
Duration
2 weeksWeekly study
8 hours
Relationships with Other Stakeholders
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.
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