EUB377 Professional Experience: Leading Together
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| Unit code: | EUB377 |
|---|---|
| Prerequisite(s): | EUB172 and EUB173 and EUB141 (EUB141 can be studied concurrently) |
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
| Availabilities |
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| CSP student contribution | $592 |
| Domestic tuition unit fee | $3,816 |
| International unit fee | $4,932 |
Unit Outline: Semester 1 2026, Online
| Unit code: | EUB377 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Pre-requisite: | EUB172 and EUB173 and EUB141 (EUB141 can be studied concurrently). |
Overview
In this unit, you will explore the essential elements of leadership in early childhood education and care settings, including collaborative leadership and teamwork. You will learn about the role of leaders in creating and sustaining effective environments for collaboration and teamwork. You will also explore ways to lead teams and services, educational programs and practices, and collaborative approaches to support continuous quality improvement, including using a Quality Improvement Plan.
You will participate in 25 days of professional experience. Learning in this unit will be related to preparing for and reflecting on the time you will spend in an early childhood setting.
This is a designated unit which is essential to your course progression. Designated units include professional experience units, units requiring the development of particular skills, and units requiring demonstration of certain personal qualities. If you fail to achieve a satisfactory level of performance in a designated unit, you may be excluded from enrolment or will be put on academic probation. If you fail a designated unit twice within your course, you may be excluded. Supplementary assessment is not available on designated units.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Identify and explain the key principles and practices that underpin collaborative leadership and teamwork in early childhood education settings.
- Evaluate various leadership approaches that support effective collaboration and teamwork in an early childhood context.
- Articulate practices and strategies to lead colleagues and services in Quality Improvement Planning.
- Seek and apply constructive feedback from supervisors, teachers and peers to improve teaching practices.
- Demonstrate planning, teaching, management of safe and supportive learning environments, assessing and recording learning, and professional conduct during professional experience.
Content
- Theories of leadership, including collaborative leadership and teamwork
- Pedagogical leadership in early childhood settings
- Leadership skills and strategies including facilitating teamwork, communication, conflict resolution, coaching and mentoring and goal-setting
- Management
- Governance
- Advocacy
Learning Approaches
In this unit, you will learn by engaging in active and reflective learning. Learning activities are designed to draw upon your professional experience and prior learning.
A range of teaching and learning experiences will be used including:
- professional readings
- video and/or audio recordings
- online interactives and activities.
Professional experience will involve 25 days of supervised teaching practice, formal observations and integration with kindergartens.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Feedback in this unit is provided to you in the following ways:
- feedback from peers in group discussions
- unit coordinator and tutor comments to the cohort
- supervising teacher
- formative assessment tasks, and
- summative assessment tasks.
Assessment
Overview
There are two assessment tasks in this unit:
1. Professional Experience Report - This will require you to connect the learning from this unit and your course about curriculum, pedagogy, and assessment to professional experience.
2. Leadership Case Study - this task draws on your understanding of leadership and teamwork to interview an Educational Leader, analyse Quality Improvement Plans and plan and reflect.
You must receive a passing grade (Satisfactory) on each assessment task to successfully pass this unit. Since this is a Professional Experience unit, special conditions of assessment apply to the first assessment task in the unit— Leadership Case Study. Assessment criteria for Assessment Task 1 number three. You must pass all three assessment criteria to pass the first assessment task. Where an attempt fails to meet any one (1) assessment criterion, a resubmission of the assessment task within 72 hours of the release of results for that task may be permitted. It is your responsibility as a student to (i) resubmit your complete assignment should your unsatisfactory attempt fall within this margin of insufficiency (i.e., of one criterion) and (ii) notify your Unit Coordinator via email of your submission.
Unit Grading Scheme
S (Satisfactory) / U (Unsatisfactory)
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Professional Experience Report
You will practise your skills related to the education and care of children in kindergarten. Your supervising teacher will complete a professional experience report based on your placement performance.
Please refer to your course information. Non-compliance with course requirements relating to professional experience may prevent you from undertaking your professional experience placement.
Threshold Assessment:
You must achieve a passing grade (satisfactory) on each individual assessment task to successfully pass this unit. If this task is unsatisfactory, it cannot be resubmitted.
Assessment: Leadership Case Study
You will research and develop an analytical case study that describes and analyses leadership processes and strategies within a selected early childhood context. The case study will involve interviewing an Educational Leader, analysing Quality Improvement Plan documents and reflecting on and planning further strategies for collaborative leadership and teamwork.
