Leadership Essentials Certificate Program – 3 days
Focused on developing confident, capable K-12 school leaders who inspire staff, improve classroom practice, and lead with an equity-focused approach to achieving sustained student success.
3 days of in classroom professional learning or online
Guided by inquiry questions
Highly interactive teaching strategies
Regular reflection to support the learning
OPC-ISL Leadership Essentials Certificate
Inquiry Questions
Module 1:
Explore the Leader in You
- What is your why and how does it connect to student achievement and well-being?
- Are you managing, leading or always doing both? How does that work?
- How can your understanding of the Covey Urgent and Important matrix help you to prioritize leadership actions?
Module 2:
Leading an Effective School
- How might international research about effective school leadership practices be applied in your school setting?
- How is your school doing in relation to the characteristics of an effective school? What are the strengths? Areas for improvement?
- How can the school-level leadership framework, enrich your leadership practices?
Module 3:
Building a Collaborative Culture
- What are the personal leadership resources that are integral to effective school leadership?
- What are the key components of Emotional Intelligence and how are you doing?
- How does understanding Emotional Intelligence help high performing leaders build trust in a collaborative culture?
- How does a culture of trust impact student achievement and well- being?
Module 4:
Using Data Wisely
- How is data informing decision making in your school? Are you gathering multiple measures of data? The right data? How do you know? What additional data is required?
- Are you and your teachers working hard and not yet seeing the desired improvements?
- What are the required school-level conditions that will help you build a high-performing, data-informed culture?
Module 5:
Leading Effective Classroom Practices
- Who are the most and least successful students in your school? How do you know? How are you supporting each group?
- How do leaders create the conditions for high expectations in every classroom?
- What is instructional strategy research suggesting to increase student engagement, agency and success for every student? How does your school stack up today?
- How does assessment as and for learning create the optimal learning experience for every child to succeed?
Module 6:
Creating an Action Plan
- Effective leaders are learning leaders and lead learners. What does this look like for a school leader? 2. How does the application of the professional learning cycle (PLC) support school improvement? What are the next steps?
- What are learning walks and how will they enrich the quality of teaching and learning in your school?
- Why are professional conversations essential in school improvement? Why do leaders sometimes avoid the challenging conversations? How can you better prepare for the conversations?
- How can I apply my learning through a meaningful PLC that will impact student achievement and well-being in my school?
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