Baby Rooms – Inspiring Leaders has launched a new set of courses for baby room leaders, including a free five-week introduction to baby room leadership.

The free online introductory course has been developed by a group of baby room leaders, nursery managers and researchers working to improve baby room leadership across the UK. It is designed for current or aspiring baby room leaders and will explore the vision and values of the baby room, boosting leadership through reflective practice and action planning, and how to motivate the baby room team.  Participants will meet weekly for one hour, complete weekly reflection tasks and engage in WhatsApp conversations with the course community.

“Leading in the baby room comes with unique joys and challenges, which means that targeted professional learning and leadership development is vital,” said Dr Mona Sakr,  associate professor of Early Childhood Education at Middlesex University and part of the team that developed the training.  “We know that reflection and connection are absolutely key to meaningful leadership development in the early years, and particularly vital for baby room leaders who often don’t get a chance to share practice and learn from other baby room leaders.”

Other new courses and workshops include Creativity in the Baby Room, Fostering a Positive Team Culture in the Baby Room and Rights-based Learning and Care in the Baby Room.