LEADERSHIP AND TEAM BUILDING

EDU5LTB

2020

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

In this subject participants consider the nature and the importance of leadership and team building in educational or similar organisations. Students are expected to use relevant leadership frameworks and recent research to evaluate current practices in educational (or related) organisations. Participants consider the use of personal and social attributes in educational leadership; communication skills; team building; leadership in the development of educational professionals; models of leading; ethical issues in leading; systems thinking; and developing interpersonal relationships in educational leadership. Participants are encouraged to develop skills of critical reflection, self and peer evaluation and apply these to analyse current educational leadership issues.

School: Education (Pre 2022)

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: Troy Heffernan

Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: No

Subject year level: Year Level 5 - Masters

Exchange Students: No

Available as Elective: Yes

Learning Activities: Contemporary understandings of research evidence related to teaching reading, writing, speaking, listening and mathematics. Resources to support teaching of students# literacy and numeracy learning appropriate to discipline areas. Diagnostic tests and discussion about value of testing/progression. Problem solving as a pedagogical approach inclusive of literacy/numeracy.

Capstone subject: No

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: N/A

Co-requisites: N/A

Incompatible subjects: N/A

Equivalent subjects: N/A

Quota Management Strategy: N/A

Quota-conditions or rules: N/A

Special conditions: N/A

Minimum credit point requirement: N/A

Assumed knowledge: N/A

Learning resources

International Handbook of Educational Leadership

Resource Type: Book

Resource Requirement: Recommended

Author: Waite, D. and Bogotch, T

Year: 2017

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Publisher: Somerset : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated

ISBN: 1118956680

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Leadership for the disillusioned: moving beyond myths and heroes to leading that liberates

Resource Type: Book

Resource Requirement: Recommended

Author: Sinclair, A.

Year: 2007

Edition/Volume: N/A

Publisher: ALLEN & UNWIN

ISBN: 9781741751000

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The Reflective Practitioner in Professional Education

Resource Type: Book

Resource Requirement: Recommended

Author: Lawrence-Wilkes, L. and Ashmore, L

Year: 2014

Edition/Volume: N/A

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

ISBN: 978-1-349-48582-6

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Career Ready

Career-focused: No

Work-based learning: No

Self sourced or Uni sourced: N/A

Entire subject or partial subject: N/A

Total hours/days required: N/A

Location of WBL activity (region): N/A

WBL addtional requirements: N/A

Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

Graduate Capabilities

Intended Learning Outcomes

01. reflect critically about their own leadership approaches and approaches to team building; consider also the approaches adopted by others.

02. demonstrate familiarity with current research and literature in relation to educational leadership and team building, including the roles of communication skills; self-leadership; gender issues; ethical issues; and change and innovation.

03. analyse and evaluate current research and contemporary literature in relation to educational leadership and team building, including the roles of communication skills; self-leadership; gender issues; ethical issues; and change and innovation.

04. identify, discuss and suggest viable approaches to leadership strategies for future action, informed by recent research and literature in the field of educational leadership and team building.

Melbourne (Bundoora), 2020, Semester 1, Blended

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Enrolment information: N/A

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Troy Heffernan

Class requirements

Lecture/WorkshopWeek: 18 - 20
Three 6.00 hours lecture/workshop per study period on saturday during the day from week 18 to week 20 and delivered via face-to-face.
Classes are to be held: Saturday 2 & 16 May, Sunday 3 May, 10am-4pm 2020

Scheduled Online ClassWeek: 10 - 22
Three 2.00 hours scheduled online class per study period on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via video conference.
Synchronous webinars that will be held: Tuesdays 28 April, 5 & 12 May from 4-6pm 2020

Unscheduled Online ClassWeek: 10 - 22
Twelve 3.00 hours unscheduled online class per study period on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via online.

Assessments

Assessment element	Comments	Category	Contribution	Hurdle	%	ILO*
Written responses to reading. Two tasks, to a total of 1500 words	N/A	Other	Individual	No	30	SILO1, SILO2, SILO3
Group work. Equivalent to 1000 words This task is peer assessed.	N/A	Other	Individual	No	20	SILO2, SILO3
One 2500 word essay.Students' ability to do this task is developd through learning activities listed for this subject&throu feedback providd for other tasks.StudNts are strongly advised to engage with online materials,attend face-to-face classs, do set preparation&submit work on time.	N/A	Other	Individual	No	50	SILO2, SILO3, SILO4