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Relationships with Other Stakeholders

This short course explores the leadership of non-teaching staff and the relationship between headteachers and governing bodies.

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  • Duration

    2 weeks

  • Weekly study

    8 hours
Overview
Requirements

Explore managing your bosses and the importance of allowing staff to be heard.

During this short course, you will have the opportunity to explore the importance of leadership of non-teaching staff, and the relationship between headteachers and governing bodies. You will also have the chance to delve into the seven qualities of first-class leadership.

Finally, this short course will draw together the key learning themes from all three modules studied so far, in order to make clear how all of these themes are connected.

What topics will you cover?

  • Non-teaching staff and appraisal
  • Managing pupils and parents
  • Managing your bosses – governors
  • The relationship between headteachers and governing bodies
  • Governors as ‘critical friends’
  • Leadership as a personalised relationship
  • Recap on performance management and on the educational leadership story so far

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...

  • Understand the importance of the leadership of non-teaching staff and other stakeholders, such as parents, governors and the community
  • Apply your learning from Modules 1 to 3 in a review exercise and a summary of key learning points
  • Apply your learning from Module 3 in case studies involving lesson observations and staff leadership issues

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

    1992

  • Location

    Coventry

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