Course Details

Communication is a two-way process involving an exchange of ideas and the hallmark of effective communication is the coherent verbal projection of those ideas. This course examines how successful school leaders encourage meaningful dialogue around student achievement and high expectation for all.

Participants will:

• Undertake a practical appraisal of their own communication skills employing self and peer assessment
• Learn what good communication looks like
• Understand that place and time affect the value of different forms of communication and practice using these
• Undertake an in-school project to improve an area of school communications either related to their role or across the whole school setting
• Learn how to deal with negative communication including verbal confrontation, written communications, email etiquette, and potentially sensitive meetings
• Hear from people in business and industry about the importance of effective communication

This course is part of a suite of Leadership courses; it may be taken as a stand-alone course or be combined with one or more from the suite to obtain either a Bronze, Silver or Gold level Leadership Award (see the Leadership Suite page for details).