Nurturing Distributed Leadership in Early Years Services Report Launch

Nurturing Distributed Leadership in Early Years Services Report Launch

A new report from Preparing for Life’s Early Years Team, in collaboration with five community-based Early Years Services in Dublin 5 and 17, explores how distributed leadership can be lived and sustained in practice.

Click on this link to read the full report.

Co-authored by Jelena Simic (Early Years Programme Coordinator, Preparing for Life), Louise McCulloch (Research Coordinator, Preparing for Life), and Adrian Wagner (Complexity Partners),

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Building Big Futures Graduation 2024/2025 – A Celebration of Learning, Growth & Community Spirit

Building Big Futures Graduation 2024/2025 – A Celebration of Learning, Growth & Community Spirit

Our Preparing for Life Early Years Education team was delighted to celebrate this year’s Building Big Futures Graduation in the Coolock Library recently.

The graduation ceremony celebrates the amazing work each of our services have completed while taking part in various components of the Building Big Futures professional development programme.

Six local early-years services engaged with the Building Big Futures professional development programme this year. We are delighted to have an astounding 76 graduates this year also!

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Early Years Educators Celebrate Graduation from Preparing for Life Programme

Early Years Educators Celebrate Graduation from Preparing for Life Programme

Early Years Educators from Bunratty Community Childcare, Darndale Belcamp Integrated Childcare Service (Jigsaw), Doras Buí, Edenmore Early Education Centre, Kilbarrack Foxfield Preschool, Moatview Early Education Centre and Bonnybrook Early Education were invited to their graduation from Preparing for Life’s Building Big Futures programme in Coolock Library on Wednesday 5th June.

Building Big Futures is a professional development programme created to support community Early Years (EY) settings across the Northside Partnership catchment area.

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Preparing for Life 2023 Review

Preparing for Life 2023 Review

HOME VISITING

PFL Home Visiting is a comprehensive, evidence based, early intervention and school readiness programme for families in Darndale, Kilmore, Priorswood and is now also available in Belmayne and Clongriffin.  Beginning in pregnancy, and continuing until the child enters school at age 5, the programme provides high quality information for parents on all aspects of child development and parenting.  The programmes is tailored to each family with the Home Visitor responding to the particular needs and experiences of families through a strengths based,

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