Leadership in Teaching Level 5 Course

The online Leadership in Teaching Level 5 Course from Oplex Careers aims to provide a strong insight and understanding into the study of leadership and mentoring within the teaching and learning environment, paying attention to stress in the workplace, NQTs and stress, the importance of mentoring, and more.

The online Leadership in Teaching Level 5 Course will build on your skills and confidence to working in the learning environment with a strong focus on leadership and mentoring within the school environment. This course will provide a great insight into your role in the learning environment in a senior leadership role, with the use of practical examples throughout the course. Whether you are familiar with key leadership principles related specifically to teaching already, you want to get started working with a more senior role within a school, looking for more training, or just interested in this field of study, this course will cover a range of modules and provide multiple examples for assessment.

Course Syllabus

The Leadership in Teaching Level 5 Course is split into the following modules:

• An introduction to Leadership in Teaching?

Definition
Importance for new and existing staff
Importance for staff retention/moral/esteem

• Effective school leaders

Important qualities
SLT in schools, building key relationships and more
Members of the SLT and their role

• Stressors in Schools

Stressors in teaching
Stressors of NQTs
How mentors of NQTs can help

• Mentoring as part of effective leadership

What is a mentor?
Finding a mentor and building the relationship

• Effects of good mentoring on NQTs and quality of Teaching

How effective leadership impacts classroom performance
How the students, parents as well as teachers benefit from good leadership

• Teacher leadership main areas of activity

Leading other teachers through coaching, mentoring, leading working groups;
Leading developmental tasks
The leadership of methods and teaching practices

• Methods of effective leadership

Mentoring, Role models, transformational leadership, instructional/pedagogical leadership and distributed leadership.
The challenges facing school leaders
How these applications can help

• Mental Health in the Workplace

Stress among teachers and long terms effects
Identifying teachers and NQTs at greater risk
Identifying and providing the right support for someone ‘at risk’

• Understanding mental health in children

Mental health in children and young people – CAMHS, mental health in schools
Identifying children and young people
Working with other teachers, parents and the children for support

• Understanding SEN in children

Schools providing the right support for statemented children
Ensuring the right provisions
Organisations to work with for SEN

• Confidentiality and legislation

Respecting teachers’ confidentiality
Respecting children’s confidentiality
Legislation around confidentiality and data protection

• Final Assessment

Assessment

To assess the learners ability and knowledge to effectively understand the topics contained within the Leadership in Teaching Level 5 Course, the course features a number of end of module interactive quiz questions.

Additionally, at the end of the course learners will also take an online multiple choice assessment test. This online multiple choice test is marked automatically so you will receive an instant grade and know whether you have passed the course.

Certificate

On successful completion of this Leadership in Teaching Level 5 Course. This certificate will be produced in PDF format, hard copies of the certificate will be available at an additional fee of £9.99.

Course Format

This course is delivered online through eLearning. Learners of the course will receive instant access to our interactive student learning portal, which offers 24/7 access to the Leadership in Teaching Level 5 Course.

Course Duration

The online Leadership in Teaching Level 5 Course requires 22 hours to complete the course in full. This is only a guide to the learning hours required and it depends on how quickly an individual can absorb the information. The learning is online so it can be spread out over multiple sessions or done in one session.

Learners will have access to this course for up to 12 months from the date of joining. There is no time limit to complete the course during this period.

Tutor Support

When you are studying a course it is always useful to know that you have the help and support of tutors that want you to succeed in your studies.

As part of the Leadership in Teaching Level 5 Course you will receive access to our dedicated tutor support service. The academic tutors will be able to provide you with unlimited online email support to help answer any questions that you may have whilst you are studying the course.

Course Compatibility

Our Leadership in Teaching Level 5 Course is fully compatible with PC’s, Mac’s, Laptop, Tablet and Smartphone devices.

We know that more and more people are using the web whilst they are on the move, so we have designed this Leadership in Teaching Level 5 Course to be fully compatible across tablet and smartphone devices. You will be able to access the same content from the course, just over a 3G or 4G network whilst on the move.

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