Practice leadership in the early years : becoming, being and developing as a leader / Mark Hadfield, Michael Jopling and Martin Needham.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This book focuses on the leadership of practice and, in particular, how to bring about changes which improve practice. It draws on research into a group of early years leaders which followed them for almost three years as they attempted to improve provision in their settings as 'change agents' and 'leaders of practice'.

Section One -- 1. The nature of leadership in the Early Years -- 2. Practice leadership -- 3. Developing practice leaders and leadership capacity -- -- Section Two -- 4. Practice leadership in action -- 5. Four practice leadership case studies -- -- Section Three -- 6. Getting beneath the surface of improving quality -- 7. Where to start in your setting -- Postscript: The future of practice leadership -- -- Appendix 1. Case study settings -- Appendix 2. Sustained shared thinking interactions.