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Developing Your Educational Leadership and Management Vision (edX)

Offered by The University of Newcastle, Australia, NewcastleX,
Developing Your Educational Leadership and Management Vision (edX)

Develop your leadership and management skills to establish a school vision, support your staff and make meaningful change in your school or organisation. What kind of leader are you? Are you equipped to transform your learning organisation into the place you know it can be? In this course, we investigate leadership styles, best practices and philosophies that challenge you to develop your leadership capacity.

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You will be guided in evaluating your leadership strengths and opportunities for growth, and will develop a personal leadership philosophy and vision. Strategic management theory and practice will be introduced and examined in the school context.

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 registered with the New South Wales Educational Standards Authority (NESA) (Australia). Completing EDLMx1 Developing Your Educational Leadership and Management Vision will contribute 12 hours of NESA Registered PD addressing 6.4.4 from the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers towards maintaining Lead Teacher Accreditation in NSW.
This course is part of the Leadership and Management in Education Professional Certificate Program.

What you'll learn

  • Analyse theoretical concepts and best practices relating to leadership
  • Articulate insights into strategic management theory and practice
  • Evaluate your leadership strengths and identify opportunities for growth
  • Develop a personal leadership philosophy and vision

Syllabus

Week 1: Understanding leadership
Leadership styles and frameworks
Evaluating leadership strengths and opportunities

Week 2: What works in school leadership
Defining an effective educational leader
Strategic management theory and practice

Week 3: Future trends in leadership
Current research in leadership
Growing your leadership capacity

Week 4: ‘Bringing the Good Weather’
‘Bringing the Good Weather’ framework for leadership
Developing a personal leadership philosophy and vision

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