Early childhood leadership, unpacked.
Thoughts, tools and insights for the people doing the work every day.
Here you'll find practical thinking about behaviour, play, pedagogy, leadership and the real challenges that come with working with children, families and teams.
Because good ideas are only useful if they work in the real world.
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What Effective Team Leadership Looks Like in Early Childhood
Effective team leadership in early childhood means building a team that can think, decide and take ownership. Here's what that looks like day to day.
Sustainable Early Childhood Leadership Starts With the Role
Admin is a separate job from leadership, yet it competes with it every day. Here's why staying in the role is the real test of a sustainable one.
The Behaviour Beneath the Behaviour: Follow the Schema
Learn to see the behaviour beneath the behaviour. A practical perspective shift for educators: follow the play schema, not the toy, and meet the drive.
Running a Quality Improvement Conversation at Staff Meetings
A short, focused quality improvement conversation can change practice. Here's a simple structure for your staff meeting that gives every voice a place.
Bridging Theory and Practice in Early Childhood Education
Most leaders know what quality looks like. Here's why it's hard to live it every day in early childhood, and what helps bridge theory and practice.
Trajectory Schema: Why Children Throw and Drop Things
Trajectory schema explained: why children throw and drop things, what they are learning, and safe activity ideas for toddlers who love to throw.
Better Systems for Early Childhood Leaders
Leadership in early childhood is getting more complex, but the supports haven't moved. Here's why leaders need better systems and how to build your own.
The 9 Most Misunderstood Things Children Do
An early childhood teacher breaks down the 9 most misunderstood things children do, and what the behaviour actually means underneath each one.
The Most Powerful Behaviour Strategy Is the One We Keep Dropping
We keep searching for new behaviour management strategies while ignoring the most powerful one already available to us. It's play.