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Subject Overview

Educational leadership equips you to lead improvements in education for diverse communities and learners. It will also develop your skills in understanding, critiquing and contributing to research that is shaping Aotearoa New Zealand’s educational policy and practice. In addition, our programmes in Educational Leadership provide you with the skills and knowledge to advance your leadership abilities in the education sector and enhance your career and salary prospects.


Topics studied include:

- Culturally responsive leadership

- Developing Communities of Learning

- Developing professional expertise

- Educational change

- Educational leadership in the electronic age

- Educational policy and organisations

- Mentoring teachers

Potential Careers

This subject provides you with the knowledge and skills to be an outstanding leader in the education sector. Jobs could include:
- Education consultant
- Education policy development manager
- Professional development facilitator
- School head of department
- School principal
- School senior leadership team member
- Senior teacher

Other information

You must have at least three years of practical experience in teaching or a related profession, including experience in a formal or informal leadership and/or management role.
In addition, you must have completed Educational Leadership EDPROFST 738 or an equivalent course and at least 30 points from the schedule of approved research method courses offered by the Faculty of Education and Social Work.

Schedule

Schedule Notes

Prerequisite: 30 points from EDPRAC 751, EDPROFST 757, EDUC 735, 787, EDUCSW 700, 701, or equivalent courses approved by the Academic Head or nominee

Plan Schedules

Complete 120 points comprising:

  • 60 points from Group 1 Elective Courses, and
  • 30 points from Group 2 Elective Courses, and
  • 30 points for Group 3 Elective Courses

Group 1 Elective Courses

Complete exactly 60 points from the following:

Group 3 Elective Courses

Complete 30 points comprising:

  • 0 to 30 points from Elective Courses, and
  • 0 to 30 points from Other Education and Social Practice Courses

Selected courses must include exactly 30 points at level 700.

Elective Courses

Complete 0 to 30 points from the following:

Other Education and Social Practice Courses

Complete 0 to 30 points from the following: