Educational Leadership and Change PG (9086)

Available teaching periods	Delivery mode	Location
View teaching periods	On-campus Intensive	Bruce, Canberra
0.125	3	Faculty Of Education
Academic Program Area - Education	Post Graduate Level	Band 1 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan 2021) Band 1 2021 (Commenced Before 1 Jan 2021)

Introduction

The aim of this unit is to enable students to critically analyse the different theoretical and practical aspects of educational leadership and organizational changes within a constantly shifting reform environment. The unit explores and analyses a range of theories and emerging approaches and understandings of leadership, including distributed leadership, strategic leadership, ethical leadership, leadership for learning, and comparative, inter-cultural understandings of leadership. This unit provides an opportunity for students to reflect upon what constitutes effective leadership in educational settings and to construct their own 'theories' of effective leadership. Students will develop conceptual and practical skills for the effective management of change in schools and other educational institutions.

In the delivery of this unit opportunities will include on-campus and off-campus options.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Demonstrate an increased understanding of theories in leadership and organisational change;
2. Demonstrate an increased capability to observe, reflect and understand the nature of effective educational leadership;
3. Demonstrated an understanding of the role of the leaders in bringing about educational changes; and
4. Apply theoretical and craft knowledge to develop approaches to lead and manage educational changes in their own schools or other educational institutions.

Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively
1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
1. UC graduates are professional - work collaboratively as part of a team, negotiate, and resolve conflict
2. UC graduates are global citizens - behave ethically and sustainably in their professional and personal lives
2. UC graduates are global citizens - make creative use of technology in their learning and professional lives
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - be self-aware
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development
2. UC graduates are global citizens - communicate effectively in diverse cultural and social settings
2. UC graduates are global citizens - think globally about issues in their profession

Skills development

The aim of this unit is to enable students to critically analyse the different theoretical and practical aspects of educational leadership and organisational changes within a constantly shifting reform environment. The unit explores and analyses a range of theories and emerging approaches and understandings of leadership, including distributed leadership, strategic leadership, ethical leadership, leadership for learning, and comparative, inter-cultural understandings of leadership. This unit provides an opportunity for students to reflect upon what constitutes effective leadership in educational settings and to construct their own 'theories' of effective leadership. Students will develop conceptual and practical skills for the effective management of change in schools and other educational institutions.

Prerequisites

None.

Corequisites

None.

Incompatible units

Restrictions: This unit is not open to studnets who have passed 7696 Leadership in Learning Organisations PG

Equivalent units

None.

Assumed knowledge

None.

Availability

Availability for enrolment in 2025 is subject to change and may not be confirmed until closer to the teaching start date.

Year	Location	Teaching period	Teaching start date	Delivery mode	Unit convener
2024	Bruce, Canberra	Semester 2	29 July 2024	On-campus	Dr Will Brehm
2024	Bruce, Canberra	Semester 2	29 July 2024	Intensive	Dr Beth Chapman
2025	Bruce, Canberra	Semester 2	28 July 2025	Intensive	Dr Beth Chapman
2025	Bruce, Canberra	Semester 2	28 July 2025	On-campus	Dr Will Brehm

Timetable

The information provided should be used as a guide only. Timetables may not be finalised until week 2 of the teaching period and are subject to change. Search for the unit timetable.

Resources

Required texts

The required text for the unit is;

Brooks, J. & Normore, A. (2018) Foundations of Educational .Leadership, Routledge, New York.

All other required readings can be located on E-Reserve, either through our Canvas site, or through the Library's site.

Assessment requirements

Submission of assessment items

Extensions & Late submissions

Approval of extenuating circumstances will be dependent upon the production of supporting documentation and at the discretion of the unit convener.

