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 organization or district 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 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 leader's 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.