MA/PgDip/PgCert Educational Leadership
Part-time
Location • City Campus
Subject area • Teacher education
Related subjects • Education studies
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At a glance
Develop your ability to manage and lead in educational environments on this postgraduate distance-learning course. Whichever educational setting you work in, from from children’s centres to higher education establishments, this course can help you to progress to middle or senior leadership positions.
Key points
• Suitable for staff in many educational settings including health-and-social-care-related education.
• Choose from two routes of study depending on your career aims.
• Enjoy flexible learning via distance learning each Saturday, alongside email and phone contact with lecturers.
• Improve your specialist knowledge in a work-specific area with a research project.
If you are currently in a position of responsibility in education or would like to take on leadership roles, this course is designed for you. It has been developed to improve your effectiveness as a manager, by helping you to think through wider strategic and ethical issues, whilst also developing your leadership skills. It acts as a valuable tool in helping you progress your career to move into middle and senior leadership positions.
The course is suitable if you work in
• schools and children's centres
• further and higher education
• health and social care related education
• local authorities
Typically, you choose from one of two study pathways. Your route through this course is made up of four modules and an extended professional project.
You develop
• your ability to engage in and lead collaborative, partnership and team working in educational contexts
• your own understanding of issues and solutions through the 'enquiry' process
All modules are taught on Saturdays with Blackboard (our online learning environment), phone and email support.
This course is designed to be completed alongside a full-time job. That’s why all learning sessions are scheduled for Saturdays, outside weekday work hours.
Find out more about MA/PgDip/PgCert Educational Leadership
Related courses
Part-time – typically one year to certificate, two years to diploma, three years to masters, maximum six years
Starts October or March
For each module you typically attend four Saturdays over six month periods.
Module dates for 2012-13
Effective educational leaders will run on 6 October, 10 November, 8 December and 12 January.
Leading and managing organisation change will run on 20 April, 25 May, 8 June and 6 July.
Managing professional learning will run on 13 October, 17 November, 15 December and 19 January.
Values, policy and strategy in educational leadership will run on 23 March, 25 May, 8 June and 6 July.
Complete the application form available at www.shu.ac.uk/study/form
2013/14 academic year
Typically £5,355 for the course
The course fee may be subject to annual inflationary increase. For further information on fees and funding see www.shu.ac.uk/funding
2014/15 academic year
Typically £11,250 for the course
The course fee may be subject to annual inflationary increase. For further information on fees, scholarships and bursaries see www.shu.ac.uk/international/fees
Each module is assessed by a single assignment of 5-6,000 words. The report for the major project is 12-15,000 words.
The course is part of our professional development programme in education
Rachael Singleton
MSc Educational Leadership and Management, Early years consultant, Kirklees Local Authority
'I’m really interested in leadership and management and am self-funding my masters. Initially I applied through personal interest, but I can already see benefits within my work. I want to know more, understand current issues and debates, and use this and my personal reflections to underpin my work – which is changing rapidly.
'The highlights of the course are the "aha!" moments – learning new concepts and models and applying them to my situation. It’s great having in-depth professional discussions with everyone, and being able to study something I’m really interested in a way I enjoy.
'Every time I walk out of Sheffield train station I feel really excited when I face the Sheffield Hallam buildings and think "I’m part of this!" It’s a great chance to meet others, be challenged and develop, and to learn from tutors who want the best for you – and are just as excited as I get at times! The materials and sessions are very good. You always come away feeling full up.
'This course is changing me, and changing my aspirations. I have questioned my values and those of my organisation – and this has led to me taking more of a stance in different situations, arguing more confidently, and consciously shaping my career development where I can.
'My understanding of leadership and management has developed. This has given me the knowledge to become a trainer in leadership and management for childcare managers, helped me understand what is happening by using models such as reframing and viewing the organisation under different metaphors. I now "stand outside my head" when change occurs and consider it academically as well as personally.
'Studying this course has led me to a better understanding of my personality and that of others so I understand their reactions, and that my way is not always the best way. I have been able to influence others as I have grown in confidence.
'This has been a major change and is enabling me to take my work into new fields and into exploring possibilities I could not have imagined a year ago, such as adapting to consultancy under a business model and working with heads in school improvement.'
Profiles
Rachael Singleton
MSc Educational Leadership and Management, Early years consultant, Kirklees Local Authority