You will submit your planning and draft in Week 6 for feedback.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Threshold Assessment:
You must achieve a passing grade (satisfactory) on each individual assessment task to successfully pass this unit. Resubmission of Assessment Task 2 may be permitted. See 'Assessment Overview' above.
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Requirements to Study
Requirements
Meet, and show evidence of, the public health or employment vaccination mandates/requirements of your state jurisdiction.
Blue Card
A blue card is required to complete this unit. A blue card confirms that you have passed a screening of your criminal history (the Working with Children Check) and have been approved to work with children and young people. For more information on the blue card and how to apply please visit the QUT website.
Costs
There may be costs related to immunisations.
Risk Assessment Statement
There are no out-of-the-ordinary risks associated with the general conduct of this unit. Workplace health and safety protocols in relation to computer use will apply.
Managing the risk associated with your work integrated learning placement is bound in an agreement with the systemic employment bodies and individual sites where necessary. The Workplace Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld) places duties of care on everyone to ensure the health and safety of themselves and others in the workplace.
Students should be aware of and comply with the QUT work integrated learning policy.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.ED34 Bachelor of Early Childhood Education (Birth to Five)
- Knowledgeable: Integrate theory, curriculum and context to plan, implement and evaluate learning and teaching.
Relates to: ULO1, ULO2, ULO5, Professional Experience Report, Leadership Case Study - Collaborative: Collaborate with children, families, colleagues, wider communities and other professionals to promote child learning development and wellbeing outcomes
Relates to: ULO4, Professional Experience Report - Professional: Apply policy, legislative requirements, codes of conduct and ethical principles to early childhood practice.
Relates to: ULO5, Professional Experience Report - Communicative: Articulate early childhood teaching philosophies, pedagogies and practices to a variety of audiences.
Relates to: ULO3, Leadership Case Study
Unit Outline: Semester 2 2026, Kelvin Grove, Internal
| Unit code: | EUB377 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Pre-requisite: | EUB172 and EUB173 and EUB141 (EUB141 can be studied concurrently). |
| Coordinator: | Jessamine Giese | jessamine.giese@qut.edu.au |
Overview
In this unit, you will explore the essential elements of leadership in early childhood education and care settings, including collaborative leadership and teamwork. You will learn about the role of leaders in creating and sustaining effective environments for collaboration and teamwork. You will also explore ways to lead teams and services, educational programs and practices, and collaborative approaches to support continuous quality improvement, including using a Quality Improvement Plan.
You will participate in 25 days of professional experience. Learning in this unit will be related to preparing for and reflecting on the time you will spend in an early childhood setting.
This is a designated unit which is essential to your course progression. Designated units include professional experience units, units requiring the development of particular skills, and units requiring demonstration of certain personal qualities. If you fail to achieve a satisfactory level of performance in a designated unit, you may be excluded from enrolment or will be put on academic probation. If you fail a designated unit twice within your course, you may be excluded. Supplementary assessment is not available on designated units.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Identify and explain the key principles and practices that underpin collaborative leadership and teamwork in early childhood education settings.
- Evaluate various leadership approaches that support effective collaboration and teamwork in an early childhood context.
- Articulate practices and strategies to lead colleagues and services in Quality Improvement Planning.
- Seek and apply constructive feedback from supervisors, teachers and peers to improve teaching practices.
- Demonstrate planning, teaching, management of safe and supportive learning environments, assessing and recording learning, and professional conduct during professional experience.
Content
- Theories of leadership, including collaborative leadership and teamwork
- Pedagogical leadership in early childhood settings
- Leadership skills and strategies including facilitating teamwork, communication, conflict resolution, coaching and mentoring and goal-setting
- Management
- Governance
- Advocacy
Learning Approaches
In this unit, you will learn by engaging in active and reflective learning. Learning activities are designed to draw upon your professional experience and prior learning.
A range of teaching and learning experiences will be used including:
- professional readings
- video and/or audio recordings
- online interactives and activities.
Professional experience will involve 25 days of supervised teaching practice, formal observations and integration with kindergartens.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Feedback in this unit is provided to you in the following ways:
- feedback from peers in group discussions
- unit coordinator and tutor comments to the cohort
- supervising teacher
- formative assessment tasks, and
- summative assessment tasks.
Assessment
Overview
There are two assessment tasks in this unit:
1. Professional Experience Report - This will require you to connect the learning from this unit and your course about curriculum, pedagogy, and assessment to professional experience.
2. Leadership Case Study - this task draws on your understanding of leadership and teamwork to interview an Educational Leader, analyse Quality Improvement Plans and plan and reflect.
