Educational Leadership: Working for Good

Posted 5 years 1 month ago by The University of Manchester

Study Method : Online
Duration : 3 weeks
Subject : Business
Overview
Explore educational leadership and develop leadership skills through critical thinking with this online course for school leaders.
Course Description

Change the way you understand educational leadership

Leadership is about thinking. On this course, you will explore educational leadership and develop leadership skills through critical thinking with this online course for school leaders.

Leaders in schools, colleges, and nurseries have a responsibility to put education first despite being bound by standardisation and the business mindset of policy creation. On this course, you will feel empowered to rethink your understanding of how leadership is created and the ways it can benefit your students and colleagues.

Through critical thinking, you will explore how to take control of your own leadership skills. You will discuss different models of educational leadership and identify the challenges and opportunities that leadership offers.

This is not a ‘practical’ or ‘hands-on’ leadership solution, but will instead challenge you to think and develop your intellectual capacity.

You’ll come away with a different understanding of educational leadership.

This course is for aspiring and existing leaders in education, including teachers and managers. It will also be beneficial for university administrators, corporate educators, and government officers.

Requirements

This course is for aspiring and existing leaders in education, including teachers and managers. It will also be beneficial for university administrators, corporate educators, and government officers.

Career Path
  • Explore how leadership knowledge is generated and passed on by critically engaging with knowledge useful for their practice.
  • Engage with conversations about Educational Leadership Models to recognise what it takes to move from being in charge to being in control.
  • Interpret education policy from a leadership perspective by engaging critically with the material.
  • Evaluate leadership challenges and opportunities typical of de-regulated international educational spaces.