Course
PLF-ELP
Nurturing Sustainable Leadership
The Nurturing Sustainable Leadership Professional Learning Fellowship (PLF) provides a facilitated learning process aimed at seasoned school/education leaders who are interested in pursuing a self-designated project related to expanding and enhancing their skills as innovative, strategic, and effective school leaders within the K-16 space.
The program is designed in a cohort-based peer-to-peer flexible and inquiry-oriented environment where you will be guided by a facilitator and supported by experts in residence as you go about developing your leadership roadmap.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this Professional Learning Fellowship, Fellows will have demonstrated the ability to:
- Create an implementation framework for their school leadership philosophy or style that directs, motivates, and manages people, resources, and school environments.
- Identify strategies for the development, implementation and communication of a shared vision and mission, including long- and short-term goals and performance expectations for school improvement and student achievement.
- Identify and apply practices for the building and modelling of productive relationships with students and families, staff and teacher federation representatives, and the broader community.
- Determine the planning and processes to identify and understand a range of situational factors of a school, and to leverage educational partners, resources, and staff in developing a collaborative, supportive and safe school culture.
- Formulate performance indicators to effectively track deliverables, timelines, and budgets to measure and report on accountability.
- Design and integrate into the work environment a growth and innovation mindset rooted in supports for staff professional development, achievement, and capacity.
- Determine the process and criteria required to create, implement, assess/evaluate, and support/improve instructional strategies and curriculum.
- Integrate social justice and anti-racism into all facets of school leadership, team dynamics, growth, supervision, evaluation, design, and implementation.
Notes
The course requires access to a computer, camera, headphones/speakers, microphone and high speed internet to access the OISE course environment, and other websites and resources as required.
Please note: Effective January 2011, OISE MEd students in the Educational Leadership & Policy program who have successfully completed their Principal's Qualification Program (PQP) from OISE may use these as electives LHA1060 and/or LHA1061. Students wishing to pursue this optional route to fulfill one of the program requirements will be required to obtain the approval of Dr. Anna Katyn Chmielewski, Program Coordinator for Educational Leadership & Policy. Admission into the Principal's Qualification Program (PQP) is separate from the graduate program and is contingent upon the approval of to the Executive Director, OISE Continuing and Professional Learning unit. For more information about the Educational Leadership & Policy program, formerly Educational Administration program, please refer to the OISE Bulletin.
Prerequisites
| OCT Certified Educator | Education Professional (Non-OCT) |
| 1. Completion of Phase 1: Education Leaders: Building the Foundations of Leadership 3-course pack. OR 2. Completion of the Principal's Qualification Program, Part 1 (through any accredited AQ provider). 3. An approved Practicum Proposal. 4. As part of the application process, you will be asked to complete a self-reflection questionnaire, which will serve as a preliminary reflection about your Leadership Practicum. | The Education Leaders: Nurturing Sustainable Leadership fellowship program is designed for experienced education professionals interested in innovative, strategic, and effective school/organization leadership in elementary, secondary, and college learning environments. A minimum of five years of progressive work experience demonstrating growth and/or advancement in complexity, difficulty, or level of responsibility is expected. As part of the application process, you will be asked to complete a self-reflection questionnaire, along with uploading an up-to-date CV. Applicants should be individuals who have interest in pursuing an in-depth, self-directed inquiry. Common professions include:
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Recommendations
OCT Certified Educators: course 1 of 1 towards the Principal’s Qualification Program, Part 2.
Education Professionals (Non-OCT): course 1 of 1 towards the OISE CPL Master Certificate of Completion.
| OCT Certified Educator Program Outcome | Education Professional (Non-OCT) Program Outcome |
| Upon completion of Phase Two – Nurturing Sustainable Leadership Professional Learning Fellowship: Additional Qualification: Principal’s Qualification Program, Part 2. This will be reflected on your OCT Certificate of Qualifications. | Upon completion of Phase Two – Nurturing Sustainable Leadership Professional Learning Fellowship: OISE CPL Master Certificate of Completion from the University of Toronto. |
Course can be applied towards
Education Leaders Program: Phase 2 - Professional Learning Fellowship
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Deadline to Apply: SEPTEMBER 3 2024, at 11:59 PM EST.
Registration in this course requires an "Approved" application - please be sure to submit your application by the stated deadline.
Learning within the program will take the form of facilitated self-directed exploration, online discussions and virtual seminars. Fellows will be expected to engage in approximately 7-9 hours of learning activity per week for a total of 125 hours.
There will be six (6) Seminar Sessions taking place synchronously over Zoom. It is highly recommended that you attend most, if not all sessions. The schedule of the Seminar Session dates/times are available under Full Course Details > Schedule & Location > View Details.
The dates/times of the Seminar Sessions are subject to change, based on facilitator & learner availability. The dates/times will be discussed once the Fellowship begins, to further align as a cohort.
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- Click "Apply Now" to begin your course application - you will be prompted to create or login to your OISE CPL learner account
- If approved, you will receive a direct link to register for the course. Please note that payment is required in full in order to complete your registration
- Requests for withdrawal received before the 14th calendar day of the session will receive a full refund, less a $300 fee. Refunds will not be issued after the 14th calendar day of the session
- Please review OISE CPL's registration policies under Resources » OISE CPL Registration Policies
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