[
Ako Aotearoa. (2015). Leaders growing leaders: Effective early childhood leaders for sustainable leadership.Retrieved March 20, 2016, from https://akoaotearoa.ac.nz/projects/leaders-growing-leaders-effective-early-childhood-leaders-sustainable-leadership
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Aubrey, C. (2007). Leading and managing in the early years. London: Sage.
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Aubrey, C., Godfrey, R., & Harris, A. (2013). How do they manage? An investigation of early childhood leadership. Educational Management Administration and Leadership, 41(1), 5–29.10.1177/1741143212462702
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Brownlee, J., Nailon, D., & Tickle, E. (2010). Constructing leadership in child care: Epistemological beliefs and transformational leadership. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 35(3), 95 – 104.10.1177/183693911003500312
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Cable, C., & Miller, L. (2010). Professionalization, leadership and management in the early years. London: Sage.
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Clarkin-Phillips, J. (2011). Distributed leadership: Growing strong communities of practice in early childhood centres. Journal of Educational Leadership, Policy and Practice, 26(2), 14–25.
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Diamond, A. (2014). Pre-service early childhood educators’ leadership development through reflective engagement with experiential service learning and leadership literature. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 39(4), 12–20.10.1177/183693911403900403
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Ebbeck, M. A., & Waniganayake, M. (2003). Early childhood professionals: Leading today and tomorrow.Marrickville: MacLennan & Petty.
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Fasoli, L., Scrivens, C., & Woodrow, C. (2007). Challenges for leadership in Aotearoa New Zealand and Australian early childhood contexts. In L. Keesing-Styles & H. Hedges (Eds.), Theorising early childhood practice (pp. 231–253). Castle Hill: Pademelon Press.
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Hard, L. (2005). How is leadership understood and enacted within the field of early childhood education and care? (Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation). Queensland University of Technology.
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Hard, L., & Jónsdóttir, A. H. (2013). Leadership is not a dirty word: Exploring and embracing leadership in ECEC. European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 21(3), 311–325.10.1080/1350293X.2013.814355
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Heikka, J., Waniganayake, M., & Hujala, E. (2013). Contextualizing distributed leadership within early childhood education: Current understandings, research evidence and future challenges. Educational Management, Administration and Leadership, 41(1), 30–44.10.1177/1741143212462700
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Henderson-Kelly, L., & Pamphilon, B. (2000). Women’s models of leadership in the child care sector. Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 25(1), 8–12.10.1177/183693910002500104
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Hujala, E. (2004). Dimensions of leadership in the childcare context. Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 48(1), 53 – 71.10.1080/0031383032000149841
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Humphries, E., & Senden, B. (2000). Leadership and change: A dialogue of theory and practice. Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 25(1), 26–31.10.1177/183693910002500107
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Jordan, B. (2008). Leadership leading learning and teaching: Leadership practices in early childhood resulting in learning for children. Journal of Educational Leadership, Policy and Practice, 23(2), 74 – 86.
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Jorde-Bloom, P. (2003). Leadership in action: How effective directors get things done. Lake Forest, IL: New Horizons.
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Kagan, S., & Hallmark, L. (2001). Cultivating leadership in early care and education. Childcare Information Exchange, 140, 7–12.
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Krieg, S., Smith, K. A., & Davis, K. (2014). Exploring the dance of early childhood educational leadership. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 39(1), 73–80.10.1177/183693911403900110
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Larkin, E. (1999). The transition from direct caregiver to administrator in early childhood education. Child and Youth Care Forum, 28(1), 21 – 32.10.1023/A:1021998501874
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Levy, L. (2004). The call for leadership. University of Auckland Business Review, 6(1), 1–8.
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Menter, I., Elliot, D., Hulme, M., Lewin, J., & Lowden, K. (2011). A guide to practitioner research in education. London: Sage.10.4135/9781473957770
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Ministry of Education. (2016). Staffing. Retrieved November 27, 2016, from https://www.educationcounts. govt.nz/statistics/early-childhood-education/staffing
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Nupponen, H. (2006). Leadership concepts and theories: Reflections for practice for early childhood directors. Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 31(1), 43.10.1177/183693910603100107
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Ord, K. & Nuttall, J. (2016). Bodies of knowledge: The concept of embodiment as an alternative to theory/practice debates in the preparation of teachers. Teaching and Teacher Education, 60, 355–362.10.1016/j.tate.2016.05.019
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Reynolds, B. (2011). Between a rock and a hard place: Leadership dilemmas in Tasmanian early childhood education and care centres. Journal of Educational Leadership, Policy and Practice, 26(2), 26–34.
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Reynolds, B., & Cardno, C. (2008). Leadership dilemmas in New Zealand early childhood education and care centres. Journal of Educational Leadership, Policy and Practice, 23(1), 18 – 29.
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Rodd, J. (1996). Towards a typology of leadership for the early childhood professional of the 21st century. Early Child Development and Care, 120(1), 119 – 126. https://doi.org/10.1080/030044396120010910.1080/0300443961200109
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Rodd, J. (2013). Leadership in early childhood: The pathway to professionalism. Crows Nest: Allen & Unwin. Scrivens, C. (2002). Neoliberalism in the kindergarten service: Dilemmas, tensions and constraints. Waikato Journal of Education, 6, 143–153.
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Taba, S., Castle, A., Vermeer, M., Hanchett, K., Flores, D., & Caulfield, R. (1999). Lighting the path: Developing leadership in early education. Early Childhood Education Journal, 26(3), 173–177. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:102293350284310.1023/A:1022933502843
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Thornton, K. (2005). Notions of leadership in the New Zealand ECE centres of innovation programme. New Zealand Annual Review of Education, 15, 153–167.
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Thornton, K. (2006). Courage, commitment and collaboration: Notions of leadership in the NZ ECE centres of Innovation. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington.
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Thornton, K. (2010a). A vision of ECE leadership. NZ Education Gazette, 89(9), 4–5.
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Thornton, K. (2010b). Developing leadership through blended action learning. Early Childhood Folio, 14(1), 7–12.10.18296/ecf.0171
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Thornton, K., Tamati, A., Clarkin-Phillips, J., Aitken, H., & Wansbrough, D. (2009). Conceptualising leadership in early childhood education in Aotearoa New Zealand. Wellington: New Zealand Teachers’ Council.
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Waniganayake, M., Morda, R., & Kapsalakis, A. (2000). Leadership in childcare centres: Is it just another job? Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 25(1), 13–19.10.1177/183693910002500105
]Search in Google Scholar
[
Woodrow, C., & Busch, G. (2008). Repositioning early childhood leadership as action and activism. European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 16(1), 83 – 93. https://doi.org/10.1080/1350293080189705310.1080/13502930801897053
]Search in Google Scholar
