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Course Description

Communicating vision is important — but leadership impact depends on whether school systems actually deliver it. This course supports school leaders to examine how organisational structures, routines and resource decisions influence the success of school improvement. Aligned to the Australian Professional Standard for Principals — Professional Practice: Leading the management of the school, participants will explore practical strategies to identify structural misalignment, reduce initiative overload and ensure that school systems consistently support teaching, learning and sustained improvement.



Audience

School Leaders


Teaching Standards

6.3.4 Lead Level - Engage in professional learning - Engage with colleagues and improve practice:  Implement professional dialogue within the school or professional learning network(s) that is informed by feedback, analysis of current research and practice to improve the educational outcomes of students.



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Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction

    • Welcome

    • Acknowledgement of Country

    • Learning Objectives

    • Teachign Standards

  • 2

    Module 1 - From Vision to Execution: The Leadership Gap

    • Introduction

    • Why Strategic Plans Fail

    • The Strategy–System Disconnect

    • Leadership Professional Practice 4 – A Systems Perspective

    • Resource: Strategy-System Alignment Scan

    • Diagnosing Structural Risk

    • Translating Theory into Practice

    • Reflection Question
  • 3

    Module 2 – Leading Operational Alignment Through Operational Levers

    • Introduction

    • The Four Operational Levers (Strategic Framing)

    • Levers 1 and 2

    • Levers 3 and 4

    • Integrating the Levers

    • Resource: Applied Leadership Task

    • Case Study: Realigning Systems to Deliver Strategic Priorities

    • Reflection Question
  • 4

    Module 3 – Reducing Initiative Overload Through Strategic Filtering

    • Introduction

    • The Coherence Problem

    • The Leadership Alignment Filter

    • Practical Examples of Strategic Filtering

    • Resource: Start – Stop – Strengthen Activity

    • Case Study - When Everything Is a Priority

    • Scenario Activity - Rapid Leadership Decision
  • 5

    Module 4 – Embedding Strategy into Structures and Routines

    • Introduction

    • Where Strategy Should Be Visible

    • Examples

    • Leadership Through Structure

    • Case Study - From Strategic Plan to Structural Practice

    • Monitoring Structural Alignment

    • Resource: Structural Visibility Check

    • Reflection Question
  • 6

    Module 5 - Sustaining Strategic Alignment Through Leadership Practice

    • Introduction

    • Alignment as an Ongoing Leadership Discipline

    • Examples

    • Case Study - Addressing Strategic Drift

    • Resource: Systems Alignment Blueprint

    • Final Reflection

    • Wrap Up

    • Resource: Aligning School Systems with Strategic Vision – Post-Course 30-Minute Collaboration

    • Reference List
  • 7

    Course Feedback

    • Course Feedback

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