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Leading Schools Through Leading Self (EDUC90750)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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Overview
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This subject is designed around the key assumption that self-leadership is a critical pre-cursor for successful school leadership. Students will explore key educational frameworks that enable to them expand their own self awareness and allow them, as educational leaders, to assist school staff and school students to develop greater self awareness. Authentic Leadership will be a major topic in this subject and will be analysed via two prominent, evidence-based frameworks: George and Simms (2007) and Walumbwa, Avolio, Gardner, Wernsing and Peterson (2008). Students will explore the importance of developing relational transparency and an internalized moral perspective in ensuring successful educational leadership. The new science of positive psychology will be used to encourage students to engage in appreciative reflection of self and others, to study strength-based approaches to creating change in schools and to explore the social factors that influence education. This subject aligns with the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership National Professional Standard for Principals and considers theory that guides self reflection, self improvement and self development. The subject also explores the importance of school leaders behaving with integrity and moral purpose.
Intended learning outcomes
- Analyse and integrate the key frameworks that explore authentic leadership and school leadership
- Understand and apply the reflective-practitioner model in creating educational change.
- Understand and apply a positive psychology approach to school leadership
- Critically evaluate the empirical research that examines inner leadership.
- Develop your school leadership skills.
Generic skills
- Reflective and narrative skills will be fostered through the use of storytelling as an in-class technique and through reflective assignment work.
- Problem solving skills and critical thinking skills will be fostered through the on-line forums, the analysis of educational research articles, during in class exercises and discussion and by applying theories to your own school as a case study.
- Written communication skills will be developed through the assignment work.
- Work with the interplay of research, practice, and theory within the broad discipline of school leadership.
- Balancing the needs of key stakeholders.
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Admission to the Master of Instructional Leadership (MC-INSLEAD)
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Assessment
Additional details
There are two assessment tasks:
- 2500 word action-reflection assignment due middle of semester (50%)
- 2500 word action-reflection assignment due end of semester (50%)
This subject has a minimum hurdle requirement of 75% attendance at all tutorials, seminars and workshops.
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Dates & times
- February
Principal coordinator Paige Williams Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 24 Total time commitment 170 hours Pre teaching start date 25 January 2017 Teaching period 17 February 2017 to 18 March 2017 Last self-enrol date 30 January 2017 Census date 17 February 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 17 March 2017 Assessment period ends 18 April 2017 February contact information
Time commitment details
170 hours
Additional delivery details
During the pre-teaching period, students will be required to complete reading that will be provided via LMS.
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Bonniwell, I. (2006). Positive psychology in a Nutshell. London: Personal Well being Centre.
George, B. & Sims, P. (2007). Finding your true North. San Francisco CA: Wiley
- Related Handbook entries
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Type Name Course Master of Instructional Leadership - Links to additional information
Last updated: 10 February 2024