Leadership in early childhood is a practical resource for early childhood practitioners who want to understand how to create successful child care and early education settings.

This third edition has been fully revised and reflects important changes affecting leaders in early childhood:

• increasing flexibility required of children's services;
• working in multidisciplinary teams; and
• an increasing emphasis on the importance of early education.

This edition also includes new case studies and examples based on an extensive international study of early childhood teachers.

Chapter headings:

1. Unpicking leadership in the early childhood context
2. Who are the leaders in early childhood settings?
3. The personal qualities of early childhood leaders
4. Communication skills: Meeting others' needs
5. Communication skills: Meeting our own needs
6. Working together to find solutions and resolve differences
7. Decision-making
8. Building and leading a team
9. Supporting professional development: Supervision, mentoring and coaching
10. Initiating and implementing change
11. Leadership and the research connection
12. Building shared understanding with parents and the public
13. The ethics of leadership
14. Building and sustaining leadership capacity in early childhood

Jillian Rodd is an educational and developmental psychologist based near Bristol in the United Kingdom. She was a senior academic at the University of Plymouth and also at the University of Melbourne.