You must receive a passing grade (Satisfactory) on each assessment task to successfully pass this unit. Since this is a Professional Experience unit, special conditions of assessment apply to the first assessment task in the unit— Leadership Case Study. Assessment criteria for Assessment Task 1 number three. You must pass all three assessment criteria to pass the first assessment task. Where an attempt fails to meet any one (1) assessment criterion, a resubmission of the assessment task within 72 hours of the release of results for that task may be permitted. It is your responsibility as a student to (i) resubmit your complete assignment should your unsatisfactory attempt fall within this margin of insufficiency (i.e., of one criterion) and (ii) notify your Unit Coordinator via email of your submission.
Unit Grading Scheme
S (Satisfactory) / U (Unsatisfactory)
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Professional Experience Report
You will practise your skills related to the education and care of children in kindergarten. Your supervising teacher will complete a professional experience report based on your placement performance.
Please refer to your course information. Non-compliance with course requirements relating to professional experience may prevent you from undertaking your professional experience placement.
Threshold Assessment:
You must achieve a passing grade (satisfactory) on each individual assessment task to successfully pass this unit. If this task is unsatisfactory, it cannot be resubmitted.
Assessment: Leadership Case Study
You will research and develop an analytical case study that describes and analyses leadership processes and strategies within a selected early childhood context. The case study will involve interviewing an Educational Leader, analysing Quality Improvement Plan documents and reflecting on and planning further strategies for collaborative leadership and teamwork.
You will submit your planning and draft in Week 6 for feedback.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Threshold Assessment:
You must achieve a passing grade (satisfactory) on each individual assessment task to successfully pass this unit. Resubmission of Assessment Task 2 may be permitted. See 'Assessment Overview' above.
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Requirements to Study
Requirements
Meet, and show evidence of, the public health or employment vaccination mandates/requirements of your state jurisdiction.
Blue Card
A blue card is required to complete this unit. A blue card confirms that you have passed a screening of your criminal history (the Working with Children Check) and have been approved to work with children and young people. For more information on the blue card and how to apply please visit the QUT website.
Costs
There may be costs related to immunisations.
Risk Assessment Statement
There are no out-of-the-ordinary risks associated with the general conduct of this unit. Workplace health and safety protocols in relation to computer use will apply.
Managing the risk associated with your work integrated learning placement is bound in an agreement with the systemic employment bodies and individual sites where necessary. The Workplace Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld) places duties of care on everyone to ensure the health and safety of themselves and others in the workplace.
Students should be aware of and comply with the QUT work integrated learning policy.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.ED34 Bachelor of Early Childhood Education (Birth to Five)
- Knowledgeable: Integrate theory, curriculum and context to plan, implement and evaluate learning and teaching.
Relates to: ULO1, ULO2, ULO5, Professional Experience Report, Leadership Case Study - Collaborative: Collaborate with children, families, colleagues, wider communities and other professionals to promote child learning development and wellbeing outcomes
Relates to: ULO4, Professional Experience Report - Professional: Apply policy, legislative requirements, codes of conduct and ethical principles to early childhood practice.
Relates to: ULO5, Professional Experience Report - Communicative: Articulate early childhood teaching philosophies, pedagogies and practices to a variety of audiences.
Relates to: ULO3, Leadership Case Study
Unit Outline: Semester 2 2026, Online
| Unit code: | EUB377 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Pre-requisite: | EUB172 and EUB173 and EUB141 (EUB141 can be studied concurrently). |
Overview
In this unit, you will explore the essential elements of leadership in early childhood education and care settings, including collaborative leadership and teamwork. You will learn about the role of leaders in creating and sustaining effective environments for collaboration and teamwork. You will also explore ways to lead teams and services, educational programs and practices, and collaborative approaches to support continuous quality improvement, including using a Quality Improvement Plan.
You will participate in 25 days of professional experience. Learning in this unit will be related to preparing for and reflecting on the time you will spend in an early childhood setting.
This is a designated unit which is essential to your course progression. Designated units include professional experience units, units requiring the development of particular skills, and units requiring demonstration of certain personal qualities. If you fail to achieve a satisfactory level of performance in a designated unit, you may be excluded from enrolment or will be put on academic probation. If you fail a designated unit twice within your course, you may be excluded. Supplementary assessment is not available on designated units.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Identify and explain the key principles and practices that underpin collaborative leadership and teamwork in early childhood education settings.
- Evaluate various leadership approaches that support effective collaboration and teamwork in an early childhood context.
- Articulate practices and strategies to lead colleagues and services in Quality Improvement Planning.
- Seek and apply constructive feedback from supervisors, teachers and peers to improve teaching practices.
