Course
ELP-SL1-PDSB
(Course 1) Shared Leadership: Building Relationships and Engaging Communities
Learn how to create meaningful relationships within your community that will help build effective, innovative learning environments that support student and staff success.
Reflect on the role of education leaders as community builders and explore theories, models, approaches, and strategies that enable and support the development of collaborative networks between various stakeholders (e.g., principals, teachers, school teams, students, families, and community members). Join discussions, engage with case scenarios and contextual analysis, and build your capacity to develop and sustain effective education community relations (e.g., a school community). Throughout the course, you'll develop your portfolio and personal leadership resource archive.
Learning Outcomes
Learners who successfully complete this course will have demonstrated the ability to:
- Reflect on the role that teachers, school staff, parents/families/caregivers, and other relevant stakeholders play in co-constructing an effective school environment.
- Identify historical, legislative, (educational) theoretical, social justice, and/or situational conditions that impact community building and engagement.
- Reflect on your personal leadership strengths, growth areas, and approaches as they relate to community building and engagement.
- Identify strategies, communication protocols, processes and measurable expectations to foster a culture of shared responsibility, safety, relationship building and accountability.
- Develop models and strategies for effective decision-making and crisis management.
- Explore strategies for stimulating individual and collective professional growth of staff and school.
Notes
The course requires access to a computer, camera, headphones/speakers, microphone and highspeed internet to access the OISE course environment, and other websites and resources as required.
Prerequisites
The Following information is for OCT Certified Educators only:
Pre-requisites for OCT Certified Educators
Domestic Teaching Experience:
Must be verified by your Supervisory Officer on the Certificate of Teaching Experience Form. A school Principal’s signature does not satisfy this requirement.
Please note: we recognize that it may take some time to obtain your Supervisory Officer's signature. So long as you are confident that you meet the teaching experience requirement and that your Supervisory Officer will sign the form, you are welcome to proceed with registration.
International Teaching Experience:
Must be verified by the Head of School on the Statement of Successful Teaching Experience Form. A school Principal’s signature does not satisfy this requirement.
Leadership Practicum Proposal:
As per the OCT’s Principal’s Qualification Program Guideline: “Candidates must develop a Leadership Practicum proposal before being recommended for completion of Part I and successfully complete the Leadership Practicum experience before being recommended for completion of Part II. The Leadership Practicum must apply to a school setting and be mentored by a practicing qualified principal or vice-principal. It is expected that the duration of the Leadership Practicum will be a minimum of 50 hours of which 20 hours could be observation” (p. 17).
Mentor:
Learners will select a mentor who is an OCT qualified, experienced and practicing principal or vice-principal.
Recommendations
Upon completion of Phase One – Education Leaders: Building the Foundations of Leadership 3-course pack:
Additional Qualification: Principal’s Qualification Program, Part 1.
This will be reflected on your OCT Certificate of Qualifications.
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