Professor Fay Hadley holds the position of Deputy Director of Macquarie University Early Childhood Research Centre and specialises in leadership in early childhood education and partnerships with families. Fay’s primary area of research examines leadership in early childhood education. This includes investigating mentoring, professional learning and career pathways for early childhood teachers. She is especially interested in the socio-political environment and how this affects early childhood teachers’ work. Fay also researches in partnerships with diverse families in educational settings and the impacts this has on outcomes for children. This was the focus of Fay’s PhD and has led to her extend on these findings with studies with early childhood centres in NSW and the ACT, as well as working with colleagues in Canada and Belgium. Fay was the lead Chief Investigator (CI) on the recent Approved Learning Frameworks (ALFs) Update project.