Professional Certificate
in Strategic Education Planning
23rd - 27th August 2021, London, UK
Professional Certificate
in Strategic Education Planning
23rd - 27th August 2021, London, UK
| 09:00 | Registration and Refreshments |
| 09:45 | Chairman's Introductions |
| 10:00 | Delegates' Exchange of Experience and Best Practice |
| 11:15 | Morning Coffee |
| 11:30 | Levels of Planning
Examining and focussing on the differences in primary, secondary, vocational tertiary and institutional planning for education Methods and skills and different levels |
| 13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:45 |
Education Planning: Utilising the Policy Cycle
Examining the role of the policy cycle in education planning The role of research in policy Participation and involvement in the policy Exemplars of the role of evidence in policy |
| 15:00 | Afternoon Tea |
| 15:15 | International Policy and Education: The Post-2015 Education and Development Agenda: New Agendas? New Priorities?
Education in the post-2015 Development Agenda Engagement with the international sphere Building new objectives into national plans |
| 16:15 | End of Day Wrap Up and Questions |
| 16:30 | Close |
| 09:30 | Refreshments |
| 09:45 | Chairman's Introduction and Recap |
| 10:00 |
Helping Young People Find Their Place in a Rapidly Changing World: The Challenges for Leaders and Policy-Makers
Examining disadvantaged and marginalised students and their place in education Determining principles of leadership and policies to improve education outcomes for affected groups Leadership in schools and institutions |
| 11:15 | Morning Coffee |
| 11:30 | Research for Curriculum Design
Making curriculum choices for economic development Societal change through education: values and citizenship, better health, sustainable development “21st Century Skills” |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 13:15 |
Teacher Training
The “teacher gap” Methods and structures of teacher training: lifelong learning for teachers Changing educational focus through training |
| 14:45 | Afternoon Tea |
| 15:00 |
Improving Governance Mechanisms in Education
Good governance in education Ensuring effective use of public money Management and leadership principles in education governance Reforms & Institutional capacity building |
| 16:15 | End of Day Wrap Up and Questions |
| 16:30 | Close |
| 09:30 | Refreshments |
| 09:45 | Chairman's Introduction and Recap |
| 10:00 | Digital Education Strategy |
| 11:15 | Morning coffee |
| 11:30 |
Education Planning: Monitoring and Evaluation
The Role of M & E in Education Planning/Development Review processes: monitoring the system and delivery Testing tools and measurement of attainment and progress Lessons learned in developing countries |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 13:15 | Data Collection in the Education sector |
| 14:45 | Afternoon tea |
| 15:00 | Data analysis and strategic implementation in policy planning |
| 16:15 | End of Day Wrap Up and Questions |
| 16:30 | Close |
| 09:30 | Refreshments |
| 10:00 |
Financing for Education
Public funding for education; Cash transfers for attendance; Public/private partnerships; International donor funding Issues of efficiency, equity & sustainability Drawing lessons from experience |
| 11:15 | Morning coffee |
| 11:30 | Strategic Planning Principles for Education
Delegates' introductions and discussion of experience Strategic policy choices |
| 12:45 | Lunch |
| 13:30 | Strategic Thinking in the Education Sector: Strategic Planning Tools
Strategic Planning Process and tools Stakeholder engagement/communication |
| 14:30 | Afternoon tea |
| 14.45 | Strategic Thinking in the Education Sector: Regulation
Regulation mechanisms Private sector engagement |
| 15:45 | Final Questions and Discussion
Key take away points Evaluation forms Group photo Certificate presentation |
| 16:30 | Close |
| 09:30 | Refreshments |
| 09:30 | Arrivals and Refreshments |
| 09:45 | Chartered Management Institute Assignments and Criteria
Structuring a written piece of work for assessment - generic overview and principles Structuring these two specific pieces of work to demonstrate all the assessment criteria Blending strategic education planning content into these structures |
| 10:45 |
Delegate presentations
Presentations on case study of delegate's choice (5-10 minutes) Examples of good practise and challenges encountered What ideas have come up this week that could usefully apply? |
| 11:30 | Morning Coffee |
| 11:45 |
Final Questions and Discussion
Wrapping up: key messages from the week What is important in strategic education planning and why? Summary |
| 12:30 | Certificate Presentation |
| 13:00 | Lunch and Close |
PS: Please note that the programme is subject to change without notice.