Leadership Series: Developing Leaders’ Planning Capacity (DLPC)
About This Course
This short course aims to deepen the knowledge of centre leaders on how to plan taking into account the changes in the external macro environment, both professional and social-political, and possible impact of these shifts/changes on the centre. The internal cycle such as the plan-do-review cycle, paying attention to developing the teachers’ knowledge, skills, and disposition, nurturing a centre-wide professional community, and building teaching and technical resources will also be considered. Planning will be viewed as a continuous process, with capacity building of the organization as the ultimate goal.
Participants will also be introduced to the different levels of perspective (vision, mission, values, beliefs, mental models, structures) to navigate planning. They will also have a chance to reflect on the state of planning and monitoring at their centres and common challenges in planning.
Pre-requisite course: The Pillars of Leadership / Leadership Series: The Pillars of Leadership (POLP)
What You'll Learn
• Appreciate the importance of content and process in planning.
• Understand the integration of the external and internal cycles in planning.
• Be aware of some emerging developments in the sector, globally and locally
• Be able to apply the plan-do-review cycle to their planning
• Be able to apply the different levels of perspective to their planning
• Understand the importance of coherence in planning
Entry Requirements
1. Be ECDA-certified as L2 teacher
2. Currently employed in a childcare registered or licensed with ECDA
3. Have completed pre-req course POLP