Leadership, Advocacy, Activism & Ethics

This subject focuses on understanding advocacy, activism, ethics and leadership through multiple perspectives. Central to this is supporting children’s, families’ and teachers’ participation, voice and agency in early childhood settings. This includes defining the role and contributions of educational leadership, building collaborative partnerships, and understanding leadership in relation to teaching, learning, and advocacy. Additionally, an understanding of human rights theories, principles, documents, frameworks and models will be a focus. Concepts of care will be offered as a way to ethically support equity. Topics will include community building, connection with place, and creating sustainable environments. Specific discussions on ethics of care, care of self in relation to teacher well-being, and ‘ethics of enough’ will be included. Content addresses children birth to 8 years and includes content for children birth to 35 months. Content also includes child safety standards and safe sleep practices.