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1. MA Leadership and Management (Further Education)Godfrey Pryce Hurley, Mike Jones, Gavin ThomasIPDAInternational Conference 30 November – 1 December 2007
Belfast
2. Workshop Objectives Context of MA Programme
Why?
How?
What?
Aspects of Delivery
Nature and Scope of Provision
Research Themes
Future Developments
3. Why? Training needs analysis:
FE institutions in Wales = 25
Total Number of learners = 300,000 (75% part-time, 25% full-time)
Funding allocation 2007/08 = Ł238mn
Employees = 3,000 Full-time teachers
7,000 Part-time teachers
7,000 other staff
An estimated 800 Managers
Information from institutions – clear lack of bespoke Management Training and Qualifications for FE staff in Wales
4. Why?
Succession planning in FE institutions
- Ageing profile of the FE Workforce (50% of the workforce could retire in the next 10 years)
External factors:
Welsh Assembly Government commitment to improving public sector management
Estyn (Her Majesty’s Inspectorate for Education and Training in Wales) concerns about the quality of middle management training
FENTO/LL UK leadership and management initiatives
Professionally qualified workforce
5. How? Partnership arrangement: University of Wales, Newport and fforwm (Association of 25 further institutions in Wales)
Higher Education Funding Council for Wales – main support of funding support
Education and Learning Wales (ELWa) financial support: one-off grants for management training
Support from individual FE institutions for participants
6. What? Programme Structure :
3 Core Modules Credit Rating
Current and Continuing Issues 30
in Education and Training
Leadership and Management Theory and 30
Concepts
Management in Practice 30
Independent Study/Research Methodology 30
Dissertation 60
Total 180
7. Award Structure and Credit Rating
Postgraduate Certificate - 60 Credits
Postgraduate Diploma - 120 Credits
MA - 180 Credits
8. Action Research – Institutionally or Sector Based
Programme incorporates much of the FENTO National Occupational Standards for Leadership and Management published in 2002 and more recently the National Occupational Standards for Management and Leadership
Action research : definition of the problem; data collection and research methodology, analysis, conclusions and recommendations
9. Aspects of Delivery
2 x 2 days per semester
Videoconferencing
Personal tutors
Mentoring
Moderation and Quality Assurance
External Examiner
Assessment (note : Welsh medium)
Written assignments of :
5,000 words : Modules 1, 2 and 3
6,500 words : Independent Study
20,000 words : Dissertation
10. Nature and Scope of Provision Total Enrolment : 124
Participation: - 21 out of 25 FE institutions in Wales (including WEA; YMCA)
- Higher Education
- Voluntary Sector
- Local Authorities
- Learning and Skills Sector (England)
Males 50 (40%); Females 74 (60%)
Average age on entry : Males 42.5 years; Females 41.5 years
Designation of Participants : Curriculum Areas 75 (60%); Functional Areas 49 (40%)
Successful completion : Summer 2007
MA (Full Award) - 25
Diploma - 2
Certificate - 3
Promotion – 15 participants
11. Research Themes Examples include :
An investigation into the effectiveness of the link between financial and strategic planning at a college of further education.
An investigation into the management of the student services function, in colleges within England and Wales, with critical evaluation of models based on service level agreements.
Striving for excellence: an investigation into factors influencing the development of a strategy to improve the quality of teaching and learning within a college of further education in Wales.
How can senior managers in FE colleges, working towards Total Quality Management, successfully bring about a change of culture?
An investigation into the factors influencing the effective management of a tutorial system at a FE college.
12. Research Themes Examples include :
The impact of self-assessment on teaching staff performance.
Mentoring for success : An investigation into the feasibility of establishing and effective mentoring system for teaching staff within a further education college in Wales.
An analysis of the quality and effectiveness of the leadership and management of further education colleges in Wales offering automotive engineering education and training to the retail automotive industry.
An investigation into the feasibility of introducing the Welsh Baccalaureate Qualification into a FE college.
13. Characteristics
High retention and completion rates
Bilingual – in line with ‘Iaith Pawb’
Accreditation of Prior Achievement
Contextualisation of action research assignments
Networking
Mix of academic/functional managers
Use of expert practitioners to present case studies to provide tutorial support
Enhancing the ‘promotability’ of managers and succession planning
Impact of the research on individuals, institutions and the FE sector
Partnership between the FE Sector and HE in Wales
14. Future
Certificate in Management in Practice for front line managers
Links :
Centre for Excellence in Leadership
Lifelong Learning UK
Wales Management Council
Higher Education
Research Observatory
Publications
Concerns :
Funding
Coherent direction of Leadership and Management in Wales
Tutors: Recruitment of experienced practitioners