FSC2218 Courting Leadership & Management Skills for Schools: Toolkit 2
The aims of this course are to help you better understand educational leadership, and to learn and apply key management and leadership skills, especially in the areas of instructional leadership, team building, emotional intelligence, and school self-evaluation, to bring about improvements in school administration and learning & teaching.
COURSE DETAILS
- Target Audience: Teachers looking to get a better understand educational leadership, and to learn and apply key management and leadership skills
- Equipment Required: All our courses are accessible through PC, Laptop, iPad, Tablet and Mobile devices. Internet access required with broadband speeds recommended
- Prerequisites or Requirements: Suitable for all primary school teachers
- Duration: All Flúirse Online Teacher Summer Courses are available from July 4th – August 19th. Each course requires approximately 20 hours of training and engagement
- Course Fee: €69 (also available as part of a 2 course 4-EPV Day bundle for €89 or 3 Course 5-EPV Day bundle for €99)
- EPV Days: This course is worth 3 EPV days (also available as part of a 2 course 4-EPV Day bundle or 3 Course 5-EPV Day bundle)
- Support: Our team are available to support you throughout your training by phone, email, online chat, course forums and social media
- Our Guarantee: No risk guarantee, if your not happy with your course for any reason within 21 days of enrollment we will issue you a full refund
- Questions/ More Information: Call us now on 066 712 9828 or e-mail [email protected]
COURSE LAYOUT
Module 1 – Leadership and Learning to Lead
- Clearly define the differences between leadership and management in education
- Be able to describe the different conceptualizations of leadership
- Explain why leadership is not necessarily the province of school management only
- Be able to analyse and assess how leadership is practiced in their own school community
- Reflect on the skills required to exercise leadership and to assess their own leadership capabilities
- Analyse how the SSE process has been (or will be) facilitated in their own school
Module 2 – Focus on Leadership for Learning (Instructional Leadership)
- Clearly articulate the meaning of instructional leadership
- Identify and outline its characteristics
- Describe the powerful forms of leadership influence on what happens in classrooms
- Analyse and outline their own school organisational structures, systems and processes critical to supporting learning-centered leadership
Module 3 – Build Dynamic and Trusting Teams
- Be able to describe how the management and leadership of teams contribute to the effectiveness of the school
- Assess the needs, responsibilities and motivations of teams
- Explain how a manager/leader could benefit from knowing team member’s preferred team roles
- Analyse how these roles could benefit the school in the SSE and improvement processes
- Recognize and influence the stages of team development
- Improve the performance of teams using techniques of empowerment, team decision making, and team learning
Module 4 – Emotional Intelligence (EI)
- Explain emotional intelligence
- Outline and explain the main areas of EI
- Analyse their leadership qualities with respect to EI
- Recognize the impact of leaders’ high EI on staff and pupils
- Assess and discuss the role of EI in their day to day work
Module 5 – Synthesising Toolkit 2 with the SSE Process
- Describe the School Self-Evaluation Guidelines and six-step process
- Apply the techniques learned in the course to help with SSE and school development
- Explain how Instructional Leadership and Emotional Intelligence influence SSE and school improvement
FURTHER QUESTIONS OR MORE INFORMATION?
- Please review our Frequently Asked Questions section here or contact our Summer Course support team directly at [email protected]
