IE-003 COURSE

From Educator to Room Leader

A practical leadership course for early childhood room leaders in Australian ECE services.
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Learn at your own pace, when you can from any device. No time limits. 

Room leaders are the heartbeat of high-quality early childhood education. They shape team culture, drive continuous improvement, and sit at the intersection of practice, people, and compliance. Often without a roadmap for how to do it well.

This short three-part, self-paced course is built specifically for that reality.

Designed for early childhood educators stepping into room leader roles — or deepening their leadership impact “From educator to room leader” offers a practical, evidence-informed pathway to confident leadership across Australian ECE services. Grounded in the National Quality Framework, the series connects contemporary leadership thinking directly to the day-to-day challenges educators face in their rooms, their teams, and their services.

Who is this for?

Beginner room leaders in Australian ECE

Learning Time

This self-paced course is approximately 2 hours of learning time.

Skill Level

Suitable for beginner room leaders in Australian ECE

Here's what you'll gain:

Across the three sessions, participants will develop the clarity, skills, and strategies to:

  • Step into leadership: understand the shift into leadership and how it reshapes team relationships and dynamics
  • Monitor and manage for quality: Drive quality from the inside, strengthen monitoring practices and build the systems that sustain excellence over time
  • Build team capability: Grow the people around you and lead adult learning intentionally. Build a team culture where capability thrives

This isn't theory for theory's sake. Every session is built around real-world application, with reflective prompts and practical tools educators can put to work immediately whether they're newly appointed or ready to take their leadership to the next level.

For educational leaders investing in their teams: this series builds the kind of room leadership that lifts whole services.
Certificate of completion provided for your professional learning records

Take a look at what is inside the course: 

InspirED ECE is led by Barbara Watson and Bridgit Williams who are both qualified, certificated ECE teachers and experienced professional learning facilitators with an extensive range of expertise in the education sector.

They pride themselves on delivering high quality, research-informed professional learning programmes and support to early childhood teachers and leaders. Enhancing outcomes for children is central to all that we do. Therefore, their core purpose is to support teachers to evaluate and improve practice so that they can more effectively contribute to quality outcomes for the children and families with whom they work.
Barbara Watson 
PhD; MEdAdmin; BEd (ECE); Dip.Tchg (Primary)
Bridgit Williams
MProfStud(Ed); BA (Ed); DipTchgECE; PGDip Montessori

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