MA in Education: Leading Innovation and Change
Programme Aims
The programme aims to:
- help schools and teachers develop so that learning improves
- enable schools and teachers to advance their professional skills and expertise
- provide a framework of support for progressing school development priorities, offering planned feedback opportunities for research and development within schools;
- provide support for teachers actively engaged in change management initiatives
- support teachers in generating evidence of their work in the curriculum, performance
- management, school self review, threshold portfolios
- enable schools to address recruitment and retention challenges by offering teachers advanced qualifications at Master’s level, in partnership with St Mary's University College
- enhance career progression through participation in a quality professional development programme
It facilitates reflection and inquiry into practice leading to:
- the development of teacher expertise in a chosen field of inquiry
- high impact on practice (school improvement and professional understanding)
- knowledge of change management dynamics
- skills in presenting work/research findings
- experience in writing for professional and academic audiences.
- The programme supports career-long teacher development at various levels
- NQT induction and early professional development (EPD)
- Subject Leadership
- Advanced Skills Teacher development
- Mentor training and support
- Middle managers and aspiring school leaders
- Teachers interested in research and consultancy skills development
Learning Outcomes
The programme will develop teachers’ intellectual and professional skills so that they can confidently plan, develop and manage innovatory projects, monitor and evaluate impact and report on outcomes so that policy is informed by evidence. Students will increase proficiency in handling and interpreting a range of data relating to school performance or arising from action research.
Impact of Effective Professional Development:
- Teachers’ confidence and commitment increases.
- Quality of teaching improves.
- Classroom innovation improves.
- Career progression and retention rates increase.
- Pupil achievement levels rise.
EPPI Review 2004 (GTCE & NUT)
