I am a newly appointed educational leader in LDC, i have no idea what does an educational leader should be doing and what required of me. Am i responsible for the whole centre's curriculum planning? Any advice will be highly appreciated. Thanks
No, you don't have to sit and do each rooms programs if that's what your asking. The room leader and co. are responsible for implementing and completing their program.
I just had a look at the Regulation and to me I think that you must lead your team in implementing the Framework at your service. So, this could be introducing new ideas on ways to improve documentation at the centre, making sure that the program and documentation complies with the NQS, supporting other team members in programming etc.
You also need to guide and support other educators within the centre to implement the program and assist them to reflect on their practices, challenge their thinking on current practices etc.
Basically you support the educators at your centre with programming and documentation...
Thank you Lorina. An article about the role of the educational leader will be beneficial to all new and experienced educational leaders. Look forward to read it. Can't wait....
Just wanted to let you know that I have just released a checklist for Educational Leaders which they can use within the service to lead and assist educators to document children's learning. It also enable the Educational Leader to check on how educators are reflecting on and implementing the framework to inform curriculum decision making.