IPPN

Effective School Leadership - IPPN Blended Summer Course

Published: 12 April 2019

After listening to feedback from previous years' blended course participants, IPPN is now running a one-week blended course in 6 different venues which will be open to all school leaders.

We are now offering a one-week blended summer course to take place during the first week of July, commencing on Monday, July 1st. The first 2 days will require viewing online content from your home or while in school. For the remaining three days – Wednesday 3rd, Thursday 4th and Friday 5th – you will be required to attend one of 6 venues for the face-to-face element. Open to Principals, Deputy Principals and Aspiring School Leaders.

Date of Course	July 1st to July 5th
Venues	Blackrock Education Centre L Clare Education Centre Cork Education Centre Mayo Education Centre Navan Education CentreL Waterford Teachers Centre
Who Can Attend	School Leaders (Both Principal & Deputy) Aspiring School Leaders
Cost	€95.00

Course Aims
This course will aim to assist School Leaders to:

Reflect on and improve their leadership skills
Improve their planning as leaders
Discuss and exchange elements of best practice with other principals through collaborative learning and professional dialogue
Plan for improvements in literacy and numeracy in their schools for better outcomes for pupils
Discuss and develop strategies for school self-evaluation
Become more time-efficient and more aware of empowering the school community through suitable delegation of tasks
Become more effective communicators in one-to-one and group settings
Reflect on self-care within a challenging work environment and set targets to achieve a healthier work life balance
To address national priorities identified by the Department of Education and Skills in terms of wellbeing, school self-evaluation, driving school improvement and managing change
To build principals' capacity to lead and manage their schools.

Course Structure:

8 hours of online learning followed by 12 hours face-to-face
Seminar whole-group presentation followed by discussion groups and sharing/feedback
Practical planning sessions including scenarios/case studies and reflective practice
Role play on communication and conflict resolution
Sharing best practice / peer-to-peer learning
Discussion groups.

Schedule