Run by School of Educational Sciences

20.000 Credits or 10.000 ECTS Credits

This module focuses on the models, approaches and practices required to effectively lead and manage education professionals. It explores the practices associated with leading and managing education professionals, in different education settings, by drawing explicitly upon the international evidence bases concerning system leadership, middle leadership, curriculum leadership, teacher leadership and leading professional learning. The module will consider theories of collaborative and distributed leadership in relation to leading and managing other professionals. It will also consider the relationship between local and national policy imperatives and the practice of leading and managing education professionals, particularly in relation to the realisation of system leadership in different countries and contexts.

Exploration of the models, approaches and practices required to lead and manage education professionals. Evaluation of the practices associated with effectively leading and managing professionals in different education settings. Examination of the international evidence bases concerning system leadership, middle leadership, curriculum leadership, teacher leadership and leading professional learning. Exploration of the relationship between local and national policy imperatives and the practice of leading and managing others.

1. Identify the models, approaches and practices required to lead and manage education professionals.

2. Critically evaluate the international evidence concerning system leadership, middle leadership, curriculum leadership, teacher leadership and leading professional learning.

3. Evaluate theories of collaborative and distributed leadership and how they frame the effective leadership of professional learning.

4. Critically evaluate the practices associated with leading and managing education professionals effectively in different education settings.

5. Critically explore relationship between local/national policy imperatives and the practice of leading and managing others.

Type	Name	Description	Weight
DEMONSTRATION/PRACTICE	Online resource to support leadership	Online/electronic resource to support the leadership and management of education professionals. Assessments are designed to ensure parity of provision and experience for all students. All students will benefit from formative feedback throughout the module which will be bespoke to their needs and will complete the same summative assessment per module.	100.00

		Hours
Seminar		6
Lecture		16
Private study		178

Talis Reading list

http://readinglists.bangor.ac.uk/modules/xme-4314.html

Reading list

Bush, T., Bell, L., & Middlewood, D. (Eds.). (2019). Principles of Educational Leadership & Management. SAGE Publications Limited. Lieberman, A., Campbell, C., & Yashkina, A. (2016). Teacher learning and leadership: Of, by, and for teachers. London, Taylor & Francis. Fleming, P. (2019). Successful middle leadership in secondary schools: A practical guide to subject and team effectiveness. Routledge. Harris, A., Jones, M., & Huffman, J. B. (Eds.). (2017). Teachers leading educational reform: The power of professional learning communities. Routledge. Leithwood, K., Harris, A., & Hopkins, D. (2020). Seven strong claims about successful school leadership revisited. School Leadership & Management, 40(1), 5-22.

Optional in courses:

• X3BJ: MA/CAC Cenedlaethol Addysg (Cymru) year 1 (MA/CAC)
• X3BH: MA/NEW Education (Wales) year 1 (MA/NEW)