TELX 500   Developing Your Leadership Story 3 credits

Would you like to be the kind of leader who feels a deep connection between who you are as a person and who you are as a leader? In this course, you will dig deep to develop and align your own leadership story through your exploration of personal experiences, leadership style, core values, and mindset. This reflective work will help you weave together a personal leadership philosophy (PLP) which will become an important tool you can share and implement in your school environment. Upon completion of this course, you will have developed a leadership identity that can ground and guide you as you build stronger connections with those you work beside. This course is offered through the Teaching Channel.

TELX 501   Practical Strategies for High-Impact Leadership 3 credits

Are you a leader or an aspiring leader that wants to make an impact? In this course, you will use John Hattie’s body of research to learn about and apply high-impact practices in your role. Discover more about important influences on learning like teacher estimates of achievement, school climate, and feedback. Move new learning to practice by collaborating with others to build collective efficacy, develop shared mastery learning goals, create an implementation plan for micro-teaching, and use questioning to dialogue with teachers about student learning. By the end of this course, you will be on your way to maximizing your impact on the students and the teachers in your school. This course is offered through the Teaching Channel.

TELX 502   Mindful Leadership in Schools 3 credits

For school leaders and teacher-leaders wishing to incorporate mindfulness into their lives, this course provides a clear and engaging pathway. Participants will discover how mindfulness can help manage the demands of leadership, improve communication, and support a healthy lifestyle. Beginning with brain research and the impact of stress on the body, learn how to build a self-care practice that serves as a model for colleagues and staff. Explore foundational strategies such as mindful listening and speaking, focused breathing, awareness journaling, and the mindful classroom. Personal stories, practical strategies, and case studies demonstrate the power of mindful leadership to live more focused and balanced lives. There is no time like the present to start living more mindfully! This course is offered through the Teaching Channel.

TELX 503   Impactful Coaching: Reflection, Support, Growth 3 credits

Instructional coaching is a highly effective way to help teachers develop a reflective practice. Through this course, participants will learn how to differentiate coaching strategies to assist teachers at all stages of development to become more reflective and, in turn, make a bigger impact in the classroom. Participants will learn how to ask questions that encourage reflection, plan effective coaching sessions, and analyze videos of coaching in action. This course is a must take for all instructional coaches.This course is offered through the Teaching Channel.