Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Part I: What is Social Leadership in Early Childhood Education?
  • 1. Community Building and Relational Logics
  • 2. Prioritising Purpose
  • 3. Connecting Purpose with Pedagogy
  • 4. Organisations 'Addicted to Change'
  • Part II: Why does Social Leadership Matter for Early Childhood Education?
  • 5. Recruitment as Community Membership
  • 6. Retention as Community Affinity
  • 7. Retention as Community Connectedness
  • 8. The Impact on Child-Adult Interactions
  • 9. Developing Organisational Leadership
  • 10. Fostering the Wider Community
  • Part III: How Can We Support Social Leadership to Flourish?
  • 11.
  • Organisational Culture
  • 12.
  • Storytelling
  • 13.
  • Continuous Improvement
  • 14. Distributed Pedagogical Leadership
  • 15. Action Research
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Index