4CTL Leadership Pathways

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4CTL Leadership Pathways

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4CTL Leadership Pathways * 4CTL Leadership Pathways *

Full career span
leadership development
for educational professionals
in all contexts

School leadership
in the 21st Century

requires more skill, commitment and growth

than ever before.

We know great school leadership doesn’t just happen.

It’s intentional.

It’s vision-driven.

It’s born out of each leader’s commitment, experimentation, courage and growth.

We also know these are hard qualities to develop, and even harder to maintain amid the challenges and shifting sands of the education landscape.

We believe high quality leadership is pivotal to ensuring that education meets the needs of today’s and tomorrow’s students. That’s why we’re committed to nurturing, supporting, evolving and deepening leadership capabilities in educational leaders. Our 4CTL Leadership Pathways are designed to take educators at all levels, across sectors, from leadership beginners to advanced leadership experts.

Based on the research and writing of Dr Miranda Jefferson and Professor Michael Anderson, these Pathways are long-term, deep learning journeys, free from the mirages of silver bullets and quick fixes.

Transformational school leadership capability starts with great classroom leadership, is built up through deep middle leader skill development, and sustained through supported commitment to continuous personal and professional growth in senior leaders, and, in the long-term, strong, wise, effective leaders emerge, who leader their leaders into sustainable transformation.

We hope you’ll join us on our Leadership Pathways journey.

A four stage leadership development pathway


LEADERSHIP 1

Leading in the Classroom

Explore Concepts Of Leadership

We believe everyone has capacity for leadership in their role. In Leadership 1, we explore what leadership is, understanding yourself as a leader, how to bring your leadership into the classroom and how to begin enabling leadership in students.

Go Deep with the 4Cs

The 4Cs are the foundational capabilities for successful leadership. But while they may seems simple, our approach to Creativity, Communication, Collaboration and Critical Reflection involves a deeper engagement and embodiment of these capabilities. We’ll deep dive into each one, building participant skills in building these into pedagogy, explicitly and implicitly.

Begin Working with the Learning Disposition Wheel

The Learning Disposition Wheel is an essential tool for classroom leadership. We’ll introduce the wheel, explore the 9 dispositions in detail, and use it as a tool for understanding ourselves as learners as well as leaders. We’ll begin developing ways to introduce it in classrooms to help students with metacognition, agency and wellbeing.

Tailored and Practical Projects Based in Your Context/Classroom

The Learning Disposition Wheel is an essential tool for classroom leadership. We’ll introduce the wheel, explore the 9 dispositions in detail, and use it as a tool for understanding ourselves as learners as well as leaders. We’ll begin developing ways to introduce it in classrooms to help students with metacognition, agency and wellbeing.

Leadership 1: Leading in the Classroom

  • Leadership 1 is designed for classroom teachers who are beginning to be interested in leadership training. No understanding of leadership, the 4Cs or the Learning Disposition Wheel is required. This level is suitable for Early Career teachers, or teachers who are more experienced.

  • The Leadership 1 pathway is designed to take a minimum of three years. Modules are one semester each, and there are 6 modules in total. Modules do not have to be taken in consecutive semesters, meaning you can take more than three years to complete this pathway.

  • Module 1: Introduction to Leadership in teh Classroom

    Module 2: Creativity in Leadership

    Module 3: Communication in Leadership

    Module 4: Collaboration in Leadership

    Module 5: Critical Reflection in Leadership

    Module 6: Introduction to the Learning Disposition Wheel

  • Leadership 1 includes fortnightly online workshops, which include one deep learning workshop and one check-in workshop.

    In each deep learning workshop, you’ll explore ideas, discuss your experience and develop your practical implementation for the following month.

    In each check-in workshop, you’ll discuss your progress with your chosen practical implementation challenge, get guidance if you’re stuck, and inspiration from other students.

    There will be readings assigned each month, related to the deep learning of that month.

    Students have the option of an add-on reflective supervision component to their learning, which would include monthly one-on-one reflective supervision.

  • Each month there are two online workshops, of two hours each.

    Readings are assigned each month, which will approximate an hour of reading time.

    Students will develop an implementation challenge, which may require extra time given to their lesson preparation.

    Students who elect to undertake the add-on of reflective supervision will have a one hour, online supervision session each month.

  • Leadership 1 includes 6 modules, which are one semester duration.

    Each module is $750+GST.

    The optional reflective supervision add-on costs $1200+GST

Still have questions? If we haven’t answered your questions here, contact us to have a conversation. We’d love to help you identify whether Leadership 1 is right for you or someone on your team.



