Educational Leader

**Description**:
The role of the educational leader is primarily to:

- collaborate with educators and provide curriculum

direction and guidance
- support educators to effectively implement the cycle of

planning to enhance programs and practices
- lead the development and implementation of an effective

educational program in the service
- ensure that children’s learning and development are

guided by the learning outcomes of the approved learning

frameworks.

The educational leader also has a significant role in:

- guiding and developing educators and families’

understandings about play and leisure-based learning,

and the significance of the early years in the education

continuum for children
- building the knowledge, skills and professionalism

of educators
- building a culture of professional inquiry with educators,

coordinators and staff members to develop professional

knowledge, reflect on practice and generate new ideas.

Pedagogical leadership - leading the development and

implementation of the educational program and assessment,

and the planning cycle - requires a unique set of professional

skills. The most effective educational leader views their role

as a collegial, joint endeavour, enacting their role through

mentoring, guiding and supporting educators.

Strategies might include:

- mentoring and supporting educators’ understanding

of educational program and practice, e.g. building

relationships and interactions with children to assist

their learning through play and leisure-based programs;
developing documentation that is meaningful, relevant and

promotes reflection on educators’ pedagogy and practice
- drawing on educators’ strengths to develop professional

skills and confidence
- mentoring and supporting educators to assess learning
- ensuring the assessment and planning cycle is applied

to each child and the program as a whole

assisting educators to understand and implement reflective

practice and leading critical reflection discussions to

examine policies, programs and practice
- talking to families about the educational program.

**Role Type**:

- In-house - Permanent - Part-time - Entry level

**Company Overview**: