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(2014). Building Leadership Capacity in Early Childhood Pre-Service Teachers. Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 39 (5).  \nRetrieved from [http://ro.ecu.edu.au/ajte/vol39/iss5/3](http://ro.ecu.edu.au/ajte/vol39/iss5/3)  \nThis Journal Article is posted at Research Online.  \n[http://ro.ecu.edu.au/ajte/vol39/iss5/3](http://ro.ecu.edu.au/ajte/vol39/iss5/3)  \nAustralian Journal of Teacher Education  \nBuilding Leadership Capacity in Early Childhood Pre-Service Teachers  \nGlenda Campbell-Evans  \nElizabeth Stamopolous  \nCarmel Maloney  \nEdith Cowan University  \nAbstract: Building leadership capacity has emerged as a key  \nconcern within the early childhood profession in Australia as the  \nsector responds to recent national reforms focusing on raising  \nstandards and improving quality provision of services. The purpose  \nof this paper is to contribute to the discussion around these reforms  \nand to make a case for changes needed in tertiary training to  \nprovide opportunities to build early childhood leadership capacity  \nin school settings. Eight experienced early childhood teachers  \nenrolled in a post graduate leadership unit participated in a small  \nscale, exploratory study. Data were drawn from the participants’  \nresearch plans, reflective journals and a post unit survey. The  \nfindings indicated that the participants found it difficult to perceive  \nthemselves as leading families and community. Two key challenges  \nemerged; the importance of developing home/school partnerships  \nand difficulties with infrastructure. In order to prepare teachers for  \nthe changing early childhood environment, teacher educators need  \nto consider course renewal.  \nIntroduction  \nBuilding leadership capacity within the early childhood profession has emerged as a key concern as the profession responds to changing socio-political, educational and contextual demands. The release of documents such as the Australian Curriculum (ACARA, 2011), Australian National Quality Framework for Early Childhood Education and Care (DEEWR, 2010a), the Early Years Learning Framework (DEEWR, 2009a) and the National Quality Standard (DEEWR, 2010b) have specified new directives which reconceptualise pedagogy and practice and which provide both opportunities and challenges for early childhood professionals to strengthen their leadership capacity and ability to support families and communities.  \nThe move in Western Australia (WA) to provide integrated care and education services for young children and their families on school sites adds to the need to build and sustain the leadership capacity of early childhood teachers (Department for Communities, 2009) . Therefore there is a growing expectation for school-based early childhood educators togo beyond their current classroom practice to partner with families and communities, and to facilitate and lead decision making in relation to integrated service deliverythat will support children’s learning. A growing challenge for the early childhood sector in WA is the scarcity of early childhood professionals who hold both knowledge of leadership and knowledge of the discipline (early childhood learning and development) along with the skills to apply these in practice (Bricker, cited in, Muijs, Aubrey, Harris & Briggs, 2004) . The changes in the early childhood landscape necessitate a reconceptualisation of the leadership model to one of a multi-disciplinary team approach which negates the notion of ‘silos of practice’ (Nolan,  \nVol 39, 5, May 2014 42  \nAustralian Journal of Teacher","cbCaiodZkT5boYcs","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiodZkT5boYcs","pdf",92154,"English","# Abstract\n# Introduction","[{\"question\":\"What is the main purpose of the paper?\",\"answer\":\"To contribute to the discussion on national reforms and to argue for changes in tertiary training that create opportunities to build early childhood leadership capacity in school settings.\"},{\"question\":\"How was the exploratory study conducted?\",\"answer\":\"Eight experienced early childhood teachers enrolled in a postgraduate leadership unit participated. 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