Leadership in ECE: Looking at Approaches to Organisational Leadership - LIVE WEBINAR

Live Webinar - Wednesday, 22 April 2026 - 7-8pm

This live webinar introduces a practical leadership framework that helps ECE leaders view organisational challenges through four powerful lenses: structure, people, power, and culture. Participants will explore how these perspectives can strengthen decision‑making and provide fresh insight into real scenarios within early childhood settings. By the end of the session, leaders will be equipped with new ways of thinking that support confident, adaptive, and effective organisational leadership.

This webinar is intended for ECE kaiako stepping into leadership or looking to grow their leadership capability.

This live webinar offers a practical leadership framework designed to support ECE kaiako who want to strengthen their leadership role, as well as those aspiring to step into leadership. You will gain fresh ways to understand how structure, people, power, and culture shape your organisation, helping you develop greater clarity, confidence, and impact in your leadership journey.

By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Understand leadership through four key organisational lenses
• Apply new perspectives to everyday situations within their ECE context
• Make more intentional, confident decisions that strengthen their leadership practice

Leave with practical tools you can use immediately to grow your capability and influence within your centre.

Presenter - Victoria Kees, Course Leader Kaiārahi Marautanga and Lecturer Kaiako

Victoria is responsible for overseeing two courses as well as teaching in the Bachelor of Teaching (ECE) and supports tauira to deepen their understanding of early childhood contexts. Her interests include leadership, curriculum, cultures of thinking, teacher wellbeing, culturally responsive pedagogy, and research on equitable access to quality early learning.

With over 25 years’ experience across home‑based and centre‑based ECE, she has worked in teaching, leadership, and professional learning roles.

Presenter: Dr Lakshmi Chellapan, Senior Lecturer | Pūkenga Matua , Te Rito Maioha

Lakshmi is a senior lecturer at Te Rito Maioha in Ōtautahi, Christchurch, specializing in the Postgraduate Diploma of Leadership (ECE) and the Bachelor of Teaching (ECE) programmes. With over 25 years of experience across Early Childhood Education (ECE), Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Education, she brings a wealth of knowledge to her students. Her practical approach and commitment to education make her an asset to the online teaching community in Te Rito Maioha.