1. Good Morning
Lesson 7

2. Aims Recap Team Building
How are these incorporated within the early years ?
Activities

3. Leader of leaders
Working in an early years setting whether it is large or small involves many interactions between adults …These maybe formal or informal. But these interactions are regarded as the building blocks of the service and outcome of the service.
Rodd, J leadership in Early Childhood : The pathway to Professionalism, 2nd edn. Bukingham: Open University press

4. Practical Tasks
Think about other adults you interact with in your role as an early years practitioner. Draw a chart or diagrammatic representation showing:
The core team – those you work with on a daily or regular basis
The wider team – those you come into contact with but not necessarily on a daily basis
Your position within the team

5. How would you describe your working relationships with the adults you have included in your chart?

6. Reflection Point
Think about some of the changes you have been involved in. Have they been internal or external? Were they coercive or collaborative?
Have they been welcomed or resisted?
How has the impact of change been monitored?