PROFESSIONAL LEARNING
Leadership Development Program
What Is This?
System improvement efforts are far more likely to have significant and sustained impact when there is a cohesive approach to building capacity across different areas of the board and among all levels of leadership. TC² leadership development opportunities leverage individual and team commitments to critically examine structures and practices that support or inadvertently undermine the important goals of an organization or district.
TC² leadership development learning helps systems leaders:
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Develop data literacy skills approaches that enhance school planning processes
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Lead system goal setting and improvement plans with intentionality and purpose
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Examine, evaluate and refine education structures and practices using a critical inquiry process
What's the Focus?
TC² leadership learning opportunities can be customized to support your needs and goals, and can include:
- Co-constructing an overarching critical inquiry question to guide the learning
- Closely examining existing data and interrogating patterns that reveal where inequity lives in current structures and practices
- Identifying key leadership moves to drive forward the organization or district’s goals and vision in focused, feasible, intentional and systematic ways
- Selecting high-leverage strategies that advance multiple priorities simultaneously
Creating structures, processes, and tools to aggregate individual leaders’ observations of progress and support thoughtful and impactful monitoring of the leadership actions
Who Is This For?
- Aspiring and experienced school administrators, directors, superintendents, and other system leaders.
What are the Outcomes?
- Clearer understanding of how to approach improvement
- Stronger professional connections with colleagues and peers
- New perspectives to inform decision-making
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A trusted space for sense-making at a complex moment in the system
What Might Participation Look Like?
- Full team learning
- Small group coaching
- Individual leadership coaching
- Professional learning teams
- Leadership Inquiry Networks
Who Is TC²?
The Critical Thinking Consortium is a renowned and widely respected not-for-profit educational organization that has supported teachers, school districts, ministries of education, and other non-profit agencies in Canada and internationally for over 30 years. Our approach is founded upon a research-based conceptual framework that enriches and enhances the collective efforts of teachers, schools, districts and organizations by ensuring that high quality thinking is at the core of all initiatives.
TC² framework for nurturing quality thinking
We welcome a conversation about how these leadership development options can serve as a valuable investment for your organization or district.