Distributing leadership in a day care setting
Halttunen, L. (2016). Distributing leadership in a day care setting. Journal of Early Childhood Education Research, 5(1), 2-18. https://journal.fi/jecer/article/view/114048
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© 2016 Suomen Varhaiskasvatus ry. – Early Childhood Education Association Finland.
The latest leadership theories require leadership to be
distributed, but there is little evidence of how the distribution is made in
practice, particularly in the context of early childhood education. This
article describes leadership in two day care organizations in which the
organizational structure was different than the traditional one. One
organization comprised four day care units and the other had five units.
According to the findings, leadership was implemented in the spirit of
distributed leadership. The staff and the day care centre director in
co-operation took responsibility for their organization. The relationship
between the director and the staff was interactive and there was readiness
to share the tasks and duties of the director. Viimeaikaiset johtajuusteoriat korostavat jaettua johtajuutta,
mutta on vähän näyttöä siitä, miten johtajuus käytännössä jaetaan etenkin
varhaiskasvatuksen kontekstissa. Tämä artikkeli tarkastelee johtajuutta
kahdessa päivähoito-organisaatiossa, joiden organisaatiorakenne oli
perinteisestä poikkeava. Toisessa organisaatiossa oli neljä ja toisessa viisi
yksikköä. Tulosten mukaan johtajuus toteutui jaetun johtajuuden hengessä.
Henkilöstö ja päiväkodin johtaja ottivat yhteistyössä vastuuta
organisaatiostaan. Johtajan ja henkilöstön välinen suhde oli
vuorovaikutteinen ja organisaatiossa oli valmiutta jakaa johtajan tehtäviä ja
velvollisuuksia.
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