Course description
Leadership Starts from Within is designed to: build leadership knowledge and capability of people in the workplace, enable understanding and practice of contemporary leadership skills, allow participants to develop an understanding of ‘self as leader’ particularly through the lens of emotional intelligences, and to provide opportunity to enact effective leadership in the workplace.
Participants develop strength-based approaches to building leadership capabilities by undertaking, analysing and utilising a 360 Degree Feedback Survey.
Target audience includes aspiring leaders and those in leadership positions:
- Teachers with a minimum of five years practice and full teacher registration (or evidence of working towards full registration).
- If you are in the non-teaching sector/business unit, you have had an opportunity to undertake a leadership role in the workplace. This opportunity may be/has been in an acting, short-term, project-based or fulltime capacity.
- You have the opportunity to lead and/or influence improvement in the workplace.
- Your involvement is supported by your supervisor or principal.
This program connects to a qualification pathway. It is one unit of four units required to attain the Graduate Certificate in Education (Leadership) with UTAS. This program is 50% completion of the post graduate unit (EDP711 Leadership Starts from Within) leaving a balance of 50% which requires only one 2500-word reflective essay based on the program learnings.
Course outcomes
By the end of this program participants will be able to demonstrate their growth in leadership knowledge and skills:
- gain understanding of self and self as a leader
- understand why and how personal beliefs and values underpin and influence a personal leadership platform
- gain knowledge and understanding of styles and attributes of leadership
- know how to plan for and reflect on their interactions with colleagues in ways that empower themselves and others
- gain knowledge about leadership for change environments
Australian Professional Standards
- Standard 6 – Engage in professional learning
- Standard 7 – Engage professionally with colleagues, parents/carers and the community
Principal Capability Framework
Cognitive
- Acts upon critical self-reflection and feedback from others
Personal
- Is committed to shared values, professional integrity and ethical conduct
- Is courageous, resilient and adaptable
- Is responsible for own professional growth and wellbeing
- Is committed to an ethic of care
Knowledge and Expertise
- Builds leadership capabilities in others and identifies aspiring leaders