Principal Qualifications: Program Details


 
Principal's Qualification Program Part I
 
Course Objectives:
    (a) Provide a professional learning framework for candidates to acquire theory and
        knowledge of current educational directions within a program designed to be
        practical and directly related to schools.
 
    (b) Provide professional learning opportunities that encourage the candidates' personal
        leadership growth.
 
    (c) Provide a collaborative environment to develop an understanding of the evolving
        role of the principal as it relates to staff and the broader community.
 
Instructional Units/Modules:
  •         What it Means to Be a Principal
  •         Human Resources
  •         Interpersonal Skills
  •         Decision Making
  •         Students with Exceptionalities
  •         Legal Issues
  •         School Operations
  •         Communication Strategies
  •         Practicum Experience
Teaching/Learning Activities:
  •         Presentations
  •         Small group discussion
  •         Large group discussion
  •         Panel discussion
  •         Work groups
Structure:
  •         70 hours on campus
  •         30 hours distance education
 
Leadership Practicum Proposal 
  
Part I candidates are expected to arrive with an idea of a potential topic for the Leadership Practicum and a potential supervisor.  Their instructor will make suggestions regarding various aspects of the practicum, including appropriateness of scope, the contribution to the school or board, the amount of detail required and how the product is to be presented.  A Leadership Practicum Proposal and Practicum Outline will be approved by the instructor before the end of the Summer on-campus portion of the course.
 
 
Note:  In line with OCT guidelines for PQP updated October 2009 candidates are admitted to the Part II course on the basis of having an acceptable Leadership Practicum Proposal, without having done the Leadership Practicum Experience as this component now occurs after the Part II coursework.

 

Principal's Qualification Program - Part II
 
 
Objectives:
 
        (a) Provide a professional learning framework for candidates to acquire theory and
            and knowledge of current educational directions within a program designed to be
            practical and directly related to schools.
 
        (b) Provide professional learning opportunities that encourage the candidates personal
            leadership growth.
 
        (c) Provide a collaborative environment to develop an understanding of the evolving
            role of the principal as it relates to staff and the broader community.
 
Instructional Units/Modules:
  •         Leadership
  •         Human Resources
  •         Community
  •         Decision Making
  •         School Program
  •         Assessment, Evaluation and Reporting
  •         School Program
  •         Resource Management
  •         Communication Strategies
Teaching/Learning Activities: 
  •         Small group discussion
  •         Large group discussion
  •         Panel discussion
  •         Presentations
  •         Work groups
  •         Internet
Structure:
  •         70 hours on campus
  •         30 hours distance education
 

Leadership Practicum Experience 

The Leadership Practicum Experience will be a minimum of 60 hours, consisting of a minimum of 40 hours practicum and 20 hours job-shadowing/observation. Reporting will include a practicum log of activities, a reflective journal, and a final summative report.
 
The Leadership Practicum Experience will be completed in no fewer than 10 weeks, and completion of all aspects of the Leadership Practicum Experience is a requirement for successful completion of the Part II course.