All assessment items required to be submitted online must be submitted via the appropriate Canvas drop box. It is the student's responsibility to upload the correct and corresponding draft or assessment item to the right submission section. Assignments must be submitted in a format accessible to the assessor(s), as stated on the relevant canvas site. If the unit convener and/or tutor are unable to access a submission, or if no submission has been made by the due date and time, a standard late penalty of 10% of the total marks possible for the task may be applied per day, for three days, after which the submission will receive a score of ‘0' in keeping with UC's Assessment Policy.

Special assessment requirements

Normally an aggregate mark of 50% is required to pass the unit.

Provision of valid documentation

Please note that the University takes student conduct very seriously. All documentation provided to University staff must be valid and the provision of fraudulent documentation carries with it potentially serious consequences, including suspension and/or exclusion from the University. Note that all allegations of student misconduct will be referred to the Associate Dean for Education (ADE) as a prescribed authority for investigation.

Academic integrity

Students must apply academic integrity in their learning and research activities at UC. This includes submitting authentic and original work for assessments and properly acknowledging any sources used.

Academic integrity involves the ethical, honest and responsible use, creation and sharing of information. It is critical to the quality of higher education. Our academic integrity values are honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility and courage.

UC students have to complete the annually to learn about academic integrity and to understand the consequences of academic integrity breaches (or academic misconduct).

UC uses various strategies and systems, including detection software, to identify potential breaches of academic integrity. Suspected breaches may be investigated, and action can be taken when misconduct is found to have occurred.

Information is provided in the Academic Integrity Policy, Academic Integrity Procedure, and 91Porn (Student Conduct) Rules 2023. For further advice, visit Study Skills.

Student responsibility

Learner engagement

Workload Breakdown in terms of hours

Workshops/seminars 20 hours
Online activities 20 hours
Reading and private study 40 hours
Assessment work 70 hours

Participation requirements

Attendance at three day intensive workshops is stongly encouraged, missed attendance will require documention presented to the unit convener to meet the unit requirements.

Your participation in both class and online activities will enhance your understanding of the unit content and therefore the quality of your assessment responses. Lack of participation may result in your inability to satisfactorily pass assessment item and the unit. .

Required IT skills

This unit requires basic IT skills, which are required for all units here at the 91Porn. Students should be comfortable searching the library's databases and reading academic articles online, as well as browsing the Internet and being able to determine credible websites.

Artificial intelligence services must not to be used for assessment or assessment preparation by students unless explicitly allowed in the assessment instructions for an assessment task published with the assessment task and/or in the unit outline. That is, an artificial intelligence services may only be used if:

its use is authorised by the unit convener as part of a specified assessment task, and
it is used in the way allowed in the assessment instructions and/or unit outline, and
its use is appropriately referenced, meaning that students must reference the use of AI in their assessment in the same way as they reference other source material.

Work placement, internships or practicums

None

Additional information

Foundation of Unit

This unit has been created and designed with the assumption that all enrolled are interested and aspire to become effective education leaders and that they have had some kind of experience in education organisations.

Provision of information to the group

Notifications through the Canvas Forum or the Canvas Discussion Forums are deemed to be made to the whole class. It is the responsibility of the student to ensure that they check for announcements on the Unit's Canvas website (Canvas forum messages are also emailed to student email addresses only). Students should ensure they check their student email regularly (once every 24 hours during the week). The Canvas discussion forums will be checked by staff regularly.

Use of student email account

The University Email policy states that "students wishing to contact the University via email regarding administrative or academic matters need to send the email from the University account for identity verification purposes". Therefore all unit enquiries should be emailed using a student university email account. Students should contact servicedesk@canberra.edu.au if they have any issues accessing their university email account.

In all cases of absence, sickness or personal problems it is the student's responsibility to ensure that the unit Convener is informed.

Theoretical foundations:

This unit covers a range of theoretical foundations which underpin educational leadership including cultural capital theory.

Research Led Education:

This unit involves research-led education. There are active researchers delivering this unit who are able to engage students in deep and active learning and transmit to students their passion for the research they are carrying out. Dr Bernard Brown's research into leadership in Education also informs the content of this unit, especially in regard to the role of school principals.

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