Continuing professional development for leading change in early years settings: evaluation of a Masters module in leadership

This paper considers leadership of practice in the early years workplace and explores the value of continuing professional development of graduate leaders. Specifically, a Masters module in leadership, designed to improve early years practice, is considered using case examples from graduate leaders, results from a research project into graduate leader impact, and evaluations of the leadership module. The paper concludes that continuing professional development in leading change in practice in the early years can positively influence early years leadership practice.