LEADERSHIP 2

Leading Peers

Expand your understanding of Leadership

We believe everyone has capacity for leadership in their role. In Leadership 1, we explore what leadership is, understanding yourself as a leader, how to bring your leadership into the classroom and how to begin enabling leadership in students.

Go Deep with the Learning Disposition Wheel

The 4Cs are the foundational capabilities for successful leadership. But while they may seems simple, our approach to Creativity, Communication, Collaboration and Critical Reflection involves a deeper engagement and embodiment of these capabilities. We’ll deep dive into each one, building participant skills in building these into pedagogy, explicitly and implicitly.

Begin Working with the Leadership Wheel

The Learning Disposition Wheel is an essential tool for classroom leadership. We’ll introduce the wheel, explore the 9 dispositions in detail, and use it as a tool for understanding ourselves as learners as well as leaders. We’ll begin developing ways to introduce it in classrooms to help students with metacognition, agency and wellbeing.

Tailored and Practical Projects Based in Your Context

The Learning Disposition Wheel is an essential tool for classroom leadership. We’ll introduce the wheel, explore the 9 dispositions in detail, and use it as a tool for understanding ourselves as learners as well as leaders. We’ll begin developing ways to introduce it in classrooms to help students with metacognition, agency and wellbeing.

Leadership 2: Leading Peers

  • Leadership 2 is designed for classroom teachers who are beginning to be interested in leadership training. No understanding of leadership, the 4Cs or the Learning Disposition Wheel is required. This level is suitable for Early Career teachers, or teachers who are more experienced.

  • The Leadership 1 pathway is designed to take a minimum of three years. Modules are one semester each, and there are 6 modules in total. Modules do not have to be taken in consecutive semesters, meaning you can take more than three years to complete this pathway.

  • Module 1: Introduction to Leading Peers

    Module 2: Interpersonal Dispositions and Leadership

    Module 3: Intrapersonal Dispositions and Leadership

    Module 4: Cognitive Dispositions and Leadership

    Module 5: Integrating the 4Cs and Dispositions into Leadership

    Module 6: Middle Leadership Challenges

  • Leadership 2 includes fortnightly online workshops, which include one deep learning workshop and one check-in workshop.

    In each deep learning workshop, you’ll explore ideas, discuss your experience and develop your practical implementation for the following month.

    In each check-in workshop, you’ll discuss your progress with your chosen practical implementation challenge, get guidance if you’re stuck, and inspiration from other students.

    There will be readings assigned each month, related to the deep learning of that month.

    Students are strongly recommended to concurrently undertake the option an add-on, reflective supervision, which would include monthly one-on-one reflective supervision.

  • Each month there are two online workshops, of two hours each.

    Readings are assigned each month, which will approximate an hour of reading time.

    Students will develop an implementation challenge, which may require extra time given to their lesson preparation.

    Students who elect to undertake the add-on of reflective supervision will have a one hour, online supervision session each month.

  • Leadership 1 includes 6 modules, which are one semester duration.

    Each module is $800+GST.

    The optional reflective supervision add-on costs $1600+GST

Still have questions? If we haven’t answered your questions here, contact us to have a conversation. We’d love to help you identify whether Leadership 1 is right for you or someone on your team.



LEADERSHIP 3

Leading Schools

Foundations of Strong School Leadership

We believe everyone has capacity for leadership in their role. In Leadership 1, we explore what leadership is, understanding yourself as a leader, how to bring your leadership into the classroom and how to begin enabling leadership in students.

Go Deep with the Leadership Wheel

The 4Cs are the foundational capabilities for successful leadership. But while they may seems simple, our approach to Creativity, Communication, Collaboration and Critical Reflection involves a deeper engagement and embodiment of these capabilities. We’ll deep dive into each one, building participant skills in building these into pedagogy, explicitly and implicitly.

Balancing Challenges, Opportunities and Politics

The Learning Disposition Wheel is an essential tool for classroom leadership. We’ll introduce the wheel, explore the 9 dispositions in detail, and use it as a tool for understanding ourselves as learners as well as leaders. We’ll begin developing ways to introduce it in classrooms to help students with metacognition, agency and wellbeing.

Tailored and Practical Projects Based in Your Context

The Learning Disposition Wheel is an essential tool for classroom leadership. We’ll introduce the wheel, explore the 9 dispositions in detail, and use it as a tool for understanding ourselves as learners as well as leaders. We’ll begin developing ways to introduce it in classrooms to help students with metacognition, agency and wellbeing.

Leadership 3: Leading Schools

  • Leadership 3 is designed for senior educational leaders who are motivated to be agents of deep transformation in their schools. This leadership pathway level includes rigorous inquiry, self reflection, honesty about struggles and challenges, and will require a commitment to growth, experimentation and progress through failure.

