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The Pedagogical Leadership in the Early Years (PLEY) Quality Rating Scale will help leaders working with children aged birth to six to achieve their potential, enjoy the benefits and pleasure of delivering high quality education and care, and act as a scaffold to improve understandings of high quality leadership for learning.
List of contents
Key contextual issues for the development of leadership and pedagogical leadership in the Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) sector
Introduction to the development of the Pedagogical Leadership in the Early Years (PLEY) Quality Rating Scale
Rationale for the development of the PLEY Scale
The structure of the PLEY Scale: principles and pedagogical leadership
Preparing to use the PLEY Scale and scoring. Important guidance before you start
The PLEY Scale - sub-scales
· Self-reflective leadership
· Leading and managing change
· Intentional and relational learning and pedagogy
· Curriculum and Continuous Improvement
· Diverse partnerships and contextual literacy
About the author
Iram Siraj is Professor of Child Development and Education at the University of Oxford and Research Professor at the University of Maynooth, Ireland. She is co-author of each of the Curriculum, Leadership and Interaction Quality Rating Scales (CLIQRS) and has led several RCTs on effective professional learning. She has previously published
The Movement Environment Rating Scale (MOVERS) (2023, Routledge),
The Sustained Shared Thinking and Emotional Well-being (SSTEW) Scale (2023, Routledge),
Early Childhood Matters (2010, Routledge) and
Doing Early Childhood Research (2010, Routledge).
Denise Kingston is Senior Researcher at Oxford University and an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Sussex. She is a specialist in children's development, with a background in educational psychology. Her research focus is effective professional development and EC pedagogy and practice. She has previously published
The Sustained Shared Thinking and Emotional Well-being (SSTEW) Scale (2023, Routledge).
