Course
PQP-IL3
PQP1.3: Instructional Leadership & Innovation
Explore how you can lead instructional improvements to enhance student achievement and success while fostering a culture of professional growth.
Learn strategies to strengthen curriculum coordination and support effective teaching practices across the school. Develop approaches to mentor and guide teachers, fostering collaboration and professional development. Use data-driven strategies to assess student learning, guide decision-making, and support school-wide improvement. Discuss real-life scenarios with peers to analyze key factors that shape successful learning environments.
By the end of the course, you will gain practical leadership strategies to support instructional improvement and strengthen your ability to monitor, evaluate, and refine teaching and learning practices. You will also continue building your professional resource archive aligned with the Ontario Leadership Framework (OLF).
This course is the third of three leading to PQP Part 1 Qualification.
Learning Outcomes
Candidates who successfully complete the course will have demonstrated the ability to:
- Deepen understanding of diversity, equity, inclusion, identity, power, privilege, oppression, intersectionality, anti-racism, current educational theories and practices (e.g., critical pedagogy), and recognize their impact on teaching, learning, and curriculum.
- Explore strategies for translating a school’s mission and goals into curriculum content and instructional practices.
- Examine strategies for designing and implementing curriculum programs, defining achievement indicators, and communicating expectations in collaboration with students, staff, and communities.
- Evaluate approaches for monitoring, supporting, and evaluating instruction.
- Identify leadership strategies to inform the process of monitoring curriculum and instruction’s impact on student learning.
- Design an implementation plan that strengthens instructional leadership and fosters an effective student learning experience.
Notes
✅ Technical Requirements:
A computer with a camera, headphones/speakers, microphone, and high-speed internet is required to access OISE course materials and resources.
✅ Master of Education (MEd) Candidates:
OISE MEd candidates in the Educational Leadership & Policy Program may take:
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Phase One (Course 1-3) as elective LHA1060
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Phase Two (Course 4) as elective LHA1061
Approval from Dr. Karen Acton, Program Coordinator, is required to pursue this pathway. Admission to these courses is separate from the MEd Program and is subject to approval by OISE Continuing and Professional Learning.
For details about the Educational Leadership & Policy MEd, contact the Department of Leadership, Higher & Adult Education.
Prerequisites
- Successful completion of Course 2: PQP-OL2 is required in order to register for this course.
- Leadership Practicum & Mentor Requirement
- Candidates must submit a Leadership Practicum Proposal by the end of Course 3: PQP-IL3.
- The practicum must be school-based and mentored by an OCT-certified, practicing principal or vice-principal.
- Candidates must secure their own mentor before registering. OISE CPL cannot assist with mentor identification.
PQP1.2: Organizational Leadership & Equity (Mandatory)
Recommendations
- Successful completion of this course represents Course 3 of 3 towards the Principal's Qualification Program Part 1
- Upon successful completion of Course 3 of 3:
- ✅Qualified candidates will be recommended to the OCT for the PQP Part 1 qualification.
- ✅A Certificate of Completion will be awarded from OISE Continuing & Professional Learning at the University of Toronto.
Status
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