence-based leadership practices that support collaborative partnerships How collaborative partnerships are linked to assessment for learning, intentional teaching and planning practices. Some of the collaborative approaches the course draws upon include the pedagogy of listening, co-facilitation of professional learning, coaching, yarning, reflective practice, multidisciplinary case meetings. Learning outcomes On completion of the course, you will be able to: Use research evidence and policy documents to analyse the relationship between educational leadership and collaborative partnerships in ECEC settings. Explain how collaborative partnerships enable new understandings of effective teaching and learning for children participating in a diverse range of early childhood education programs. Learning experience This MicroCert has been designed to coincide with the sector’s teaching terms to ensure you have opportunities and time to apply your newly acquired knowledge and practices. You will be introduced to learning material at targeted time points during the learning period, building knowledge over time. In our innovative online environment, you will learn alongside other industry professionals and undertake guided learning, peer discussion and facilitated activities involving contributions from the industry, including policymakers, researchers and educational and pedagogical leaders. Learning includes videos, online reading tasks, independent study supported by interactive webinars and discussion board activities. Fully online delivery offers a convenient way to develop your skillset, from a location that suits you. Pathways to further study Leading Learning through Partnerships can be taken as a stand-alone course, or you can complement it with any other Melbourne MicroCert in the Educational Leadership in Early Childhood?series, in whatever order you choose.