The Executive Program in Educational Leadership and Management is designed for experienced educational leaders and managers. Through the adoption of an innovative teaching-learning system that combines traditional classroom work with technology-enabled learning strategies, independent study and one-on-one faculty student consultation, the program enables the participants to complement their extant knowledge, competencies and skills with up-to-date theories, concepts and skills in the various areas of educational leadership and management.
This program prepares students to have a strong foundation in educational leadership and management. They are exposed to theories, concepts, and principles in educational leadership and management.
The enabling or major courses are grounded in professional practice to enable the students to develop competence and skills as an educational leader and manager in the area of research, strategic planning and management, curriculum and instruction, and other related areas.
The integrating courses enable the students to meaningfully connect and integrate theory with practice. These are also focused on understanding one’s self as a leader responsible for transforming educational organizations in a diverse and global society.
PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
Graduates of PhD in Educational Leadership and Management are expected to possess the following Lasallian attributes, namely:
ELGA 1: Critical Thinker and Creative Thinker
Analyze educational leadership and management concepts, theories, model, best practices, fiscal forecasting and funds development, issues, trends and developments, innovative approaches, and policy formation, and their implications and/or applications in transforming educational systems and institutions to promote meaningful learning and contribute to social and international development
Promote creative, strategic, and transformational thinking, as well as an international, entrepreneurial, and innovative orientation in the workplace.
Reflect on and recognize the relationships between personal wellness and leadership, spirituality, and organizational effectiveness.
ELGA2: Effective Communicator
Communicate expectations and goals and provide directions that will enable people in the organization to work collaboratively in the attainment of the educational institution’s stakeholders and potential investors.
Foster professional ethos and build authentic relationships among school leaders, teachers, students, parents, and employees.
ELGA3: Reflective Life-long Learner
Engage in a systematic reflection about one’s professional practice with the aim of acquiring better understanding of oneself in order to lead effectively and responsibly in the renewal and transformation of educational organizations, and in the attainment of the educational institution’s shared vision- mission amidst the changing educational demands of a diverse and globalized society.
Openness to continual learning, advancement of knowledge, and enhancement of competence and skills as educational leaders and managers.
ELGA4: Service-driven Citizen
Exercise leadership in community development programs and projects grounded in sound research, theory, and practice.
Contribute to nation-building by engaging in research for policy development and implementation, innovations in educational leadership and management, teaching and learning, and the optimal contribution of education in personal and societal development. .
ELGA 5: Innovator and Constant seeker of improvement
Design and implement strategies that value and recognize the achievements and accomplishments of teachers and students, inspire them to engage with each other in learning, as well as support professional growth of teachers.
