Educational Leadership and Management

Course Overview

It meets the growing demand for professionals who are faced with leadership demands and who wish to expand their skills, strategies and expertise in the area of educational communication, research, administration and management. This diploma will ladder directly into the MA in Educational Leadership and Management program, providing students with an opportunity to extend their learning or leave the program with a recognized diploma and return at a later date to complete their MA. Who It's For? Administrators, principals and teachers within K-12 educational institutions who want to expand their expertise and gain new skills and credentials in the field of educational leadership to advance their current career or launch a new one. Applicants who do not have the formal academic education to qualify for admission may be assessed on the basis of both their formal education and their informal learning, in accordance with the Flexible Admission Policy. Please visit the program admission page for more information. Outcomes: Graduates will be able to apply practical tools and strategies to address issues, challenges, and opportunities related to supporting student achievement and growth. Graduates will have the skills to: Facilitate the collaborative development and implementation of shared values, vision, mission, and goals to support learning and achievement for all students; Understand and use change and improvement processes to support student learning and achievement; Build positive and effective relationships among the school, families and the larger community; Integrate evidence-based decision making approaches into school leadership practices to support school growth and improvement; Engage in meaningful self-assessment and self-awareness to enhance leadership skills, positive relationships, and professional goals; Maximize opportunities for curricular, instructional, and assessment practices to have a positive impact on student learning and achievement; Apply systems thinking to strategically plan and manage the school environment to support student learning; Foster and sustain an inclusive culture and climate to support both student learning and professional growth; Implement authentic and meaningful strategies for supporting and supervising teachers' instructional capacities to maximize student learning and achievement; and Lead collaborative and systematic inquiry processes that support school improvement.