NEW LEADERS QUERY
Open questions to Thom Crabbe and Dr Meehan: Thank you for your explanation about the New Leaders programme in Nursery World (30 September). I fully appreciate the philosophy behind attracting 'new blood' to the sector, but I have some questions about the exclusion of early years degree holders which have not been addressed.
My career has not been in early years, but six years ago I decided to do a degree and deliberated over a geography or an early years degree and obviously took the wrong option to qualify for the New Leaders programme.
Please can you explain what 'different skills and fresh way of looking' a geography (or any other) degree would benefit early years in a way that an early years degree can't? Is there a cluster of nurseries expecting a tsunami sometime soon? Or, more significantly, how does an in-depth knowledge of children and childhood invalidate my skills, creativity and personal aptitude acquired in other fields and sectors?
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