Middle Leadership and Mentoring in Primary and Post-Primary Settings Mary Immaculate College

Overview

Year 2 of this Middle Leadership and Mentoring in Primary and Post-Primary Settings program from Mary Immaculate College  offers opportunities to progress to Master's level. Endorsed by the Centre for School Leadership and designed to suit teachers’ professional lives, the programme will act as both a challenge and a support to those interested in middle leadership in our schools.

Key Features

The programme uses onsite and online lectures and tutorials. A strong practical dimension will keep alive a link between teacher practice, theory and policy, prioritising reflective practice and teacher research as a vehicle for teacher professional development in the area of middle leadership.

This programme will draw from international and national practitioners to offer a unique learning opportunity and will be coordinated and taught by Head of School, Dr Finn Ó Murchú, Mr Des Carswell and colleagues at MIC Thurles.

Assessment is flexible and varied involving submission of written assignments, online engagement and some in-class collaboration/presentation. All is done in the knowledge of teachers having busy lives and, where possible, flexibility will form part of that assessment so as to play to people’s strengths and work context.

Career Outcomes

The programme should be of particular interest to all aspiring and existing middle leaders, respecting and availing of the diversity of sector, setting and language of instruction. It is supportive of teachers who may wish to have a greater leadership role without leaving the classroom, as well as those aspiring to deputy principal or principal roles. Senior personnel in schools and from other education-related organisations with an interest in maximising middle leadership roles in their settings will also find the programme of interest.

The Graduate Certificate is also intended to support teachers who want to further develop themselves and their professional practice as teachers, while also developing as mentors to other teachers, be they beginning teachers or existing colleagues.