Leadership in Educational Settings (EDUC90504)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Dual-Delivery (Parkville) and Online
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About this subject
Contact information
Summer Term
June
July
Overview
| Availability | Summer Term - Online June - Online July - Dual-Delivery |
|---|---|
| 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
| Description | Timing | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
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 - Online
Principal coordinator Ryan Dunn Mode of delivery Online Contact hours 24 Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 14 January 2021 to 22 January 2021 Last self-enrol date 15 January 2021 Census date 29 January 2021 Last date to withdraw without fail 12 February 2021 Assessment period ends 25 February 2021 Summer Term contact information
- June - Online
- July - Dual-Delivery
Principal coordinator Ryan Dunn Mode of delivery Dual-Delivery (Parkville) Contact hours 24 Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 19 July 2021 to 17 September 2021 Last self-enrol date 30 July 2021 Census date 13 August 2021 Last date to withdraw without fail 1 October 2021 Assessment period ends 1 November 2021 July contact information
Time commitment details
170 hours
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Further information
- Texts
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of Teaching (Early Childhood) Course Master of Teaching (Secondary) Course Master of Teaching (Primary) - Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
Last updated: 10 February 2024