- Demonstrate planning, teaching, management of safe and supportive learning environments, assessing and recording learning, and professional conduct during professional experience.
Content
- Theories of leadership, including collaborative leadership and teamwork
- Pedagogical leadership in early childhood settings
- Leadership skills and strategies including facilitating teamwork, communication, conflict resolution, coaching and mentoring and goal-setting
- Management
- Governance
- Advocacy
Learning Approaches
In this unit, you will learn by engaging in active and reflective learning. Learning activities are designed to draw upon your professional experience and prior learning.
A range of teaching and learning experiences will be used including:
- professional readings
- video and/or audio recordings
- online interactives and activities.
Professional experience will involve 25 days of supervised teaching practice, formal observations and integration with kindergartens.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Feedback in this unit is provided to you in the following ways:
- feedback from peers in group discussions
- unit coordinator and tutor comments to the cohort
- supervising teacher
- formative assessment tasks, and
- summative assessment tasks.
Assessment
Overview
There are two assessment tasks in this unit:
1. Professional Experience Report - This will require you to connect the learning from this unit and your course about curriculum, pedagogy, and assessment to professional experience.
2. Leadership Case Study - this task draws on your understanding of leadership and teamwork to interview an Educational Leader, analyse Quality Improvement Plans and plan and reflect.
You must receive a passing grade (Satisfactory) on each assessment task to successfully pass this unit. Since this is a Professional Experience unit, special conditions of assessment apply to the first assessment task in the unit— Leadership Case Study. Assessment criteria for Assessment Task 1 number three. You must pass all three assessment criteria to pass the first assessment task. Where an attempt fails to meet any one (1) assessment criterion, a resubmission of the assessment task within 72 hours of the release of results for that task may be permitted. It is your responsibility as a student to (i) resubmit your complete assignment should your unsatisfactory attempt fall within this margin of insufficiency (i.e., of one criterion) and (ii) notify your Unit Coordinator via email of your submission.
Unit Grading Scheme
S (Satisfactory) / U (Unsatisfactory)
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Professional Experience Report
You will practise your skills related to the education and care of children in kindergarten. Your supervising teacher will complete a professional experience report based on your placement performance.
Please refer to your course information. Non-compliance with course requirements relating to professional experience may prevent you from undertaking your professional experience placement.
Threshold Assessment:
You must achieve a passing grade (satisfactory) on each individual assessment task to successfully pass this unit. If this task is unsatisfactory, it cannot be resubmitted.
Assessment: Leadership Case Study
You will research and develop an analytical case study that describes and analyses leadership processes and strategies within a selected early childhood context. The case study will involve interviewing an Educational Leader, analysing Quality Improvement Plan documents and reflecting on and planning further strategies for collaborative leadership and teamwork.
You will submit your planning and draft in Week 6 for feedback.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Threshold Assessment:
You must achieve a passing grade (satisfactory) on each individual assessment task to successfully pass this unit. Resubmission of Assessment Task 2 may be permitted. See 'Assessment Overview' above.
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Requirements to Study
Requirements
Meet, and show evidence of, the public health or employment vaccination mandates/requirements of your state jurisdiction.
Blue Card
A blue card is required to complete this unit. A blue card confirms that you have passed a screening of your criminal history (the Working with Children Check) and have been approved to work with children and young people. For more information on the blue card and how to apply please visit the QUT website.
Costs
There may be costs related to immunisations.
Risk Assessment Statement
There are no out-of-the-ordinary risks associated with the general conduct of this unit. Workplace health and safety protocols in relation to computer use will apply.
Managing the risk associated with your work integrated learning placement is bound in an agreement with the systemic employment bodies and individual sites where necessary. The Workplace Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld) places duties of care on everyone to ensure the health and safety of themselves and others in the workplace.
Students should be aware of and comply with the QUT work integrated learning policy.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.ED34 Bachelor of Early Childhood Education (Birth to Five)
- Knowledgeable: Integrate theory, curriculum and context to plan, implement and evaluate learning and teaching.
Relates to: ULO1, ULO2, ULO5, Professional Experience Report, Leadership Case Study - Collaborative: Collaborate with children, families, colleagues, wider communities and other professionals to promote child learning development and wellbeing outcomes
Relates to: ULO4, Professional Experience Report - Professional: Apply policy, legislative requirements, codes of conduct and ethical principles to early childhood practice.
Relates to: ULO5, Professional Experience Report - Communicative: Articulate early childhood teaching philosophies, pedagogies and practices to a variety of audiences.
Relates to: ULO3, Leadership Case Study