Anita shares how Helen Hedges' work on funds of knowledge changed how Our Kids understands children's interests, and why the everyday things families do at home are exactly the information kaiako need.
Anita reflects on how honest feedback from a mentor changed everything about how she responds to children's play, and why true listening means observing, pausing, and aligning your response to what tamariki are actually thinking.
Anita shares how lockdown walks transformed her relationship with the natural world, and how the Children's Environmental Kinship Guide gave her the framework to deepen nature-based learning across Our Kids.
COVID-19 has triggered a humanitarian crisis of global proportions, with thousands of lives disrupted daily. Sadly, we are not nearing the end of the crisis. In my day to day, I enjoy being in a mentoring role in an early childhood education setting, supporting head teachers and their teams when embracing challenges within the changing education landscape. In recent days, COVID-19 has dominated our lives and it is no surprise that I have been musing over how the situation was handled and what makes a great leader. In my opinion, the leader’s primary responsibility is to keep the teams successfully united and inspired to achieve a set of common goals. But what should a leader be focused on, in midst of disruptions the COVID-19 pandemic is causing to early learning services?
