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Leadership in Educational Settings (EDUC90504)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Summer Term
June
July
Please refer to the LMS for up-to-date subject information, including assessment and participation requirements, for subjects being offered in 2020.
Overview
Availability | Summer Term June July |
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Fees | Look up fees |
Many teachers have opportunities to take on leadership roles in their first years of teaching . This elective provides a foundation and understanding to take on leadership roles, at all levels in schools and early childhood education and care settings.
The subject draws on instructional leadership and positive psychology to understand self and the role of a leader. Through participatory workshops students will learn how to use available data to make informed decisions about programs they may want to implement, how to interact with people in leadership roles to gain insights and understanding about leadership and with insights from positive psychology, learn what characteristics and strengths they can draw on to be a leader.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Understand leadership and themselves as leaders
- Develop skills to undertake leadership roles in schools and early learning settings
- Use evidence to understand what is happening in schools and early learning settings and lead change
Generic skills
This subject will develop the following set of key transferable skills:
- Clinical reasoning and thinking
- Problem solving
- Evidence based decision making
- Creativity and innovation
- Teamwork and professional collaboration
- Learning to learn and metacognition
- Responsiveness to a changing knowledge base
- Reflection for continuous improvement
- Linking theory and practice
- Inquiry and research
- Active and participatory citizenship.
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
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
Due to the impact of COVID-19, assessment may differ from that published in the Handbook. Students are reminded to check the subject assessment requirements published in the subject outline on the LMS
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Reflective essay
| Mid semester | 50% |
Presentation/report
| End of semester | 50% |
Hurdle requirement: Minimum of 80% attendance at all scheduled lectures, tutorials, seminars and workshops. | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Dates & times
- Summer Term
Principal coordinator Ryan Dunn Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 24 Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 15 January 2020 to 24 January 2020 Last self-enrol date 17 January 2020 Census date 24 January 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 14 February 2020 Assessment period ends 28 February 2020 Summer Term contact information
- June
Principal coordinator Ryan Dunn Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 24 Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 17 June 2020 to 26 June 2020 Last self-enrol date 19 June 2020 Census date 26 June 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 17 July 2020 Assessment period ends 31 July 2020 June contact information
- July
Principal coordinator Ryan Dunn Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 24 Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 27 July 2020 to 25 September 2020 Last self-enrol date 7 August 2020 Census date 31 August 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 12 October 2020 Assessment period ends 2 November 2020 July contact information
Time commitment details
170 hours
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of Teaching (Primary) Course Master of Teaching (Secondary) Course Master of Teaching (Early Childhood) - Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 10 February 2024