Jessamine Giese, Marie White and Megan Gibson. 2026. “Leading from Outside the ‘Hierarchical Box’: Enacting the Educational Leader Role in Early Childhood Teams” Education Sciences 16, no. 8: 1306. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci16081306 Abstract Early childhood education and care (ECEC) is significantly shaped by policy and an enduring focus on quality. While policy governs service provision, it is …