Program Overview

Introduction to ESA514 Catholic Educational Leadership

This subject aims to introduce leaders in Catholic schools to specifically Catholic understandings of leadership, providing depth to their own approach to educational leadership and a context for their leadership within the Catholic church and its various school systems, locally, nationally, and internationally.

Subject Outlines

Subject Outlines for recent sessions are available for current CSU students. Note that Subject Outlines and assessment tasks are updated each session.

Availability

The subject is available in Session 3 (90) and can be taken online or at the Bathurst Campus. Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: ESA514. Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.

Subject Information

Grading System

The grading system for this subject is HD/FL.

Duration

The subject is one session in duration.

School

The subject is offered by the School of Teacher Education.

Enrolment Restrictions

Enrolment is restricted to students in the Master of International Education (School Leadership).

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:

• Have a clear knowledge of the principles of Catholic leadership in education and their application globally and locally;
• Comprehend and apply Catholic theology to the church's worldwide mission in education;
• Effectively communicate a Catholic school philosophy to stakeholders;
• Be able to correlate their own leadership with the Catholic vision of a world of justice and mercy;
• Facilitate staff development to assure integrity in the delivery of Catholic curriculum;
• Value the specific contribution of Catholic values to educational leadership; and
• Have the capacity to reflect critically upon their own spiritual foundations as these apply to the leadership role.

Syllabus

This subject will cover the following topics:

• The leadership of Jesus
• The reign of God
• The triune God
• A Catholic Philosophy of Education
• Catholic School Culture
• Catholic curriculum
• Catholic Educational Partnerships
• Staff development in a Catholic School
• Leadership, worship, and prayer
• Leadership and justice
• Exemplars of Catholic school leadership
• A spirituality of leadership
• Critical issues for Catholic school leaders