Details for EDU505 A Biblical Vision for Christian School Leadership

Explore leadership through a biblical lens, sudents will evaluate the impact of current gloabl issues within educational leadership and engage with scholarly literature on leadership theory. Students will uncover leadership approaches aligning with a biblical vision and address the complexities and challenges facing Christian school leadership today.

Quick Stats

• Currently offered by Alphacrucis: Yes
• Course code: EDU505
• Credit points: 10

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Prerequisite

The following courses are prerequisites:

• EDU400 Biblical Foundations of Education and EDU504 Worldview Perspectives in Education

Unit Content

Outcomes

1. Assess critical features of successful school leadership from a biblical perspective;
2. Evaluate the relevance of worldview issues in shaping educational leadership;
3. Critically evaluate a range of scholarly literature on general and educational leadership theory;
4. Appraise leadership approaches that unite a school community around a biblical vision for schooling and a common educational purpose;
5. Interpret and respond to the complexity and challenges for Christian school leadership in the 21st century;
6. Propose and promote strategies that build the capacity of team members toward the fulfilment of a biblical vision for school leadership;
7. Evaluate weaknesses or growth areas in one’s own leadership practice and develop strategies that will enable them to be more consistent with a biblical vision of school leadership.

Subject Content

1. Defining and Clarifying Leadership Theory
2. Approaches to School Leadership
3. Distributed Leadership
4. The Importance of Vision and Purpose in Christian Schooling
5. School Culture
6. At the Heart of Biblical Leadership
7. Christian School Leadership
8. Successful School Leadership: What does the research suggest?

This course may be offered in the following formats

• This course is delivered by the National Institute for Christian Education

Please check the timetable to see when this subject will next be offered at Alphacrucis University College.

Assessment Methods

• Forum Posts/Reading Reflections (10%)
• Major Leadership Essay (40%)
• Self-study Project Report (50%)

Prescribed Text

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