CONT532: Teacher Leadership Specialist
Why are you a teacher leader? It's because you see the potential for your ideas and vision to improve the educational experiences of your learners and the professional experiences of your colleagues. Your capacity to encourage others to take on new challenges and become leaders themselves is your strength.
In this course, you'll learn to be an active lead learner and leverage your beliefs, vision, experiences and professional relationships to better understand how to create the conditions for more equitable experiences in the educational system for all stakeholders. You will collaborate with course colleagues to refine your advocacy, mentorship, coaching and communication skills to support fellow educators in promoting well-being and the achievement of excellence for all students.
Learning Outcomes
What You Will Learn and Do
In this course, you’ll have the opportunity to
- explore what kind of leadership path you’re interested in pursuing
- understand how to cultivate, maintain and improve relationships with others through leadership actions such as advocacy and mentorship
- consider policies, procedures and frameworks at the school, district and provincial levels related to leadership and leadership responsibilities
- explore equity and social justice to spark leadership growth in this area
- examine instructional strategies that create equitable opportunities for students, teachers and school communities
- learn practical strategies to become an effective and inclusive instructional leader
- articulate your philosophy of educational leadership
Assessments
Module 1
Laying the Foundation
Module 2
Understanding Yourself and Managing Relationships
Progress Update 1
Module 3
Frameworks, Policies, Procedures and Strategies
Module 4
Power, Equity and Social Justice
Progress Update 2
Module 5
Innovative Practice
Progress Update 3
Module 6
Practical Application of Leadership
Module 7
Course Culminating Task
Final Report