First Time Principals (Post Primary/Special School)
This programme is designed for those recently appointed to their first principal position. It will assist participants to extend and improve their professional knowledge and understanding of school leadership and their skills as leaders. It will address the challenge of providing effective leadership of learning in the context of sustaining the impetus for change envisaged in current educational reform developments.
This programme will build upon previous leadership professional development activities including PQH(NI).
By the end of the programme new principals will:
- have a deeper knowledge and understanding of their responsibilities and roles as school leaders and of the challenges facing school leaders today;
- understand the importance of responsive and strategic leadership;
- develop their professional knowledge, skills and personal qualities to become effective school leaders;
- have identified, practised and developed a range of personal and inter-personal skills associated with effective leadership;
- feel more confident in themselves as school leaders and better equipped to respond to the challenges of their role; and
- shared their practice, knowledge and learning with other new principals.
- programme will support new principals for the first three years of their headship;
- designed to incorporate regional and local support arrangements;
- a series of one day development events focussing upon key areas of headship;
- a residential event in year 1 and year 2;
- an emphasis on management issues, particularly in year 1;
- tailored on-line courses (under development);
- mentoring/coaching support (under review);
- an emphasis on networking and sharing practice throughout all stages of the programme.
No information about eligibility has been published to date.
Jack Clyde (jclyde@rtuni.org)
Application Closing Date: Friday 17 September 2010
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