ECEC Leadership Research Symposium
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Date: Nov 05, 2025 Time: 1230 - 1700

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The Leadership Symposium 2025 features a rich agenda of presentations from leading researchers and educators in early childhood education. Speakers include:

  • Associate Professor Lena Danaia (Charles Sturt University) – "Opening Address"

  • Dr Jessica Ciuciu (Deakin University) – "Qualities of positional leader and early childhood teacher relationships that support agency and retention"

  • Professor Frances Press (Griffith University) – "The ‘Exemplary Early Childhood Educators at Work’ study: what did we learn about leadership?"

  • Ms Melanie Elderton (Charles Sturt University) – "Because sustainability is the right thing to do: Educational leaders’ perceptions of sustainability"

  • Dr Belinda Downey (Charles Sturt University) – "Leadership begins with relationships"

  • Ms Su Garrett (Charles Sturt University) – "How Can Leaders Enable the Retention of Educators in Early Childhood Education and Care?"

  • Professor Fay Hadley (Macquarie University) – "Mentoring Matters: Nurturing and Growing Sustainable Practice in Early Childhood Education"

  • Ms Emma Cross (Curtin University) – "Beyond the Job Description: Leadership Competencies in Early Childhood Education and Care"

  • Dr Marie White (QUT) – "“I keep bumping into people”: Tensions in the construction of ‘good’ leadership in early childhood education and care"

  • Dr Leanne Gibbs (Charles Sturt University) – "Cultivating Leadership in Regional, Rural and Remote Early Childhood Education"

Each speaker will share insights on leadership, sustainability, mentoring, and educator retention, offering attendees a dynamic and thought-provoking experience.

 

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