This course is a baseline course on leadership. The materials have been developed from a Christian view on leadership, but have also been inspired by modern writers on (school) leadership. The course starts with aspects of leadership, inspired by a passage from the Bible. Participants will be asked to reflect on their own situation from a Biblical perspective.
In another module, participants will learn about educational leadership and the responsibilities of school leaders. “Leading yourself” will be discussed, connected with an introduction of Covey’s seven habits. Regarding change leadership, participants will be equipped to identify change factors and to mention steps to bring change into practice. On top of that, participants will be made aware of the power of a vision and collective ambition in leading a team and will learn different ways to motivate its members.
The participants will experience and enjoy the effect of peer-learning together with other principals. New working methods will be practiced which can also be used in schools after the training.
School leaders
1. Christian leadership: You will be able to describe some essentials of being a leader as a Christian.
2. Personal leadership: You will be able to describe success factors for effective school leaders, based on a meta-analysies; to understand the principles of personal leadership, as developed by Covey in his book 'The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People®' and to explain how you can bring the theory into your leadership practice.
3. Change leadership: You will be able to reflect on change experiences and learn from them and to identify effective and doable change factors and to mention steps that bring change into practice.
4. Team leadership: You will be able to estimate the power of a vision and collective ambition in leading a team; to understand different ways to motivate the members of a team; to make an effective change plan by referring to different learning styles and levels of learning; to understand the importance of good feedback and to apply the rules of good feedback.
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