COD 2011 - M267b

Mind the Gap: creating the "critical bridge" to improved student learning

School leaders at different entry points: teachers, middle and senior management School agents concerned about teacher professional development and students' effective learning.

2 sessions, start: 09-Aug

Course detail

Year: 2011
Level: Management
Language: English
Status: Postponed
Lugar: ESSARP - Deheza 3139, CABA
Facilitator/s: María Silvia Stagnaro MA
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Sessions

Sessions Dates Start Finish
1 09 August 2011 05:30 pm 08:30 pm
2 23 August 2011 05:30 pm 08:30 pm

Facilitator/s

María Silvia Stagnaro

M.A. Language and Literature in Education, E.S.O.L., University of London. Lecturer in Methods II at I.E.S. en Lenguas Vivas "J. R. Fernández". Head of English Department at Northlands School. Director of Studies at P.A.E. Lenguas Vivas. Tutor of the modules on Materials Design (Module 4). Evaluation (Module 8) and Practicum (Module 10) for the Diploma in English Teaching of the University of London. Tutor of the module on Selection, Analysis, Evaluation and Development of material (Module 10) for the Academic Programme of Tertiary Level Teachers (E Circuit) of the I.E.S. en Lenguas Vivas "J. R. Fernández"
School leaders at different entry points: teachers, middle and senior management
School agents concerned about teacher professional development and students' effective learning.

- to discuss questions about the implications of a focus on learning for school leadership roles;
- to discuss questions about the dynamics and viability of specific role definitions;
- to develop action plans and strategies for transformation and change with a focus on student learning and achievement
Session 1 – Part 1:
- Quality in student learning: factors at play
- Foundations of effective learning
- Increasing learning opportunities

Session 1 – Part 2:
- Educational leadership: the exercise of school leadership in relation to learning
- Quality leadership: roles, responsibilities and authority of school leaders
- Leading for relevant transformation: factors at play

Session 2 – Part 1:
- Distributing and redesigning leadership roles: practices and strategies
- Implications of a focus on learning for school leaders’ roles
- Case studies
Session 2 – Part 2:
- The exercise of school leadership in relation to learning
- Leading for results: driving transitions, transformation and change
- Case studies
- input sessions followed by reflection and discussion
- analysis of case studies
- workshop tasks
Bulach, C. R., Boothe, D., & Pickett, W. (1998). Mistakes educational leaders make. ERIC Digest, No. 122.
Knapp, M.S. et al. (2006). Leading, Learning and Leadership Support. CTP.
Leithwood , Kenneth et al. (2004) How Leadership Influences Student Learning. CAREI

McCallon, R. (1995). The influence of the principal's leadership style on school climate and student achievement. People in Education, 3(3).
Ross , John A. & Gray, Peter. (2006) School Leadership and Student Achievement: The Mediating Effects of Teacher Beliefs. Canadian Journal of Education 29, 3.

Leadership for Student Learning: Redefining the Teacher as Leader. School Leadership for the 21st Century Initiative. A Report of the Task Force on Teacher Leadership. April 2001.
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