The Best Start, Best Life (BSBL) Evening Leadership Series(opens in a new window) supports Victoria’s early childhood service and organisational leaders in their continued implementation of the Best Start, Best Life reforms.
If you missed the third event in the series, Leading Change Together, you can watch the video recording at the end of this article.
Embracing change
This inspiring session brought together early childhood leaders from across Victoria to share insights, reflections and practical strategies for managing change through the Best Start, Best Life reforms.
The event featured keynote speaker Professor Joce Nuttall, Executive Dean of the Faculty of Education at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand. Professor Nuttall has more than 40 years' experience as a leader, educator and researcher in primary and early childhood education settings.
Her presentation, Implementing the BSBL reforms: the role of centre leaders, encouraged attendees to think about practice change and what leaders can do to foster effective change.
Professor Nuttall helped develop the Change Management Toolkit(opens in a new window), which assists early childhood leaders to plan and implement change that is right for their service and community.
A different way of doing
The event also featured an opening address from the Parliamentary Secretary for Children, Hon. Nathan Lambert, an update from the Deputy Secretary Early Childhood Education, Bronwen FitzGerald, and a panel of experienced service leaders who offered insights and discussion on leading services through change and the Best Start, Best Life reforms.
Panel member Lisa Worland, teacher and educational leader at Mentone Preschool, spoke of how change had been positive for their community kindergarten.
‘We approached change with real positivity, and we learnt very quickly that change or different doesn’t actually mean bad or worse or something to avoid,’ she said.
‘It just means different, it’s a different way of doing, it’s a different way of working, and change can actually be exciting, particularly when you start seeing some really great benefits, to the kinder… to the children particularly but also to the families and the teaching team.’
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For more information on the Best Start, Best Life Evening Leadership Series or further enquiries, contact the Practitioner and Leadership Development team by email: ec.forums.networks@education.vic.gov.au(opens in a new window)
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