Global Fellow Program in
School Leadership & Management

Convenient, Multi-Stage Blended Learning

The multi-stage, multi-modal program is designed for immersive, convenient, and yet accelerated learning. Every participant undergoes an optimally blended learning experience broadly split into four stages:

• Stage 1:

   

  In the first stage, participants undergo an Online course on Global Trends in Business & Society to understand how K12 education and schools must be market-driven and business-conscious. It is supplemented with the self-paced reading of a book on Creative Schools: The Grassroot Revolution. This stage helps develop a broad conceptual context in which K12 education requires to be managed with considerations of financial viability, managerial excellence and professional commitment.

• Stage 2:

   

  This stage is dedicated to the MasterClass 1. Covering 17 themes, the five-day MasterClass is designed to grow the professional capacity of participants to impact their educational ventures and enhance teaching-learning as well as student development results in their institutions.

• Stage 3:

   

  This stage includes an exclusive Online learning module and self-directed reading of a book delivered asynchronously covering aspects of business, strategy, and self-leadership. The stage should be completed through self-planned learning a couple of weeks before the beginning of MasterClass 2.

• Stage 4:

   

  This stage brings participants back for their second and final MasterClass, covering 13 learning themes and insightful sessions from education experts.

STAGE 1 - Self-Directed Pre-Reading & Online Learning

Participants start their program with Online learning and reading of the prescribed text in Stage 1, which they can undertake at their own convenience and pace. The effort required to complete this stage is expected to be in the range of 25-30 hours of self-paced learning. The content is powered by latest research and expertise in management & leadership education and learning.

This stage includes:

Please note,  there is no prescribed order to complete these learning and reading requirements. Participants are given exclusive access rights to Online sessions through private logins. The reading material is shipped to all participants on their registered addresses. The reading and online learning themes listed here were selected after an extensive evaluation of the knowledge and perspective needs of K12 education leaders in the globalized environment today. Hence for the same reason, we may consider making changes in the structure and content of this stage at any time.

STAGE 2 - MasterClass 1

This stage is an intensive five-day MasterClass. There are 17 themes covered in this stage, including a combination of classroom sessions, workshops, assignments, and case discussions. The sessions are designed for experiential learning in critical dimensions of School Leadership & Management practice and leadership in real-life organizational scenarios.

The table below summarizes the courses to be completed in this stage of the program:

All learning resources, texts, and cases are provided by us. Assessments during this stage are conducted can be in verbal, written, or online forms.

STAGE 3 – Self-Directed Reading & Online Learning

Upon completing Stage 2, program participants engage in the second round of asynchronous online learning and focused reading. One exclusive Online learning module and reading of a pathbreaking text require to be completed by participants at their own pace. This stage of learning will refresh your understanding on a variety of issues inter-linking strategy, business and leadership. The learning resources address the needs of participants to build a well-rounded understanding on how considerations of economic viability and financial profitability increasingly become integral to successful management of their schools, missions and initiatives. The estimated time required to complete this stage is 25 to 30 hours, an investment that will help participants prepare for their second MasterClass experience in Stage 4.

The table below summarizes courses included in this stage:

Please note, there is no prescribed order to complete these learning and reading requirements. Participants are given exclusive access rights to Online sessions through private logins. The reading material is shipped to all participants on their registered addresses. The reading and online learning themes listed here were selected after an extensive evaluation of the knowledge and perspective needs of K12 education leaders in the globalized environment today. Hence for the same reason, we may consider making changes in the structure and content of this stage at any time.

STAGE 4 – MasterClass 2

The final stage of the Global Fellow of School Leadership & Management program includes an intensive four days of MasterClass 2, featuring a high-powered series of learning across success-critical themes related to leadership in School Leadership & Management and managing your global growth and career.

The table below summarizes the courses to be completed in this stage of the Program:

All learning resources, texts, and cases are provided by us. Assessments during this stage are conducted can be in verbal, written, or online forms.