Strategic Leadership In Education
offered by University of Pennsylvania

Private University
299 acre campus
Estd. 1740

Strategic Leadership In Education
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UPenn
Overview

Gain a comprehensive overview of the strategic leadership principles and concepts

Duration	6 months
Total fee	₹6.12 Lakh
Mode of learning	Online
Course Level	UG Certificate

Strategic Leadership In Education
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UPenn
Highlights

Earn a certificate of completion from University of Pennsylvania

Strategic Leadership In Education
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UPenn
Course details

Skills you will learn

Strategic Leadership Communication skills

Who should do this course?

For mid to senior-level administrators
For leaders in public or independent K12 schools, districts, or systems; colleges and universities; and organizations

What are the course deliverables?

Education & Teacher Training
Leadership & Professional Development

More about this course

The Strategic Leadership in Education certificate program is designed for leaders looking to strengthen their effectiveness and deepen the impact they have on their schools, systems, or organizations
Leaders complete the program virtually, which allows them to maintain their current professional roles while joining the new Penn GSE leadership cohort
The program's curriculum speaks to the contemporary challenges and opportunities of the current time, and utilizes the cohort member's own experiences as opportunities to reflect and grow

Strategic Leadership In Education
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UPenn
Curriculum

Module 1: Leadership for Teaching and Learning

Establishing instructional vision

Supporting students to develop non-cognitive and social-emotional skills

Supporting educators to design and enact culturally-responsive learning environments

Module 2: Leadership for People Development

Supporting development of strategic and robust professional learning systems

How and why leaders must manage their own work-related stress and well-being, as well as that of the people within their organizations

How and why development and individual change efforts often fail, and what leaders can do about it

Module 3: Leading Schools, Systems and Organizations

Organizational sensemaking

The sociopolitical context of leadership

Organizational learning

Psychological safety

Decision-making

4P Framework for Strategic Leadership, which focuses leaders on perception, process, people, and projection

Module 4: Leadership in a Broader Context

Crisis leadership

Effectively communicating vision and change

Strategic Leadership In Education
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UPenn
Faculty details

Pam Grossman

Pam Grossman joined Penn as the Dean of the Graduate School of Education in January 2015. A distinguished scholar, she came to Penn from Stanford University’s School of Education, where she was the Nomellini-Olivier Professor of Education.

Zachary Herrmann

Zachary Herrmann is the Executive Director of the Center for Professional Learning. In this role, he leads the school’s strategy to design and deliver professional learning opportunities for learners across the globe.

Dr. Ed Brockenbrough

Dr. Ed Brockenbrough joined the Teaching, Learning, and Leadership division as an associate professor in 2017. Upon arrival, he was named Penn GSE’s inaugural Calvin Bland Fellow, a distinction that recognizes and funds his scholarly work on the educational experiences of young men of color.

Robert Wilkinson

Robert Wilkinson teaches courses on negotiation and leadership at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and was previously a faculty member of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.