Course List

This course is designed to help participants develop the competencies to facilitate the integration of technology into management practices and into the curriculum to improve student learning. Some aspects of technology to be addressed include e-learning, tools for instructional management and assessment, and communication technology.

Upon completing the course, participants will have acquired 21st century competencies in information literacy and communication technology. In this course, participants are introduced to the opportunities which information literacy and technology have to offer. They will also be helped to decide which features of information literacy and technology are best suited to their individual and professional needs. The course is also designed to help participants become fluent and at ease with sourcing and using information.

This course is designed to facilitate participants’ understanding of the various organizational systems, culture and structures that operate within Caribbean schools. The administrative processes, programs and services to be undertaken by educational administrators in such educational organizations will be explored.

The course is designed to help participants understand what it is involved in leadership and management in an institution. More specifically, participants will learn how to lead and manage change processes in educational organizations.

This course examines the connection between ethics, law and school leadership. It helps participants to critically examine the rights and responsibilities of educational leaders based on legal principles and ethical codes which obtain in Caribbean school contexts.

The course is designed to equip participants with the knowledge and skills necessary to manage and enhance human capital in schools. The human resource functions such as planning, recruitment, induction, placement, development, and compensation will be explored within the context of the Caribbean school context.

The course is centred on discussion of current and pertinent educational issues and concerns that educational leaders are required to deal with in their respective contexts. Through the discourse participants will be presented with approaches to addressing the related concerns.

The course is designed to equip participants with knowledge and skills in planning for and evaluating programmes and policies in education. Topics to be covered include approaches to programme and policy evaluation, standards for programme evaluation, planning evaluations, and communicating and utilizing findings from evaluations.

The Comprehensive Examination (CE) in the EdD in Educational Leadership is an assessment of your proficiency in analyzing, synthesizing, evaluating, and applying the theoretical and practical knowledge (acquired during your graduate programme) to real-world problems in education. This examination will also assess your ability to explore educational problems through research.

The course is designed to give participants practical insight in academic administration in higher education. Topics to be covered include principles of academic leadership, understanding academic organizations, governance models and strategic planning in higher education, operating structures in higher education, decision making and academic leadership, legal issues and crisis management, and external influences and the role of supporting organizations.