ESA514 Catholic Educational Leadership (8)
CSU Discipline Area: Professional Studies (PROFL)
Duration: One session
Abstract:
This subject aims to introduce leaders in Catholic schools to specifically Catholic understandings of leadership. This gives depth to their own approach to educational leadership and provides a context for their leadership within the Catholic church and its various school systems, locally, nationally and internationally.
+ Subject Availability Modes and Locations
| Session 1 | |
|---|---|
| Distance | Canada | Session 3 |
| Distance | Canada |
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: ESA514
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
Enrolment restrictions:
Enrolment is restricted to students in the Master of International Education (School Leadership).
Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
- Have a clear knowledge of the principles of Catholic leadership in education and their application globally and locally;
- Comprehend and apply Catholic theology to the church’s world wide mission in education;
- Effectively communicate a Catholic school philosophy to stakeholders;
- Be able to correlate his or her own leadership with the Catholic vision of a world of justice and mercy;
- Facilitate staff development to assure integrity on the delivery of Catholic curriculum;
- Value the specific contribution of Catholic values to educational leadership; and
- Have the capacity to reflect critically upon his or her own spiritual foundations as these apply to the leadership role
Syllabus:
The subject will cover the following topics:
- The leadership of Jesus
- The reign of God
- The triune God
- A Catholic Philosophy of Education
- Catholic School Culture
- Catholic curriculum
- Catholic Educational Partnerships
- Staff development in a Catholic School
- Leadership, worship and prayer
- Leadership and justice
- Exemplars of Catholic school leadership
- A spirituality of leadership
- Critical issues for Catholic school leaders
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.