Leading Healthy and Safe Environments

Abstract

In this subject students investigate leadership theories for promoting healthy and safe early childhood settings. Principles of effective leadership are interrogated and the application of these to various early childhood settings is explored. Students will investigate how mandated policies and practices in early childhood settings ensure young children are healthy, safe and protected. Through a strengths-based approach, this subject will develop students' knowledge of health and safety issues affecting young children and provide opportunities to apply understandings effective leadership to provide healthy and safe environments in early childhood settings.

Syllabus

Conceptualising and theorising leadership in early childhoodLeadership and identity in early childhoodPedagogical leadershipLeading partnerships with families and communities Physical healthSocial and emotional healthIndigenous healthHealthy Promoting Schools Framework

Assessment items

1. Essay - Leading Healthy and Safe Environments

2. Report: HPS Model in early childhood settings

3. Health and Safety Promotion Expo (Group)

Learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:

be able to apply leadership theories to healthy and safe environments in early childhood;

be able to examine the complexities of leading healthy and safe learning environments in early childhood;

be able to recognise the mandated policies that safeguard and promote healthy and safe environments in early childhood;

be able to identify and describe strategies that support children's health, safety and well-being in early childhood contexts;

be able to examine specific health, safety and well-being issues in the early childhood context; and

be able to apply the Healthy Promoting Schools model to the early childhood context.

Enrolment restrictions

Not available to students who have completed EEL204 and EEB423.

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