Advanced Diploma in School Management and Leadership

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 1:

1. Leadership and Management Abilities Assessment:

   • Evaluate own abilities in leadership and management based on current notions of competence and relevance in South Africa.

2. Conceptual Understanding of Leadership:

   • Discuss how the conceptual understanding of leadership is applicable to managing and leading people, teaching and learning, physical facilities, external relations, learner affairs, administrative information systems, and financial affairs within a school.

3. Exploration of Leadership Models:

   • Explore transformational, instructional, and distributed leadership models, including teacher leadership.

4. Educational Transformation Challenges:

   • Demonstrate an understanding of the principles and values informing educational transformation in South Africa and how they create challenges for the leadership, management, and governance of schools.

5. Purpose of Educational Leadership:

   • Explain the nature and purpose of educational leadership, management, and governance both generally and in the context of a changing South Africa with reference to appropriate policy and theory.

6. SWOT Analysis:

   • Conduct a Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) analysis of own school and practice to identify areas for improvement.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 2:

1. Project Proposal:

   • Identify a need for improvement related to learner performance, submit a project proposal with plans to effect improvement.

2. Project Management:

   • Manage the implementation and monitoring of the plan using appropriate project management tools/instruments to deliver and track the project and produce project reports.

3. Documentation and Evaluation:

   • Document the process, justify decisions made at each step with reference to appropriate evidence, evaluate the impact of the project, and make recommendations for future practice.

4. Professional Competencies:

   • Demonstrate the personal and professional competencies, qualities, and attributes necessary for effective leadership and management of teaching and learning.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 3:

1. Management of Extracurricular Activities:

   • Manage the planning, implementation, and monitoring/evaluation of extracurricular and co-curricular activities to ensure quality learning for all in the context of national, provincial, and school policy.

2. Resource Management:

   • Plan for adequate provision in the budget for appropriate extracurricular and co-curricular activities and manage resources related to this provision.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 4:

1. Critical Reflection:

   • Reflect critically on own styles and practices.

2. Ethical Leadership Analysis:

   • Analyze ethical leadership philosophy against the values of Ubuntu and Servant leadership.

3. Change Management:

   • Analyze and effect change as necessary in the organizational culture of the school.

4. Staff Management:

   • Plan for and allocate staff, support and evaluate work undertaken by groups, teams, and individuals, ensuring clear delegation of tasks, responsibilities, and accountability.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 5:

1. Barrier Identification and Strategies:

   • Develop strategies to overcome any identified barriers to learning, critically analyze own school's curriculum planning, identify barriers, gaps, and areas for improvement in teaching and learning.

2. Staff Deployment and Support:

   • Outline and justify the school's staff deployment strategy, identify trends and interventions required for teachers and learners.

3. Community Engagement:

   • Actively engage community resources in support of the school's vision, mission, and curriculum.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 6:

1. Organizational Systems Management:

   • Implement, evaluate, maintain, and improve organizational systems for the school, making use of appropriate Information and Communication Technology (ICT).

2. Resource Management:

   • Lead and manage the physical and financial resources of the school in a transparent and accountable way.

3. System Innovation:

   • Create, manage, innovate, and sustain appropriate systems and procedures to enhance a caring and disciplined environment.