  • The Leadership 1 pathway is designed to take a minimum of three years. Modules are one semester each, and there are 6 modules in total. Modules do not have to be taken in consecutive semesters, meaning you can take more than three years to complete this pathway.

  • Module 1: Introduction to Leading Schools

    Module 2: Leadership Wheel 1

    Module 3: Leadership Wheel 2

    Module 4: Leadership Wheel 3

    Module 5: Leading Transformative Action

    Module 6: Leading Transformative Relationships and Culture

  • Leadership 2 includes fortnightly online workshops, which include one deep learning workshop and one check-in workshop.

    In each deep learning workshop, you’ll explore ideas, discuss your experience and develop your practical implementation for the following month.

    In each check-in workshop, you’ll discuss your progress with your chosen practical implementation challenge, get guidance if you’re stuck, and inspiration from other students.

    There will be readings assigned each month, related to the deep learning of that month.

    Students are strongly recommended to concurrently undertake the option an add-on, reflective supervision, which would include monthly one-on-one reflective supervision.

  • Each month there are two online workshops, of two hours each.

    Readings are assigned each month, which will approximate an hour of reading time.

    Students will develop an implementation challenge, which may require extra time given to their lesson preparation.

    Students who elect to undertake the add-on of reflective supervision will have a one hour, online supervision session each month.

  • Leadership 1 includes 6 modules, which are one semester duration.

    Each module is $850+GST.

    The optional reflective supervision add-on costs $2200+GST

Still have questions? If we haven’t answered your questions here, contact us to have a conversation. We’d love to help you identify whether Leadership 1 is right for you or someone on your team.



LEADERSHIP 4

Advanced Leadership

Deepening School Transformation

We believe everyone has capacity for leadership in their role. In Leadership 1, we explore what leadership is, understanding yourself as a leader, how to bring your leadership into the classroom and how to begin enabling leadership in students.

Leading Leaders for Senior Leadership

The 4Cs are the foundational capabilities for successful leadership. But while they may seems simple, our approach to Creativity, Communication, Collaboration and Critical Reflection involves a deeper engagement and embodiment of these capabilities. We’ll deep dive into each one, building participant skills in building these into pedagogy, explicitly and implicitly.

Embedding Transformation That Outlives Your Tenure

The Learning Disposition Wheel is an essential tool for classroom leadership. We’ll introduce the wheel, explore the 9 dispositions in detail, and use it as a tool for understanding ourselves as learners as well as leaders. We’ll begin developing ways to introduce it in classrooms to help students with metacognition, agency and wellbeing.

Tailored and Practical Projects Based in Your Context

The Learning Disposition Wheel is an essential tool for classroom leadership. We’ll introduce the wheel, explore the 9 dispositions in detail, and use it as a tool for understanding ourselves as learners as well as leaders. We’ll begin developing ways to introduce it in classrooms to help students with metacognition, agency and wellbeing.

Leadership 4: Advanced Leadership

  • Leadership 4 is designed for senior educational leaders who have completed Leadership 3, and wish to continue their professional development, particularly to build a transformative culture that will outlive their tenure as a leader in their school.

  • The Leadership 1 pathway is designed to take a minimum of three years. Modules are one semester each, and there are 6 modules in total. Modules do not have to be taken in consecutive semesters, meaning you can take more than three years to complete this pathway.

  • Module 1: Transformation as Culture

    Module 2: Embedding Transformation in Leadership Teams

    Module 3: Schools as Community Transformation Agents

    Module 4: Embedding Leadership into Pedagogy

  • Leadership 4 includes fortnightly online workshops, which include one deep learning workshop and one check-in workshop.

    In each deep learning workshop, you’ll explore ideas, discuss your experience and develop your practical implementation for the following month.

    In each check-in workshop, you’ll discuss your progress with your chosen practical implementation challenge, get guidance if you’re stuck, and inspiration from other students.

    There will be readings assigned each month, related to the deep learning of that month.

    Students are strongly recommended to concurrently undertake the option an add-on, reflective supervision, which would include monthly one-on-one reflective supervision.

  • Each month there are two online workshops, of two hours each.

    Readings are assigned each month, which will approximate an hour of reading time.

    Students will develop an implementation challenge, which may require extra time given to their lesson preparation.

    Students who elect to undertake the add-on of reflective supervision will have a one hour, online supervision session each month.

  • Leadership 1 includes 6 modules, which are one semester duration.

    Each module is $900+GST.

    The optional reflective supervision add-on costs $2200+GST

Still have questions? If we haven’t answered your questions here, contact us to have a conversation. We’d love to help you identify whether Leadership 1 is right for you or someone on your team.


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