Gwybodaeth Modiwlau
Course Delivery
Assessment
| Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Semester Assessment | Assignment 2 Essay on the principles and challenges of applying leadership theories to an educational / care context 2000 Words | 50% |
| Semester Assessment | Assignment 1 Response to 4 scenario based situations broadly based on: Using self assessment to improve provision Supporting EDI Staff recruitment and development Team management 2000 Words | 50% |
| Supplementary Assessment | Assignment 2 Essay on the principles and challenges of applying leadership theories to an educational / care context 2000 Words | 50% |
| Supplementary Assessment | Assignment 1 Response to 4 scenario based situations broadly based on: Using self assessment to improve provision Supporting EDI Staff recruitment and development Team management 2000 Words | 50% |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
Demonstrate an effective knowledge and understanding of leadership theories and skills.
Critically review the application of leadership in child related contexts
Critically apply their theoretical understanding of leadership to practical contexts.
Demonstrate a critical engagement with relevant source material.
Brief description
This module provides you with the essential bases for understanding leadership theories and practices in contexts relating to children and young people. It will offer an overview of theoretical frameworks and consider how these are applied in specific contexts. It will provide opportunity to review current regulations and policies that influence children’s education and care and will emphasise the need for partnerships, development and equity.
Content
Leadership Theories
Leadership skills
Evaluating Effectiveness
Leading for Innovation and change
Supervising, supporting and managing people
Collaboration, partnership and leadership
Professional Development and Reflective Practice
Cultural Competence and Inclusion
Contextual leadership 1 – EY, Schools, Volunteer groups
Contextual leadership 2 – Regulatory and policy frameworks
Module Skills
| Skills Type | Skills details |
|---|---|
| Adaptability and resilience | Improving own Learning and Performance, Feedback from the written assignment and personal reflection during seminar tasks encourage improved performance. |
| Co-ordinating with others | Team work, Seminar activities provide many opportunities for team work, including group presentations and debates. |
| Creative Problem Solving | Problem solving, An essential element in the process of critical assessment. |
| Critical and analytical thinking | Research skills, Research is required for the main assessments and some of the seminar tasks. |
| Digital capability | Information Technology, Written assignments should be word-processed and one of the seminar tasks requires the development of a PowerPoint presentation. |
| Professional communication | Communication techniques are a vital element throughout lectures and seminars. Spoken communication throughout seminar activities. Written communication throughout written assessments. |
| Real world sense | Personal Development and Career planning, This module will enable students to consider and develop their own leadership skills Subject Specific Skills, The applying of leadership principles to real world scenarios. |
| Subject Specific Skills | Application of Number, Occasional descriptive statistics in lectures and sources. |
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 5