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Module

EDU8143 : NPQSL Accreditation

  • Offered for Year: 2024/25
  • Module Leader(s): Professor Rene Koglbauer
  • Owning School: Education, Communication & Language Sci
  • Teaching Location: Newcastle City Campus
Semesters

Your programme is made up of credits, the total differs on programme to programme.

Semester 2 Credit Value: 40
ECTS Credits: 20.0
European Credit Transfer System

Aims

In line with national developments, initiated by UCET and the National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL), this assignment leads to Level M accreditation of the NPQSL qualification. The aim behind this is to increase recruitment onto our PGCert and MEd/MA programme.

Students reflect upon their school improvement work, using their National Professional Qualification for Senior Leadership as the focus. They contextualise this by making links between practice evidence, research evidence and theory in relevant fields. Students select a focus based either on their senior leadership of a whole school initiative, or the nature of the initiative itself. Students might also use their in-school project as a focus of their assignment.

Outline Of Syllabus

The module is not taught, but student reflection and resulting written work is supported through face to face and email tutorials.

Teaching Methods

Teaching Activities
Category Activity Number Length Student Hours Comment
Guided Independent StudyAssessment preparation and completion1100:00100:00N/A
Guided Independent StudyIndependent study1297:00297:00N/A
Scheduled Learning And Teaching ActivitiesDissertation/project related supervision31:003:00N/A
Total400:00
Teaching Rationale And Relationship

N/A

Assessment Methods

The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners

Other Assessment
Description Semester When Set Percentage Comment
Essay2M100A 3500 word critical commentary upon a chosen aspects of the NPQAL in-school project(s)
Assessment Rationale And Relationship

A 3500 word critical commentary upon a chosen aspects of the NPQSL in-school project(s) completed during the NPQSL programme or a critical reflection on aspects of the NPQSL programme with a focus on their own practice/development as a senior leader.

This assignment is designed to critically and academically reflect on NPQSL programme

Students are not expected to complete this assignment without tutorial support, both face to face and on-line.

Reading Lists

Timetable