EDECE 4002 EDECE 4002 Education Leadership Assessment

Task Description:

• The purpose of this assessment task is for you to demonstrate: your knowledge and understanding of an issue related to early childhood education, the ability to understand the current government documents/policies to assist in advocacy and the ability to develop strategies to advocate for this issue by developing an Action Plan.
• Observations and excerpts from the reflective journal are not counted in word count but should be included as Appendices.

The Action Plan requires you to:

• Consider an issue, which is relevant and may require advocacy work.
• Reflect upon observations and discussions from your work in this area or from a service where you have undertaken a professional experience and choose an issue that is important for you.
• Write a detailed Action Plan (in a hypothetical consultation with staff/Centre Mentor) on how you would conduct the advocacy process.
• Please explore your issue in a way that is current and relevant to the bigger picture of the early childhood sector- for example, teacher-child ratios, cultural perspectives, use of new technologies and television in early childhood services, the way children are grouped by age.
• This must be validated with reference to published contemporary academic sources and related to key current themes.

The following must be included:

• A clear description and analysis of the issue and rationale for its choice.
• The insights you have gained from your professional placement on your chosen issue.
• Research to gain a comprehensive understanding of the issue, its background, and related topics.
• This section needs to be linked to literature and correctly referenced.
• Comprehensive description of the ways you will proceed to advocate for the issue.
• Remember to identify all stakeholders and discuss the ways you will communicate with these stakeholders.
• Relevant literature must be incorporated from the course texts and from your own research.
• Possible obstacles that you could foresee in regard to this process of advocacy and strategies you could use to overcome these barriers.