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Applying Strategic Leadership in Education (edX)

Offered by Newcastle University, NewcastleX,
Applying Strategic Leadership in Education (edX)

Learn strategic leadership perspectives and practices and how to apply them in your workplace. Investigate the transformative behaviours and beliefs of leaders aligned with your current educational organisation. This course will explore the practices and philosophies of effective strategic leaders and guide you in applying these techniques into your own practice.

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We will study how school leaders work strategically to develop organisations that are driven towards a clear shared vision, with motivated staff, engaged students, and a supportive school community. You will be encouraged to study leadership in your own workplace and find out how leadership impacts on learning.
You will reflect on your own leadership strengths and opportunities and develop a 21 day plan for personal leadership growth.

This course is aimed at school teachers in leadership roles who are looking to advance their career as a:

  • head teacher
  • assistant or deputy principal
  • principal
  • organisational leader
  • or in educational policy or advisory roles.

This course is part of the Leadership and Management in Education Professional Certificate Program.

What you'll learn

  • Analyse and critique strategic leadership practices and philosophies of current and former organisational leaders
  • Apply and assess strategic leadership insights in your professional practice.
  • Identify processes and practices to further develop personal leadership capacity by incorporating knowledge from leaders studied in the course.

Syllabus

Week 1

  • Understanding the behaviours of effective leaders.
  • A review of ‘Bringing the Good Weather’

Week 2

  • Analysing observations from educational organisation leaders along the ‘Bringing the Good Weather’ capacities

Week 3

  • Applying research on leadership
  • Using the ‘Bringing the Good Weather' framework to conduct field work
  • Interviews with organisation leaders to gain insights in areas of needed growth

Week 4

  • Developing your plan for capacity building. Synthesising insights from interviews into a 21-day action plan for your own leadership development.
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