In this course, you explore leadership in early childhood education from the perspective of leadership practices that the teacher can develop to exert greater influence and enhance the learning outcomes of children in this setting. Leadership is discussed with the context of shared leadership perspectives and includes consideration of both distributed and pedagogical leadership approaches. Another feature of this course is the focus on teacher wellbeing. It is considered in the context of teacher’s feelings of security, affinity and sense of achievement, and is positioned within the leadership approaches.