Faculty of Education and Arts
School: Education
This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.
Unit Title
Leading for ImprovementUnit Code
EPA5156Year
2015Enrolment Period
1Version
1Credit Points
15Full Year Unit
N
Mode of Delivery
On Campus
Online
Description
This unit focuses on how educational leaders contribute to and manage the process of continuous improvement in a climate of political, economic and pedagogical change. It examines the importance of instructional leadership and change management in building a learning culture.
Equivalent Rule
Unit was previously coded EPA4156, EPA6156
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this unit students should be able to:
- Analyse the role of data collection and analysis in planning for improvement.
- Critically discuss instructional and program leadership.
- Design and develop strategies for initiating and leading sustained organisational change.
Unit Content
- Module One: Data led planning and culture building. Planning and improvement. Identifying relevant data. Collecting, interpreting, reporting, applying.
- Module Three: Initiating and sustaining change processes. Initiating change. Leading change. Sustaining change.
- Module Two: Building instructional and program leadership. Defining leadership (leadership models). Learning communities. Contextualised improvement planning.
Additional Learning Experience Information
Lectures, workshops and online support.
Assessment
GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units
Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.
ON CAMPUS| Type | Description | Value |
|---|
| Assignment | Contextual analysis | 50% |
| Assignment | Contextual analysis | 50% |
ONLINE| Type | Description | Value |
|---|
| Assignment | Contextual analysis | 50% |
| Assignment | Contextual analysis | 50% |
Text References
- Bush, T. (2008). Leadership and Management Development in Education. United Kingdom: Sage Publications.
- Limerick, D., Cunnington, B. & Crowther, F. (2002). Managing the New Organisation: Collaboration and Sustainability in the post-corporate world. (2nd Edition). Sydney: Allen & Unwin.
- Huffman, J. & Hipp, K. (2003). Professional Learning Community Organizer, in J. B. Huffman and K. K. Hipp (eds) Professioanl Learning Communities: Initiation to Implementation. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press.
- Gamage, D. (2006). Professional Development for Leaders and Managers of Self-Governing Schools. Dordrecht: Springer.
- Doherty, J., MacBeath, J., Jardine, S., Smith, I. & McCall, J. (2001). Do schools need critical friends? In J. MacBeath and P. Mortimore (Eds) Improving School Effectiveness. Buckingham: Open University Press.
- Anderson, M., Gronn, P., Ingvarson, L., Jackson, A., Kleinhenz, E., McKenzie, P., Mulford, B. & Thornton, N. (2007). Country Background Report. OECD Improving School Leadership Activity. A report prepared for the Australian Government. Department of Education, Science and Training. Melbourne: ACER
- McLaughlin, M. with Zarrow, J. (2001). Teachers engaged in evidence-based reform. In A.Lieberman and L. Miller. (Eds) Teachers caught in the action: professional development that matters. New York: Teachers? College Press.
- Cunningham, W. & Cordeiro, P. (2000). Educational Administration: A Problem Based Approach. . Needham Heights MA: Allyn & Bacon.
- Davies, B. (2007). Developing Sustainable Leadership. United Kingdom: Sage Publications.
Website References
Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)
For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.
Academic Misconduct
Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:
- plagiarism;
- unauthorised collaboration;
- cheating in examinations;
- theft of other students' work;
Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.
The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.
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Faculty of Education and Arts
School: Education
This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.
Unit Title
Leading for ImprovementUnit Code
EPA5156Year
2015Enrolment Period
2Version
1Credit Points
15Full Year Unit
N
Mode of Delivery
On Campus
Online
Description
This unit focuses on how educational leaders contribute to and manage the process of continuous improvement in a climate of political, economic and pedagogical change. It examines the importance of instructional leadership and change management in building a learning culture.
Equivalent Rule
Unit was previously coded EPA4156, EPA6156
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this unit students should be able to:
- Analyse the role of data collection and analysis in planning for improvement.
- Critically discuss instructional and program leadership.
- Design and develop strategies for initiating and leading sustained organisational change.
Unit Content
- Module One: Data led planning and culture building. Planning and improvement. Identifying relevant data. Collecting, interpreting, reporting, applying.
- Module Three: Initiating and sustaining change processes. Initiating change. Leading change. Sustaining change.
- Module Two: Building instructional and program leadership. Defining leadership (leadership models). Learning communities. Contextualised improvement planning.
Additional Learning Experience Information
Lectures, workshops and online support.
Assessment
GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units
Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.
ON CAMPUS| Type | Description | Value |
|---|
| Assignment | Contextual analysis | 50% |
| Assignment | Contextual analysis | 50% |
ONLINE| Type | Description | Value |
|---|
| Assignment | Contextual analysis | 50% |
| Assignment | Contextual analysis | 50% |
Text References
- Davies, B. (2007). Developing Sustainable Leadership. United Kingdom: Sage Publications.
- Cunningham, W. & Cordeiro, P. (2000). Educational Administration: A Problem Based Approach. . Needham Heights MA: Allyn & Bacon.
- Bush, T. (2008). Leadership and Management Development in Education. United Kingdom: Sage Publications.
- Anderson, M., Gronn, P., Ingvarson, L., Jackson, A., Kleinhenz, E., McKenzie, P., Mulford, B. & Thornton, N. (2007). Country Background Report. OECD Improving School Leadership Activity. A report prepared for the Australian Government. Department of Education, Science and Training. Melbourne: ACER
- McLaughlin, M. with Zarrow, J. (2001). Teachers engaged in evidence-based reform. In A.Lieberman and L. Miller. (Eds) Teachers caught in the action: professional development that matters. New York: Teachers? College Press.
- Huffman, J. & Hipp, K. (2003). Professional Learning Community Organizer, in J. B. Huffman and K. K. Hipp (eds) Professioanl Learning Communities: Initiation to Implementation. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press.
- Doherty, J., MacBeath, J., Jardine, S., Smith, I. & McCall, J. (2001). Do schools need critical friends? In J. MacBeath and P. Mortimore (Eds) Improving School Effectiveness. Buckingham: Open University Press.
- Limerick, D., Cunnington, B. & Crowther, F. (2002). Managing the New Organisation: Collaboration and Sustainability in the post-corporate world. (2nd Edition). Sydney: Allen & Unwin.
- Gamage, D. (2006). Professional Development for Leaders and Managers of Self-Governing Schools. Dordrecht: Springer.
Website References
Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)
For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.
Academic Misconduct
Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:
- plagiarism;
- unauthorised collaboration;
- cheating in examinations;
- theft of other students' work;
Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.
The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.
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