EDF5650 Literacy leadership in schools, workplaces and communities

The unit enables you to develop your specialist knowledge and skills in literacy education in ways that will benefit the school, institution, workplace or community in which you work as well as developing your own professional identity and profile as a leader in literacy education. This exploration involves close consideration of what leadership in English language and literacy education might entail, including whole school/workplace and community initiatives and partnerships, leading a faculty, and leading professional learning communities. You will research some initiatives that literacy leaders are encouraged to implement in their various professional contexts, and scrutinise a range of assessment and accountability regimes that are used to generate 'evidence' of literacy 'achievements'. You will examine the ways in which literacy data are collected at international, national and local levels. In developing a critical perspective on data collection, you will learn to appreciate the potential value of data and the limitations that some data collection may impose on teachers' professional practice and on learning outcomes.