Educational Leadership (Teach First)

Program Overview

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Pursue your passion for education while you gain a critical understanding of the characteristics of effective leadership.

Build on your existing PGDE to attain a Master's degree, with studies that fit around your current teaching responsibilities.

Learn how to bring about change in your school and improve the wellbeing of the children and young people you teach.

Program Outline

What you'll learn

Overview

You'll have already successfully gained 120 credits from your PGDE Award. Building on this award, this 60 credit dissertation module allows you to complete your Master’s degree, to gain an MA in Education Leadership (Teach First).

This programme is open to all Teach First ambassadors who have successfully completed a PGDE.

Course structure

This dissertation module follows on from the topics covered during the PGDE.

You'll be expected to undertake a piece of original research or study, which may be work-based, in an area of interest to you that is closely related to your PGDE Award in Education Leadership (Teach First).

You'll identify ethical issues when undertaking research in the field of education, and work with your fellow participants and supervisor to take your dissertation from initial draft to submission, through self-directed study, open seminars, peer learning workshops, and tutorials with your dissertation supervisor.

Course modules

This course includes or offers the following modules. Please check the

programme document

for more information on which modules are core, required or optional.

Dissertation Module: Leadership Development (Teach First)

How will I be taught?

You'll be taught in several ways, including:

Group seminars and presentations

Online and phone / Skype supervision

Face-to-face supervision.

Most of your learning and supervision will be online and through digital means.

You'll be assigned a supervisor who is knowledgeable in the field of Education Leadership and Development. The course also requires self-directed study and wide reading around your area of research. Following tutorials, you'll be given formative feedback on your progress and the next steps in your study.

To find out more about how we teach and how you'll learn, please read our

Learning and Teaching Delivery Statement

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How will I be assessed?

Your assessment is the equivalent of 16,000 words and includes an ethical approval form, an applied research project proposal, a portfolio and a recorded digital presentation.