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Early childhood Certificate Program

Early Childhood Certificate Program for Leadership


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Enrollment for this course is currently closed.

Welcome to the Early Childhood Certificate Program for Leadership

 

The leadership program is at the heart of the change. Without well-educated, proactive, and motivated leadership, change cannot take place. Furthermore, the leadership of a school should have a firm understanding of early childhood pedagogy in order to be able to support their teaching faculty and enable them to change their attitudes towards teaching and learning and conduct fundamental change.


The purpose of this program is to provide the essential foundations of leadership development and explore what effective school leadership looks like. It identifies the key elements of school leadership that should be securely in place in order to be an effective leader.


The program explores effective leadership and examines international research on the subject. Participants are invited to reflect on their own leadership style and compare this to a range of alternatives and the likely impact such style has on their schools.

 

All good leaders have a vision of what they would like to achieve, and the practical elements of this program will support the development of a vision for the school or organization. Visions are outcome-based and leaders have to be able to plan strategically in order to make the vision a reality for students and the school community.

 

 

 

 

 Program Overview for Principals

● Total hours of work 50 / module


● Contact sessions 8 - 10 h (each session includes: a discussion based on flipped learning, theoretical orientation, and assignment for practical work which will be reported in the online platform


● Independent study (15-20 h), including reading, assignments, and discussions on the online platform


● Practical assignments (20 -25 hours)


● Modules include summative assessment tasks related to the content of the modules.


● Working in digital learning environments is embedded in all the modules
Content of Modules

● 1 flipped learning video or text-based material so learners can familiarize themselves before the contact sessions


● 1 theoretically oriented presentation with discourse questionnaire for the contact session


● 1 practical-oriented presentation with discourse questionnaire for the contact session and assignments reported in the online platform


● 1-2 readable texts with discourse questionnaire for the contact session and assignments reported in the online platform
Practical Elements

1) Clear practical assignments to conduct in participants' own unit with their own leadership team, teaching faculty, and promoting home-school collaboration with the parents as part of each module. This is to help bring the theory learned into practice immediately and therefore strengthen the connection and understanding and avoid silo thinking.


2) Rotating visits in the model units with clear assignments for each visit to be reported in the online platform. This will not only broaden the participants’ overall understanding of different organizational cultures, leadership structures, etc, but also the different working methods in different units. Furthermore, the rotation will build the participants’ professional network and provide peer support in creating change in their own units.


3) Practical project: Creating a development plan for their school for a certain duration (Duration to be confirmed based on local needs as a part of the localization process), with clear desired results, milestones, action points, and follow-up plan. Presentation of the plan at the end of the training.

Here is the course outline:

1. Organizational Leadership

2. Pedagogical Leadership

3. Leading Change

4. Arabic Language and Culture Development in Early Childhood Education

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