The purpose of this 30-hour programme is to provide
educational management skills training for acting or prospective managers
of foreign language institutions, senior teachers who are, or will soon
be, in positions of responsibility. The course will focus on managing
yourself, managing people, managing systems & resources, managing
educational & organizational issues.
Course participants
will receive a Certificate of Attendance. The course is intended both for
currently acting Directors of Studies and candidates for such positions in
local or international institutions.
Topics to be covered
Introduction to management and managing
How teams and organisations work (and
how they might work better)
How to manage teachers – motivating,
supervising, monitoring, observing, giving feedback, dealing with
conflict, delegating tasks
Academic management – course
development and planning, looking ahead, new products, timetabling, levels
etc
Managing yourself – time management,
stress management etc.
Promoting
your language centre through social networking
Course Organisation
The courses will be delivered
via Moodle (asynchronously which means that you will be able to log in and complete
your coursework
whenever you can. There is no set timetable for this although it
is expected that you will need to put in a total of 30-35 hours of
individual work to complete tasks set by the course leader.
Once a week, on Sunday, a short webinar
will be held in an online classroom to keep in touch with your
course leader and and other managers following the course and give you the
opportunity to discuss progress, ask questions and connect
Requirements
No special
equipment is necessary to follow the course on Moodle but to participate
in the weekly webinars you will
need a fast internet connection
and a headset - a webcam is not obligatory.
Application
procedure
Please complete the
online application form
here
giving as much detail as possible about your experience, duties and
responsibilities.
There will be a
maximum of 12 places on the course.
PART TIME
(8 WEEKS - ONLINE) 14-01-13
to 30-03-13
Tuition Fees 400
euros
We accept payments via bank transfer and PayPal, a secure online payment
system.
For
those who wish to follow this specialism for the Cambridge DELTA
Diploma Module 3
Course Leader
Andy Hockley
CELT is pleased to announce that this new online
course will be tutored by Andy Hockley, international expert on ELT
Management and co-author of key text on the subject (From Teacher to
Manager, Cambridge University Press, 2008)
It
is a great opportunity for busy ELT Managers, Directors of Studies or
Foreign Language School Owners to follow this very flexible course
without having to attend face-to-face classes.
Andy Hockley
delivering a humorous Pecha Kucha
Requirements
Sessions for this online course
will be held in a Moodle environment with weekly webinars on WiziQ,
a virtual classroom space.
The webinars will be
held on weekends and will be no more than one hour each time.
To participate in the webinars, you will need
a fast connection, a headset and a webcam.
