Module 1 - The Practice of Headship

• Education systems, headteachers, leadership activities
• Schools, organisation and hierarchy of schools
• Headteacher roles, responsibilities, expectations held
• Headship standards

Module 2 - Leadership, Management & Administration

• School effectiveness, raising standards, school improvement
• Main areas of responsibility of headteachers
• Educational management, administration and strategic planning
• School vision, mission, aims, objectives, school development plan (SDP)

Module 3 - The School Head as ‘Manager’

• Headteacher: interpersonal skill, communication, relations with staff, students and other stakeholders
• The Head’s role in planning, organising and co-ordinating
• The Head’s role in directing, leading, supervising, monitoring, evaluating
• The Head’s role in mentoring, problem solving, decision-making, implementing decisions

Module 4 - The School Head as ‘Leader’

• Characteristics and traits of effective school leaders
• Character, personality, leadership style
• Guidance on situational leadership style selection
• Distributed leadership in schools: concepts and collaboration

Module 5 - Delegation of School Duties

• Elements of delegation: responsibility, authority, accountability
• Stages in delegation, principles of effective delegation, benefits, mistakes to avoid
• Stewardship, maintaining managerial control, monitoring performance
• Decision-making by subordinates, supporting staff, delegation versus empowerment

Module 6 - School Personnel

• The Senior Leadership Team (SLT): responsibilities, qualities, roles
• Middle leadership in schools, change, motivation, managing staff
• School academic heads, deputy heads
• School office personnel, bursars, support staff, pastoral care, others

Module 7 - Teams and Team Leadership in Schools

• Make-up of teams of school personnel, benefits of team building
• The team leader, teams and teamwork, team values
• The Headteacher as team leader and Leader of Learning
• Teacher collaboration, collaborative teaching

Module 8 - Motivation of School Staff and Students

• School employers and employees
• Motivation in management, motivations for learning and behaviour
• Needs and goals, intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, job satisfaction, work climate
• The Headteacher and motivation, staff counselling

Module 9 - Academic Staff Recruitment, Training, Relations

• Human resource and personnel management
• Identifying staffing needs, recruitment, interviewing, selection, appointment
• Probationary periods, induction, teacher training and development
• Staff appraisal, aims, the appraisal process

Module 10 - School Improvement Planning

• Measuring school effectiveness, factors influencing effectiveness
• The school improvement plan, the improvement planning process, SWOT analysis
• Co-curricular and extra-curricular activities
• School community, the school environment, the school climate

Module 11 - Health and Safety in Schools

• Hazards and risks in schools, factors, actions to be taken, risk assessment
• Responsibilities of the school employer, headteacher, SLT, Governors, others
• Duty of care to students, school security, health and safety training for staff
• Accident prevention in schools, first aid, medical facilities and COVID in schools

Module 12 - School Resources and Finance

• The Headteacher and school finance:
• Accounting and financial terms, financial accounting, financial management
• Allocation of education resources, the accountability of education leaders
• Budgets and budgeting, school budgets, funding and expenditure, budgetary reviews

Appendix

• Why teaching and educational leadership are popular, important and rewarding career choices
• “Why do you want to be a Principal?” - a typical interview question: how to answer it in interviews

WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THE MODEST CIC FEE

 Your CIC Fee includes:-

• Your enrolment/registration with Cambridge International College, and your own high-quality, professionally produced and illustrated comprehensive International CIC Study & Training Publications.
• A detailed, professional ‘Study & Training Guide’ with full instructions on how to study to achieve success and gain top results.  The Guide includes detailed advice on how to answer Self-Assessment Tests, Training Tests and Examinations.
• Self-Assessment Tests and Recommended Answers for them, and a Progress Chart.
• Two Progress/Training Tests (which can be used as ‘Past Papers/Questions’) with an optional Tutorial Support Service.
• The Final Examination** sat under Invigilation/Supervision in your own area - full details, guidance and explanation of how your Examination will be arranged and how Invigilation is conducted will be provided when you register.  Note, CIC arranges Examinations in over a hundred countries worldwide for thousands of Members every year; it is a flexible, straightforward process and will be arranged when YOU are ready to write your Examination.  **An Assignment Option is available instead of an Exam for the ‘Covid-19’ (Corona) virus period. 
• The prestigious Cambridge International College Diploma on successful completion of your Study & Training and on passing the Final Examination.
• Your personal page on CIC’s Member Services website with access to results, despatch details, advice and guidance, and more: www.cambridgeinternationalcollege.co.uk
• Regular information and news including: Newsletters with details of special offers and new Programs and much more; and Competition Forms; by email and post.

Everything needed for your Study & Training success is included in the CIC Fee.

Additionally:

• Further Study and Training Advice, and Assistance is available before, during and after CIC Study & Training; Members may ask CIC’s team of experienced Consultants for advice on further study and Programmes to improve career prospects and advancement. 
• CIC’s experienced and helpful staff can assist with numerous special requests, such as reference/recommendation letters and transcripts, and more, by post and email

• Classroom Management & Psychology for Teachers Diploma 12 months (flexible)
• Educational Psychology & Administration Diploma 12 months (flexible)
• Educational Leadership & School Administration ABA: Advanced Business Administration 2 years (flexible)
• Educational Leadership & School Administration (BELA) Baccalaureate 2 years (flexible)

There is an interesting, practical and informative range of related, additional and further studies ranging from Diploma Programs focusing on Teaching and Education, to degree-level Programmes on School Leadership and School Development.

This Program aims to assist men and women - and specifically headteachers, teachers and educators - to understand and learn what it is to be a school leader - whether of a school team, department or of the entire school - and how to be an effective and beneficial school leader or headteacher.  It aims to help answer the questions "Why do you want to be a school leader?", "What is required of a school leader?", and "How can you be a good, effective school leader?" and to help develop the needed understanding, skills and knowledge.