ACE School Leadership
The demands on school management have changed, with the emphasis growing on managing safe, diverse and integrated school environments. Principals have to interpret the demands of their job and determine how they will perform this within the context of national development - and therefore tap into the full potential of themselves and the rest of the school community. The core of the principals’ job is to improve teaching and learning in the school. This includes the need to be aware and understand environmental demands and the ability to respond to the defined values in education.The Department of Education is currently field-testing an ACE: School Leadership qualification at 16 Higher Education Institutions. The national field-test commenced in 2007 and will be completed in 2009. An intensive materials review process of the course materials has been completed. All the reviewed course materials are available on the Thutong website (PDF and Word files). The Department of Education wishes to thank the Shuttleworth Foundation which funded the materials development and review process.
Advanced Certificate: Education (School Management and Leadership) – SAQA ID: 48878
The Core Curriculum Outline;
Implementation Guidelines
Fundamental:
Develop a portfolio to demonstrate school leadership and management (SAQA ID: 115438);
The Portfolio Matrix;
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Core:
Understand school leadership and management in the South African context (SAQA ID: 115441)
Language in leadership and management (SAQA ID: 115440);
Manage law, policy, planning, school development and governance (SAQA ID: 115439);
Lead and manage people (SAQA ID: 115437);
Manage organisational systems, physical and financial resources (SAQA ID: 115434);
Manage teaching and learning (SAQA ID: 115436)
Elective:
Mentor school managers and manage mentoring programmes in schools (SAQA ID: 115432);
Lead and manage a subject, learning area or phase (SAQA ID: 115435);
Plan and conduct assessment (SAQA ID: 115753); and
Moderate assessment (SAQA ID: 7977)
Assessment
Draft Assessment norms and standards for the ACE: School Leadership qualification
'Achieving out of the Dust' - Video's relating to the ACE:SL Programme
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Positive forms of discipline Videos
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Click here to view the ACE (School Leadership) Basic computer literacy for school management siteHigher Education Institutions- Phase 1
University of Cape Town
Univeristy of KwaZulu Natal
Nelson Mandela Metropol University
Matthew Goniwe School of Leadership & Governance
University of Pretoria
Higher Education Institutions- Phase 2
University of the Free State
University of North West
University of Stellenbosch
University of Western Cape
Rhodes University
Fort Hare University
University of Limpopo
University of Venda
Walter Sisulu University
University of Witwatersrand (WITS)
Role Players in the ACE School Leadership Programme
The Department of Education wishes to acknowledge the valued partnership with the external role players:
Shuttleworth Foundation
Zenex Foundation
General Motors Foundation (GM Foundation)
South African Institute for Distance Education (SAIDE)
To read an article on the materials review process click on the following: http://www.saide.org.za/resources/newsletters/Vol_15_no.1_2009/Content/AceLeadership.htm
Also all nine provincial education departments and their continued support.