Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 1:
Plan, justify, execute and evaluate a workplace project aimed at school improvement.
Assess own abilities in leadership and management in terms of current notions of competence and relevance in South Africa in relation to leadership and management.
Discuss how this conceptual understanding of leadership is applicable to managing and leading people, teaching and learning, physical facilities, external relations, learner affairs, administrative information systems and financial affairs within a school.
Explore transformational, instructional and distributed leadership, including teacher leadership, models.
Demonstrate an understanding of the principles and values informing educational transformation in South Africa and how these create challenges for the leadership, management and governance of schools.
Explain the nature and purpose of educational leadership, management and governance both generally and in the context of a changing South Africa with reference to appropriate policy and theory.
Conduct a Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) analysis of own school and practice to identify areas for improvement.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 2:
Propose, plan, implement, evaluate and document a workplace project and explain the decisions and actions with reference to appropriate theory, policy and evidence from practice.
Identify a need for improvement related to learner performance.
Submit a project proposal with plans to effect improvement.
Manage the implementation and monitoring of the plan using appropriate project management tools/instruments to deliver and track the project and produce project reports.
Document the process and justify the decisions made at each step with reference to appropriate evidence.
Evaluate the impact of the project and make recommendations for future practice.
Demonstrate the personal and professional competencies, qualities and attributes necessary for effective leadership and management of teaching and learning.
Apply relevant technical, pedagogic content knowledge in the design, implementation and evaluation of teaching and learning and the organisation of the school environment.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 3:
Manage the planning and implementation and monitoring/evaluation of extra-curricular and co-curricular activities to ensure quality learning for all in the context of national, provincial and school policy.
Plans for adequate provision in the budget for appropriate extra-curricular and co-curricular activities and the management of resources related to this provision.
Justify practices in light of appropriate theory, policy, contextual realities and appropriate consideration for health and safety.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 4:
Critical reflect on own styles and practice.
Critically analyse Ethical leadership philosophy against the values of Ubuntu and Servant leadership.
Critically analyse complex case studies and scenarios.
Make recommendations for appropriate courses of action to move from theory to implementation of policy and good practice.
Creates an environment within the school in which conflict can be managed creatively.
Analyse and effect change as necessary in the organisational culture of the school.
Demonstrate how to plan for and allocate staff; how to support and evaluate work undertaken by groups, teams and individuals ensuring clear delegation of tasks, responsibilities and accountability.
Develop the professional skills of self, groups and individuals to enhance their performance and that of the school.
Create an environment conducive to collective bargaining, collaboration and negotiation.
Understand schools as communities and apply relevant content knowledge in leading and managing people both within and outside the school.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 5:
Develop strategies to overcome any identified barriers to learning.
Critically analyse own school's curriculum planning against understanding of the culture of learning and identify barriers, gaps and areas for improvement of the teaching and learning at the school.
Outline and justify the school's staff deployment strategy.
Identify trends and possible interventions required for teachers and learners using lesson observations and feedback forms completed by learners, principals and Head of Departments.
Develop and manage strategies to ensure that all learners (whatever their background or barriers/special needs) are supported to achieve their full potential. This should include strategies to challenge high achievers as well as strategies to help under-achievers.
Actively engages community resources in support of the school's vision, mission and curriculum and build the school into a broader community asset.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 6:
Implement, evaluate and maintain and improve organisational systems for the school where possible making use of appropriate Information and Communication Technology (ICT).
Lead and manage the physical and financial resources of the school in a transparent and accountable way.
Understand and be able to apply relevant content knowledge and skills in the management of organisational systems, ICT and physical and financial resources.
Create, manage, innovate, and sustain appropriate systems and procedures to enhance a caring and disciplined environment and show commitment to following this through in the way in which teaching and learning is organised. |
