Sustainable Educational Leadership and Management

Overview

The growth of cross-border study, knowledge, and internationalisation of education programs during and after COVID-19 has driven an increase in the demand for professionals with advanced knowledge and practical training in international education leadership, theory, policy, practices, and global advocacy to transform the world. The Master’s Degree in Sustainable Educational Leadership and Management (SELM) is designed to provide students with a deep immersion in the practical and theoretical dimensions of sustainable educational leadership and management, human resources and facilities management, transformational leadership, instructional leadership, and management, leading sustainable development initiatives and approaches to education for sustainable development, project management, and proposal writing.

In response to the current capacity-building need for educational leaders to adopt a global perspective and holistic approach to address complex educational issues and challenges, innovative leadership and management development will be essential for organisations in all sectors to integrate sustainable development goals (SDGs) into strategic plans and operational activities. It will also provide the required skills and competencies to help leaders exploit opportunities that they will encounter as they seek to provide the highest quality sustainable educational leadership experiences.

The balance of educational leadership and sustainable development principles (UNESCO, 2012) provides a strong context that the educational leaders and other stakeholders can use to promote, support, and sustain effective teaching and learning, sustainable educational management, policymaking, and leadership that focuses on how to achieve the public policy goals and skilled-labour market requirements of the educational system.

Program Levels

• Postgraduate Certificate

  3 core courses; 1 elective
  
  Total: 12 credits

• Postgraduate Diploma

  3 core courses (9 credits); 2 elective (6 credits); 1 research project (6 credits)
  
  Total: 24 credits

• Masters

  6 core courses (18 credits); 2 electives (6 credits); 2 projects (12 credits)
  
  Total: 36 credits

Program Goals

1. Develop a robust set of vital and forward-looking organisational skills to grow as a leader;
2. Apply the sustainability principles, theories, and principles of leadership and management to enact sustainable utilisation of human and natural resources;
3. Build strategic partnerships and a network with a global pool of like-minded peers that supports equity, peace, and justice.
4. Synthesise models of change systems to respond to new or radical localised and global transformation change demands.
5. Manage and lead school instructional processes to develop cohorts of empowered, informed, equitable, fair, and just individuals;
6. Lead from a sustainable values-based model of leadership, which prioritises respect for people and the environment;
7. Utilise transformational leadership skills consistent with teaching and learning processes in the context of ESD;
8. Develop strong communication and project management skills for discourse steering and buy-ins required for education systems designs.
9. Practice effective teamwork and implement sustainable strategies for high-performing teams in your workplace;
10. Evaluate the elements of a successful transformational leadership brand to establish a personal, sustainable global identity;
11. Design frameworks and in-demand skills from leadership, management, and sustainable curriculum and resources with breadth and depth to build expertise from inter-disciplinary, multi-cultural, holistic, local, and global perspectives;
12. Utilise context-relevant approaches for education for sustainable development;
13. Cultivate advocates by applying the knowledge, skills, and strategies of sustainable educational leadership and demonstrating the disposition to initiate sustainable changes that can lead.

SDG Focus

All SDGs