| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2023-09-01 | - |
Program Overview
Overview
On our Educational Leadership PGCert programme, you'll develop both 'know how' and 'know why' in relation to educational leadership on this
On completing the course you'll have a good, critical understanding of:
This course will help you to use approaches of practitioner enquiry as a means for:
At the beginning of the course, we'll ask you to complete a formative written task. This is to tailor the teaching and reading list to your development needs. This personalised approach has been identified by previous students and external examiners as a particular strength of the course.
Our Educational Leadership PGCCert course tutors are active scholars. They have had or hold leadership roles within the education sector. They all teach and supervise across a range of courses. This provides them with a wide knowledge base and a genuine concern for the challenges of educational contexts.
The course draws on the expertise developed in the:
The Educational Leadership Centre (formerly North Leadership Centre) is one of the seven founding partners of NETSP (North East Teaching Schools Partnership). This is the regional provider for:
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Program Outline
What you'll learn
You'll be taught through a range of compulsory and optional modules.
If you have successfully completed an NPQ qualification you may be able to transfer credits into this qualification and therefore your module choice may vary. Please contact the team by email at pgteducation@ncl.ac.uk to discuss your individual prior learning achievements.
Modules
You will study modules on this course. A module is a unit of a course with its own approved aims and outcomes and assessment methods.
Course content changes
Module information is intended to provide an example of what you will study.
Our teaching is informed by research. Course content changes periodically to reflect developments in the discipline, the requirements of external bodies and partners, and student feedback.
Full details of the modules on offer will be published through the Programme Regulations and Specifications ahead of each academic year. This usually happens in May.
Optional modules availability
Some courses have optional modules. Student demand for optional modules may affect availability.
To find out more please see our terms and conditions.
Educational Leadership PGCert modules
Modules
Compulsory modules
You take the following compulsory modules:
Leadership and Strategic Management (20 credits)
Future of Educational Leadership and Practitioner Research (20 credits)
You also take one of the following modules:
Curriculum, pedagogy and assessment as foundations of teaching and learning (20 credits)
OR
Investigating Technology Enhanced Learning (20 credits)
| Optional Modules | Credits |
|---|---|
| Curriculum, pedagogy and assessment as foundations of teaching and learning | 20 |
| NPQML Accreditation | 20 |
| NPQSL Accreditation | 40 |
| NPQML Accreditation | 20 |
| NPQSL Accreditation | 40 |
| Leadership and Strategic Management | 20 |
| Investigating Technology Enhanced Learning | 20 |
| Future of Educational Leadership and Practitioner Research | 20 |
| NPQH Reflection on Professional Practice | 40 |
| NPQH Reflection on Professional Practice | 40 |
| National Professional Qualification (NPQ) | 20 |
| National Professional Qualification (NPQ) | 20 |
Additional optional module information
You select optional modules based on your National Professional Qualification.
