The Faculty of Education and Strathclyde Business School co-developed this programme to meet the needs of teachers and related professionals who aspire to, or hold, management posts in educational establishments.
The programme provides structured support through study, workbased projects and development tasks. It extends knowledge and competence in the following key aspects of effective management:
- Professional abilities - personal characteristics and skills of effective managers and leaders
- Professional competencies associated with the effective management of learning, people, policy and resources in schools
- Professional values and the policy context for educational leadership and management in Scotland
The programme is modular (15 and 7.5 point credit courses) and consists of compulsory elements and option choices within different menus.
The compulsory courses taken at different stages of the programme are Management and Leadership in Education 1, 2 and 3 and The Effective Leader and Manager.
The option choices are based round five menus and participants working towards the Diploma must take courses from each menu:
- Managing Self - Time Management and Delegation, Assertiveness, Coping with Stress, Women into Management, Managing Situations
- Managing Learning - Managing Learning and Teaching, Management and Leadership in Guidance and Pastoral Care, Managing Effective Learning for All
- Managing People - Leading and Managing People, Issues in Personnel Management, Management and Leadership
- Managing Policy - Managing Policy and Learning, School Development Planning, Introduction to Quality and Performance Management, Education and the Law
- Managing Resources - Managing Resources and Planning, Managing Resources in Education, Management of Change, Financial Management and Planning
The Certificate is awarded on successful completion of an appropriate combination of courses amounting to 60 SCQF credits Award of the Diploma requires 120 SCQF credits from all the compulsory courses and at least one option from each menu.
The MSc is awarded after successful completion of a dissertation in the field of leadership and management in education. Guidance is given in the preparation of a dissertation proposal and MSc students are supported by an individual tutor. Elements of the programme may be achieved through the completion of appropriate Work-based Learning Agreements.
Requirements for completion of the programme
To obtain the Certificate you are required to satisfactorily complete the equivalent of four full modules and gain 60 SM points. To acquire the Diploma participants must satisfactorily complete the overall equivalent of eight full modules and gain 120 SM points. This is inclusive of the work done towards the Certificate.
1 - Certificate: 60 SM credits Modules Credit Value
| Compulsory Modules: | |
| Management and Leadership in Education 1 | 7.5 SM credits |
| Effective Leader and Manager - MS1 | 7.5 SM credits |
| Management and Leadership in Education 2 | 7.5 SM credits |
| Managing Self Menu - one half module | 7.5 SM credits |
| Choices: | |
| 2 full modules from the four main menus | 30 SM credits |
| Total | 60 SM credits |
2 - Diploma: 120 SM credits Modules Credit Value
| Compulsory Module: | |
| Management and Leadership in Education 3 | 15 SM credits |
| Choices: | |
| 2 full modules from the menus not yet selected | 30 SM credits |
| Either 1 full module from any of the menus Or *Methods of Professional Enquiry |
15 SM credits |
| Total | 120 SM credits |
*Methods of Professional Enquiry - MPE is a compulsory module if you intend carrying on to Master's level.
3 - Master's Degree: 180 SM credits Modules Credit Value
| Professional Enquiry Development (PED) 12,000-15,000 word Dissertation |
60 SM credits |
| Total | 180 SM credits |
The programme is made up of a series of full modules and half modules. All of these are weighted at masters level (SM) as determined by the Scottish Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (SCOTCATS). Accordingly each full module requires, through a combination of course-based, work-based, personal study and other learning activities, a notional student effort of 150 hours and is calibrated at 15 SCOTCAT SM points.
This calibration gives a benchmark which allows the interchange of modules with other programmes offered within the University and by other institutions and agencies of higher education.
The five menus are:
- Managing Self;
- Managing People;
- Managing Policy;
- Managing Learning;
- Managing Resources.
COMPULSORY |
MANAGING SELF |
MANAGING POLICY |
MANAGING PEOPLE |
|---|---|---|---|
| MLE 1 | Time Management | Managing Policy & Learning | Leading and Managing People |
| ELM | Assertiveness | School Development & Planning | Issues in Personnel Management |
| MLE 2 | Coping with Stress | Introduction to Quality & Performance Management |
Management & Leadership |
| MLE 3 | Women into Management | Communication & PolicyWriting | |
| Teamwork | Education and Law | ||
| Coping with Change | |||
| Managing Situations |
MANAGING RESOURCES |
MANAGING LEARNING |
COMPULSORY FOR MASTERS |
|---|---|---|
| Managing Resources and Planning | Managing Learning and Teaching | Methods of Professional Enquiry |
| Managing Resources in Education | Managing Learning & Teaching from Theory to Practice | Professional Enquiry & Development |
| The Management of Change | Managing Learning & Teaching Methods & Values | |
| Financial Management & Planning | Management & Leadership in Guidance and Pastoral Care | |
| Timetabling | Managing Effective Learning for All | |
| School Evaluation: Monitoring Effectiveness |
Advanced Standing
It is possible to enter the programme with advanced standing through the Accreditation of Prior Formal Learning (APFL). This means that if you hold equivalent and relevant qualifications or have successfully completed modules from an equivalent and relevant programme within the last 5 years then it may be possible for you to claim exemption from any part of it except for the compulsory core elements.
Similarly advanced standing may be claimed through the Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning (APEL) . This means that if you can demonstrate equivalent and relevant learning gained from previous recent work experience then it may be possible for you to claim exemption from any part of the programme except the compulsory core elements.
It is possible to obtain advanced standing up to the value of 30 SM points towards the award of the Certificate and up to the value of 60 SM points towards the Diploma. Claims for advanced standing should normally be made to the Programme Director on entry to the programme. Please note that it is not possible to apply for advanced standing towards the Diploma on the basis of evidence already used to obtain advanced standing towards the Certificate.