Pre-placement Workshops
Semester One – September 2017
Session 1 - Leadership of learning: an introduction to the course, professionalism and placement arrangements
Session 2 - Effective teaching and learning, its social and educational contexts and reflective practice
Session 3 - Managing relationships and behaviour and planning for learning
Session 4 - Leading learning in a context of ethnic and socio-cultural diversity
Session 5 - Student - led activity
The 2.5 hour workshops in Semester One for the 10 credit and 20 credit units commence Wednesday 27th September 2017. All workshops are one-off sessions (i.e. they are not repeated throughout the semesters).
Session 1 - Wednesday 27th September (13.00 to 15.30)
Session 2 – Wednesday 27th September (16.30 to 19.00)
Session 3 – Thursday 28th September (16.30 to 19.00)
Session 4 - Monday 2nd October (16.30 to 19.00)
Session 5 – Tuesday 3rd October (16.30 to 19.00)
In addition, for the 20 credit unit, there are a further three workshops:
Session 6 - Leading Learning: a conceptual framework – building on experience; theories and models
Session 7 - Case studies in leadership: from schooling and beyond
Session 8 - Using concepts and theories to guide future learning: assignment guide
The dates are as follows:
Session 6 - Monday 9th October (16.30 to 19.00)
Session 7 - Wednesday 18th October (16.30 to 19.00)
Session 8 - Thursday 26th October (16.30 to 19.00)
For UCIL21000 (20 credit over two semesters) students attend Sessions 1 to 5 in Semester One and Sessions 6 to 8 in Semester Two.
The ten-week placement (three hours on ten successive weeks) commences the week beginning 2nd October 2017.
Semester Two – February 2018
The 2.5 hour workshops in Semester Two for the 10 credit and 20 credit units commence Wednesday 31st January 2018.
Session 1 - Wednesday 31st January (13.00 to 15.30)
Session 2 - Wednesday 31st January (16.30 to 19.00)
Session 3 - Thursday 1st February (16.30 to 19.00).
Session 4 - Monday 5th February (16.30 to 19.00)
Session 5 - Tuesday 6th February (16.30 to 19.00)
In addition, for the 20 credit unit, there are a further three workshops:
Session 6 - Monday 12th February (16.30 to 19.00)
Session 7 - Wednesday 21st February (16.30 to 19.00)
Session 8 - Thursday 1st March (16.30 to 19.00)
The ten-week placement (three hours on ten successive weeks) commences the week beginning 5th February 2018.