Into Headship PgCert
Developing as a strategic leader in school EDUC51081
- Academic Session: 2024-25
- School: School of Education
- Credits: 30
- Level: Level 5 (SCQF level 11)
- Typically Offered: Semester 1
- Available to Visiting Students: No
- Collaborative Online International Learning: No
Short Description
The aim of this course is to enable participants to understand their role as a headteacher in applying the principles and practices of strategic leadership to frame and conceptualise educational problems and issues. The starting point of Course 1 is a critical exploration of the wider local, national and global policy context to identify and frame a strategic educational issue. The course also explores the use of the Standard for Headship as a way of engaging in systematic self-evaluation and the planning of ongoing professional learning.
Timetable
Programme delivered as full day and half day teaching sessions off campus and online.
Co-requisites
Leading Strategic Change (Course 2)
Assessment
Critical analysis of the current policy context which leads to the identification and justification of a strategic change issue to be addressed on the basis of evidence and educational argument. (4,000 words)
Critical reflection on their self-evaluation leading to identification of key priorities for their professional learning in leading and managing strategic change. (2,000 words)
Main Assessment In: December
Course Aims
The aim of this course is to enable participants to understand their role as a headteacher in applying the principles and practices of strategic leadership to conceptualise and frame educational problems and issues.
Intended Learning Outcomes of Course
By the end of this course students will be able to:
• examine and analyse critically education policy trends and articulate the implications for headship drawing from research and academic literature to inform their critical analyses
• report the key concepts underpinning strategic leadership in school
• present and justify the educational purposes underpinning the focus for strategic change;
• articulate the relationship between their professional values and personal commitment in their role as a strategic leader
■ evaluate systematically their practice and development as a strategic leader against the Standard for Headship drawing from research and academic literature to inform their critical analyses
Minimum Requirement for Award of Credits
The participants must successfully complete the summative assignment.