![]() ![]() ![]() Under her leadership, the centre achieved an ‘Exceeding’ rating in all seven Quality Areas when assessed and rated – something which is especially significant as the team had to navigate a severe staff shortage through the process. The practice uplift journey helped ensure high quality early learning and care. It set a strong foundation for effective teaching and learning at Canning Vale – Batman Road. Her team worked on building relationships with children, families and each other. This helped her ensure practice aligned with the centre philosophy. Ms D’Rozario held regular room meetings for reflection and provided strategic, constructive feedback. This aligned with her personal philosophy, too, and so she embarked on a journey of positive change.īuilding relationships with the team was one of her key focus areas. When she started in her leadership role, she recognised that her centre needed a shift in focus, and that educators needed to be more actively engaged with the children. Prior to taking on an active leadership role in the service, she was working with the Canning Vale team in a teaching role, and at all times has been known as “an exceptional mentor and beacon for change”. Ms D’Rozario has been the Assistant Director and Educational Leader at Goodstart Canning Vale – Batman Road since 2017. Transformative Leadership – Sandra D’Rozario In the piece below, extracted from a longer form piece found here, Ms Mumford and Ms D’Rozario share their stories. ![]() In 2023, to recognise Goodstart’s ‘Year of the Educational Leader’ focus, a new award category – Educational Leader of the Year – was added to the awards program. ![]() The Goodies Awards celebrate outstanding contributions to early childhood education within the Goodstart Early Learning network. Sandra D’Rozario of Goodstart Early Learning Canning Vale – Batman Road, and Demee Mumford of Goodstart Early Learning Doncaster East were joint winners of the Educational Leader of the Year award in the recently announced national Goodies Awards. ![]()
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