The leadership roles of the child care centre supervisor in Singapore

The purpose of this study was; (a) to describe the current situation of child care provision in Singapore; (b) to define the meaning of leadership and the responsibilities involved in effective leadership in a child care setting; and (c) to investigate and describe the leadership roles that child care centre supervisors need to perform in the day to day running of their centres from the perspective of the child care supervisors. A total of 15 supervisors from the private sector were interviewed in-depth. They were asked to describe all facets of their leadership roles in their centres. The results of this study suggest strongly that the child care centre supervisors are relatively young and inexperienced. Most of them have very little training in management and leadership skills. Many have acquired management and leadership knowledge through trial and error. Therefore, more systematic and effective training needs to be employed before most of them can become effective leaders in the child care profession.

Grantor dc:publisher

Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia

Year dc:date

1997

Author dc:creator

• Tan, Winnie

• Day care centers
• Singapore
• Employees.
• Pre-Elementary, Early Childhood, Kindergarten Teacher Education

Repository record dc:identifier

https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/906

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:ro.ecu.edu.au:theses-1907