Educational Leadership and Mentorship
Course description
In this course, you will examine educational leadership and mentorship practices, including supervision, through the lens of mentorship. We will collaboratively engage in conversations and activities that are grounded in a learning-centred, evidence-based approach which focuses on students’ learning as well as your own. Specifically, you will draw upon scholarly literature to lead an initiative of your interest, participate in a learning community, and gather evidence of learning and growth. Activities incorporate the flexibility to ensure that this course best meets your current teaching and learning needs. By the end of the program, you will lead and evaluate a new or existing initiative that helps others to strengthen their teaching and learning practices. You will also articulate an educational leadership and mentorship philosophy statement, and document your learning and growth in a curated dossier.
Course schedule
Term: Spring 2020
Day/Time: TBA
Location: TBA
You will learn to
- Explore scholarly research and practices related to educational leadership and mentorship, including supervision, through the lens of mentorship.
- Participate in an opportunity to further develop one’s educational leadership and mentorship skills and abilities.
- Lead a new or existing initiative related to educational leadership or mentorship to help others strengthen their teaching and learning practices.
- Implement methods for evaluating and assessing one’s own educational leadership or mentorship practices.
- Articulate an educational leadership or mentorship philosophy statement and document and communicate one’s contributions, impact and goals in a curated dossier.
Our approach
In this course we strive to create and sustain a learning community among participants by combining face to face and online learning activities in a blended format. The course is set up as a block week face to face intensive with opportunities to meet one another, engage in discussion and form a learning community. This intensive is followed by self-directed learning to implement and engage in educational leadership and mentorship activities. All course requirements will be supported by online activities such as discussions, giving and receiving peer feedback, accessing resources, and reflection. In order to successfully achieve the learning outcomes for the course, attention to both the block week and self-directed activities and assessments are necessary.