In the Australian early childhood sector the role of educational leader emerged as part of a
very large process of policy reform that began in 2009. The position of educational leader …

This paper reports a rhetorical analysis of policy texts illustrating the emergence of the
mandatory Educational Leader role in early childhood services in Australia. We argue that …

AT A TIME OF RAPID pedagogical and policy change in the Australian early childhood
educators' professional context, little is known about the experience of the evolving …

Not surprisingly, many studies affirm the pivotal role of school leaders in shaping the culture
of schools and the quality of teaching and learning that occurs in classrooms (Barth 1990 …

This paper reports the ways in which Educational Leaders in Australian early childhood
education workplaces are interpreting and implementing their mandatory role. Interviews …

This research is based in early childhood centres in Australia, Finland and Norway,
considered the leadership work of centre Directors and Deputy Directors. Theoretically, this …

The Department for Children, Schools and Families (now the Department for Education) and
the National College for School Leadership (now the National College for Leadership of …

The ascendancy of school leadership in England is linked to the UK government's goals of
raising educational standards and modernizing the education system. The primacy of …

In this article, we argue that leadership of schools is a form of performance that has become
ritualised and routinised through the official scripting of policy texts that mandate how …

The labels used to describe the field have changed since the 1970s, from educational
administration, to educational management and, in the 21st century, to educational …