1. Foundation Years Associate
Systems Leadership
Foundation Years
Kate McKenna
Foundation Years Associate

2. “We know that one of the most powerful ways of achieving improvement is through collaboration, with the best schools, settings and leaders supporting those that are more challenged. But it’s not just the school or centre receiving support that improves – providing support gives even the most accomplished teachers and leaders an opportunity to gain new ideas and improve their own practice. There are now many opportunities for leaders to give or receive support, and a growing body of evidence that this type of collaboration is making a significant and positive difference across the education system.” 2

3. Foundation Years leadership
Succession planning for Leadership
Sustainable Networks
Collaborative Advantage
Disseminating Best and Next Practice
Peer to Peer Support
Building capacity 3

4. Succession planning for leadership
NPQICL
The National Professional Qualification in Integrated Centre Leadership (NPQICL) is the first national programme to address the needs of leaders within multi-agency, early years settings. The qualification is for leaders of children's centres delivering integrated services. It gives them the opportunity to collaborate across the community and provide seamless, high-quality services for babies, children and families.
Modular Curriculum
The modular curriculum is structured around five levels that reflect the different stages in a leader’s professional development and career:
Leading a team within an organisation
Leading beyond a team within an organisation
Aspiring to lead an organisation
Leading an organisation
Leading beyond an organisation
The first three levels of the modular curriculum will be available from autumn 2012. 4

5. Sustainable networks
Children Centre Leader Network (CCLN)
The Children’s Centre Leaders Network (CCLN) is a professional learning network for children’s centre leaders. It provides the opportunity to work with other children’s centre leaders to improve practice, share experience and develop expertise
On line Discussions
On line Seminars
24th July Early Years Foundation Stage Framework
Attendance at existing networks 5

6. Collaborative Advantage
Central government Local Authorities Teaching schools Teaching centres Children's Improvement Board Centre for Excellence and Outcomes 6

7. Disseminating Best and Next Practice
LDR
Children Centre Leader Reader
National College website
Celebrating and Challenging Practice Events
Seizing success
Children's centres: supporting families in the foundation years 7

8. Children centre system leadership
Peer to Peer support
Leading outreach family support models to raise achievement of the most vulnerable children
Children centre system leadership
Specialist leaders of education
On line communities 8

9. Foundation Years leadership
Succession planning for Leadership
Sustainable Networks
Collaborative Advantage
Disseminating Best and Next Practice
Peer to Peer Support
Building capacity 9

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