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Leadership Library

This Leadership Library comprises of all the projects and associated files including the project binders, interviews, significant change stories, videos, websites and more from Phase I of the Leadership Initiative.

To learn more about the Leadership Initiative and its background please view the Leadership Professional Development page or for an overview of Phase I please download the Leadership Initiative Phase I brochure (PDF).

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Leadership Initiative Background

Our work on the Leadership Initiative began in 2007 when we entered into a partnership with Vancity Community Foundation. With funds the Foundation received from BC’s Ministry of Children and Family Development, we agreed to work with VanCity to develop a ‘Professional Development’ Program.

From the start, we wanted to make sure that the funds were used to make a unique and creative contribution to ‘professional development’. And, we wanted to make sure that our work would leave a legacy for Early Childhood Educators for years to come.

So, after a year of listening, reflecting and learning from and with others – we agreed that it was time to focus on ‘leadership’. We heard that, as important as the leadership we demonstrate in our practice with children and staff is, our field is ready to create the collective leadership we need to take a strong and confident message about our professional value and worth to the broader community.

Background Documents

Communities of Leadership Innovation

The community projects developed through the initiative are as unique as the participants themselves but all projects build a strong and confident message about the professional value of ECE's to the broader communities. 

Click on the community project (categorized by Cohort) to access files related to the project which range from project binders to videos and interviews or use the links below for a listing of files from the various project.

View Cohort 1's overview & slideshow or visit one of the individual leadership project pages for more information and to view the project's files.

The following projects were also part of Cohort 1. To learn more about these projects visit Cohort 1's page.

  • ECE Voice
    Sunshine Coast

  • Leadership Within Culture
    Lower Post, Daylu Dena Council 

View Cohort 2's overview & slideshow or visit one of the individual leadership project pages for more information and to view the project's files.

View Cohort 4's overview & slideshows or visit one of the individual leadership project pages for more information and to view the project's files.

The following projects were also part of Cohort 4. To learn more about these projects visit Cohort 4's page.

  • Langley Face to Face
    Langley

  • ECE Community Connections
    North / West Vancouver

View Cohort 5's overview & slideshows or visit one of the individual leadership project pages for more information and to view the project's files.

Leadership Initiative Evaulation
& Journey Overview


Prezi Presentation: Sharing The Journey: Our Leadership Learning

From the start, ECEBC set out to do something different. Rather than take one of the many approaches to leadership developed by others, ECEBC was determined to develop its own culture of leadership."

~ Rita Chudnovsky
Leadership Initiative Coordinator, 2009 to 2011