Putting Leadership Theory into Practice
Discover how to use the leadership theories you have explored so far, to help identify best practice for educational leaders.
Duration
2 weeksWeekly study
8 hours
Putting Leadership Theory into Practice
Apply leadership theory to your practical activities as an educational leader
You will have the chance to identify the summary lessons which can be drawn from the extensive range of examples studied in this program, and assess how best practice can be applied to educational settings.
You will be encouraged to apply the lessons learned from best practice and from leadership research, to guide strategic planning and the identification of the practical day-to-day implications for headship.
What topics will you cover?
- What lessons can be drawn from areas of best practice?
- How can the lessons learned from best practice be applied to educational settings?
- How can our educational vision be translated into strategic planning?
- The Business of Leading: what can we learn about the essential day-to-day activities for school leaders?
- What are the educational leadership lessons to be learned from successful CEOs in business, as well as great military leaders?
- Are there any models for educational leadership?
- What do pupils, parents, governors and teachers want from a headteacher?
Learning on this course
On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.
What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...
- Evaluate the summary lessons which can be drawn from leadership best practice in a range of settings
- Assess how best practice can be applied to educational settings
- Describe and assess the importance of strategic planning in an industrial setting, and evaluate its value and application to educational contexts
- Produce your own strategic plan in response to a real-life school situation. Describe and defend this position and evaluate alternative approaches
- Synthesise the lessons learned from a wide range of non-educational contexts and research-based literature, to identify the practical implications for school leaders
- Explain and evaluate how the principles of leadership best practice, from a wide range of settings and from research-based literature, apply to real-life educational scenarios
- Reflect on and describe the features of good leadership in two contrasting school leaders, and examine the reasons why very different personality skill sets can be applied effectively
- Produce a written report, building on the literature review to analyse a leadership issue of interest
Who is the course for?
This course is for students of the MA Educational Leadership.
Who developed the course?
Coventry University
Coventry secured 5 QS Stars for Teaching and Online Learning in the QS World University Ranking 2020 and has received No. 1 in the world for Massive Open Online Courses in MoocLab’s World University Ranking 2021.
Established
1992Location
Coventry
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