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Instructional Leadership Course

Selected primary school heads from SEAMEO member countries gathered in Manila from June 30 to July 13, 2005 to udnergo training on instructional leadership. Dubbed "Instructional Leadership: Chalking Up Significant Difference in Raising Students' Academic Performance," the training program sought to strengthen the instructional leadership skills of the participating school heads and contribute to the application and dissemination of leadership practices in primary schools.

The twenty-three (23) participants, which included 5 from Brunei Darussalam, and 2 each from Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines, exchanged information and insights on their respective country's educational system and best practices in instructional leadership. Topics discussed in the training, meanwhile, covered critical competencies in the area of Leading Instructional and Curricular Processes for Southeast Asian School Heads developed by SEAMEO INNOTECH for its LEARNTECH eXCELS Project.

Structured visits to primary schools in the Philippines where the participants interacted with fellow school heads and teachers were also done as part of the training program. Some of the evenings, likewise, provided time for structured viewing of selected edutainment films that depict instructional and educational leadership. At the end of the training, participants submitted a written re-entry plan that outlines how they intend to apply course learnings upon return to their respective schools.

The training program was made possible through the SEAMEO Educational Development Fund (SEDF) provided by the Government of the Republic of the Philippines as part of its international commitment as a SEAMEO member.

 

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