EEL500 Mentoring, Leadership and Change (8)
CSU Discipline Area: VET & Higher Education (VOCHE)
Duration: One session
Abstract:
The role of mentoring in leadership and teacher development is now highly regarded as an effective professional development tool. This subject recognises the importance of this process and provides a theoretical framework to assess current literature in the area and understand the applications of this research in an international context. Students will build on their theoretical understandings to design and implement mentoring programs in their work context. This process will have particular emphasis on the role of principals and school leaders in staff and collegial professional development. The work embedded nature of this process will contribute to leadership effectiveness based on sound conceptual understandings. The evaluation of such programs is a key element of the subject. Students will develop their skills in their role as a leader of a mentoring process, as a mentor, and as a recipient of this mode of support. Students will study selected and structured mentoring programs both locally and internationally.
+ Subject Availability Modes and Locations
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| Distance | Canada | Session 2 |
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Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: EEL500
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
- be able to understand the conceptual underpinnings of the mentoring in leadership process as an effective professional development tool and as a strategy for implementing change;
- be able to assess staff professional development and support needs, and then design, implement and evaluate a work based mentoring program;
- be able to demonstrate the skills necessary to be an effective leader in a mentoring program; and,
- have read widely and assessed mentoring programs both locally and internationally.
Syllabus:
The subject will cover the following topics:
- The concept of a mentor through an analysis of current literature.
-The role of mentoring in leadership and change
- Definitions of mentoring, coaching and executive coaching.
- Varying models for application by a mentor.
- The nature of the mentoring process, with particular reference to school settings in an international context.
- The development of mentoring skills.
- Workplace needs analysis, with an emphasis on the school setting.
- The design of mentoring programs built on needs analysis and theoretical understandings.
- The implementation of mentoring programs.
- The monitoring and evaluating mentoring programs.
- The role of mentoring in addressing inequalities of gender and ethnicity.
- An analysis of contemporary mentoring programs both locally and internationally.
The information contained in the 2013 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 24 April 2013. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.