Course curriculum

  • 01

    Leading with purpose

    • A message from the instructor

    • Cultivating a Shared Understanding of Language

    • Land Acknowledgement

    • Limitation of Liability and Disclaimer
  • 02

    Values Driven Practice

    • WHAT are YOUR values? What Do they look like in action?

    • "It's easy to live into your values when things are going to plan; the greatest leaders live into their values when the plan falls apart"

    • Going public with your journey
  • 03

    Finding Your Why

    • Why have a WHY?

    • Start With WHY: How Great Leaders Inspire Action. A Message From Simon Sinek

    • Finding Your Individual Why

    • The Organization's Vision

    • What does alignment look like?

    • Discovering Our Group Why: A Possible Staff Meeting Agenda

    • Bringing Theory To Practice: Provocations for Project Work with Your Thinking Ally
  • 04

    References

    • References
  • 05

    Defining Culture

    • What is a growth mindset and WHY is it important in a child care context?

    • What does it mean to be playing the infinite game?

    • Reflecting on our Mindset
  • 06

    Setting the Path for Culture

    • Setting the Path for Culture

    • "Work with the Willing"-Cy Wakeman

    • What does culture look like in the context of child care and why is it important?

    • Mobilizing the ideas of culture
  • 07

    Leading with Compassion and Gratitude

    • "Giving People An A"-Benjamin Zander

    • Giving ourselves and our teams an "A"

    • References
  • 08

    The Dance: Balancing Accountability and Compliance

    • Setting and Maintaining Expectations

    • "Win-Win or No Deal"-Sean Covey

    • Compliance and Control

    • A space for reflection
  • 09

    Setting and Maintaining Expectations

    • Accountability is the Secret Weapon at Work

    • Accountability as a Choice

    • Growing accountability
  • 10

    Leading Change

    • Proactive vs. Reactive- Shifting Your Mindset

    • Strengthening relationships reflection

    • Module 3 References
  • 11

    Thinking about...pedagogical leadership

    • What is Pedagogy and why should teachers care?

    • Creating a cultural of Pedagogical Practice

  • 12

    Starting with WHY

    • Intelligently Examining Emergent Thinking, Teaching, Learning, and Being

    • "Knowing how to think empowers you far beyond those who only know what to think"- Neil Degrasse Tyson

    • A space for reflection
  • 13

    Protocols to support pracice

    • Thinking lens-Resource to Support Documentation Studies

    • Describing Students Work

    • Individual Action Plan

    • Reflective Guide

    • Practice Change

    • Exploring Pedagogical Practice Learning Side by Side (Couglin & McGee Baird, 2022).

    • Professional development goals (Coughlin & McGee Baird, 2022).

    • Self-Reflection-Putting protocols into practice.

  • 14

    How can we come to see our work? Complexifying our practice

    • Pedagogical Leadership-A perspective from Anne Marie Coughlin and Lorrie Baird

    • What Is Pedagogy? A Perspective from Christina Delgado

    • Vision and Values of Pedagogical Leadership

    • Reflecting on a Stable and Sustainable plan for Pedagogical Leadership

    • Mandatory Survey-Workforce Funding