ED4S092 - Leading and Managing Education Professionals 01 Sep 2022 - 31 Aug 2028 | Version 2

Associated Module Information

Module Code: ED4S092
Module Title: Leading and Managing Education Professionals
Faculty: Faculty of Life Sciences and Education
Faculty Group: Professional Learning in Education
Faculty Sub Group: Social Work
Module Leader: Matthew Hutt
Module Team:
First Intended Intake: SEP 2021 Final Year of Intake:
Date Closed:
Credit Value: 20 Credit Level: 7
Language: English
Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh: 0
Equivalent Module:
HECOS codes: 100459 - education studies
HECOS Code Weighting: 100

Document Version Information

Version 2
Valid From 01 Sep 2022
Valid To 31 Aug 2028

Module Aims

Exploration of the models, approaches and practices required to lead and manage education professionals.
Evaluation of the practices associated with effectively leading and managing professionals in different education settings.
Examination of the international evidence bases concerning system leadership, middle leadership, curriculum leadership, teacher leadership and leading professional learning.
Exploration of the relationship between local and national policy imperatives and the practice of leading and managing others.

Content Summary

This module focuses on the models, approaches and practices required to effectively lead and manage education professionals. It explores the practices associated with leading and managing education professionals, in different education settings, by drawing explicitly upon the international evidence bases concerning system leadership, middle leadership, curriculum leadership, teacher leadership and leading professional learning. The module will consider theories of collaborative and distributed leadership in relation to leading and managing other professionals. It will also consider the relationship between local and national policy imperatives and the practice of leading and managing education professionals, particularly in relation to the realisation of system leadership in different countries and contexts.

Learning and Teaching Methods

Activity Type Hours
Lecture 16
Seminar 6
Independent Study 178
Total Hours Selected 200

Learning Outcomes

# Learning Outcome
LO1 Identify the models, approaches and practices required to lead and manage education professionals.
LO2 Evaluate theories of collaborative and distributed leadership and how they frame the effective leadership of professional learning.
LO3 Critically evaluate the practices associated with leading and managing education professionals effectively in different education settings.
LO4 Critically evaluate the international evidence concerning system leadership, middle leadership, curriculum leadership, teacher leadership and leading professional learning.
LO5 Critically explore relationship between local/national policy imperatives and the practice of leading and managing others.

Module Requisites

N/A

Assessment Criteria

Assessment Category Assessment Type Description Duration Word Count Weight (%) Best of? Pass Mark
Asynchronous Assessment Self Reflective Assessment 1 The summative assessment for this module is a reflective academic response to the concept of leading and managing education professionals. 0 4000 100 No 50

Assessment Matrix

Assessment Type Learning Outcomes
LO1 LO2 LO3 LO4 LO5
Self Reflective Assessment 1 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

Reading List

Bush, T., Bell, L., & Middlewood, D. (Eds.). (2019). Principles of Educational Leadership & Management. SAGE Publications Limited.

Lieberman, A., Campbell, C., & Yashkina, A. (2016). Teacher learning and leadership: Of, by, and for teachers. London, Taylor & Francis.

Fleming, P. (2019). Successful middle leadership in secondary schools: A practical guide to subject and team effectiveness. Routledge.

Harris, A., Jones, M., & Huffman, J. B. (Eds.). (2017). Teachers leading educational reform: The power of professional learning communities. Routledge.

Leithwood, K., Harris, A., & Hopkins, D. (2020). Seven strong claims about successful school leadership revisited. School Leadership & Management, 40(1), 5-22.