Massey Child Care Centre

Massey Child Care Centre is a community-based, full day care centre catering for children from birth to school age.

Innovation

The multi-licence centre has innovative model of educational leadership where the whole centre operates a community-of-practice approach, using what it calls self-sustaining teams. All staff are encouraged to take a leadership role in their work. In addition, the infant groups adhere to the philosophy and practice of attachment-based learning in which teacher-parent-child relationships and interactions are central.

Centres of Innovation (COI) research

Major research question:

How does their attachment-based learning programme and educational leadership, within a community of practice, impact on learning and on infants' and toddlers' dispositions to enquire?

COI tenure

Calendar years 2005/2006/2007.

COI research associates

Barbara Jordan, Massey University
Cushla Scrivens, Massey University

Service location

Turitea campus, Massey University, Bourke Street, Palmerston North, New Zealand.

Visitors

Massey Child Care Centre has completed its COI contract and is no longer resourced to accommodate many visitors.

Contact details

Faith Martin
Private Bag 11-222, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Telephone: 06 350 5559
Email: admin@masseychildcare.ac.nz