Instructor: TBA

Explore the foundational dimensions of school leadership including instructional leadership, fostering effective relationships, supporting the application of foundational knowledge about Indigenous Peoples, visionary leadership, leading learning communities, modelling continuous professional learning, developing leadership capacity, understanding the social context influencing schooling, and managing school operations and resources.

Synchronous Zoom sessions are included; attendance is required.

Note: This course is a partial fulfillment of the academic requirements for leadership certification through Alberta's Leadership Quality Standard.

Domestic tuition: $1498 plus non-instructional fees
International tuition: $2146.44 plus non-instructional fees

This is a core course in the Graduate Certificate in School Leadership and in the Graduate Certificate in Educational Studies-Leadership and Mentoring, and is an approved elective in the Master of Education in Educational Studies. It is open to students in other graduate programs (in consultation with your program advisor) and Open Studies, however, preference is given to students in the certificate program. For details or to enroll, contact gcslinfo@ualberta.ca. MES students, contact mesinfo@ualberta.ca to enroll. 

Instructor: TBA

Prerequisite: EDU 520 Foundations of School Leadership

Hone leadership practices grounded in research to demonstrate mastery of Alberta's Leadership Quality Standard (LQS). Includes a job-embedded learning component in which participants visit, observe, and collaborate with a school leader or leadership team in a school setting of their choice, in which the Alberta Program of Studies is offered. Note: EDU 521 is offered in all semesters but Summer.

Synchronous Zoom sessions are included; attendance is required.

Note: This course is a partial fulfillment of the academic requirements for leadership certification through Alberta's Leadership Quality Standard.

Domestic tuition: $1498 plus non-instructional fees
International tuition: $2146.44 plus non-instructional fees

This is a core course in the Graduate Certificate in School Leadership and in the Graduate Certificate in Educational Studies-Leadership and Mentoring, and is an approved elective in the Master of Education in Educational Studies. It is open to students in other graduate programs (in consultation with your program advisor) and Open Studies, however, preference is given to students in the certificate program. For details or to enroll, contact gcslinfo@ualberta.ca. MES students, contact mesinfo@ualberta.ca to enroll. 

Instructor: Cindi Vaselenak

Prerequisite: EDU 521 or principal certification in Alberta.

This research-based course enables the development of competencies that executives must demonstrate in their professional practice when leading large educational systems. The course extends on concepts and principles pertinent to all levels of educational system leadership.

Synchronous Zoom sessions on Wednesdays and Saturdays are included (exact times TBD); attendance is required.

Domestic tuition: $1498 plus non-instructional fees
International tuition: $2146.44 plus non-instructional fees

This is an approved elective in the Graduate Certificate in School Leadership and the Master of Education in Educational Studies. It is open to students in other graduate programs (in consultation with your program advisor) and Open Studies, however, preference is given to students in the certificate and MES programs. For details or to enroll, contact gcslinfo@ualberta.ca. MES students, contact mesinfo@ualberta.ca to enroll.

Instructor: Anna Kirova

Although societies have always been characterized by differentiation – made up of people of different genders, sexuality, age, abilities, race, ethnicity, religion and faith, socioeconomic status, power, etc. – there is a perception that today’s societies are becoming increasingly diverse, due in part to the unprecedented influx of displaced people worldwide. Schools’ potential to foster inclusion of different groups and to create a safe space for all students has been recognized. However, creating an inclusive and welcoming school/classroom environment remains a challenge due in part to persistent practices of othering, pathologizing, and exclusion of those who are deemed “different”.

This course investigates markers of difference, the right to be different, and agentive possibilities for creating teaching and learning contexts that concern social justice, care and equity as central to early childhood education. It focuses specifically on newcomer students and their need to belong to the school community. The course explores the complex issues of diversity and ideologies of difference as they relate to multiculturalism, inclusion/exclusion, and belonging in early childhood education, through a variety of theoretical perspectives.

Domestic tuition: $1498 plus non-instructional fees
International tuition: $2146.44 plus non-instructional fees

This is core course in the Graduate Certificate in Educational Studies - Early Childhood Education and an approved elective in the Master of Education in Educational Studies. It is open to students in other graduate programs (in consultation with your program advisor) and Open Studies, however, preference is given to students in the certificate program. For details or to enroll, contact gcesinfo@ualberta.ca. MES students, contact mesinfo@ualberta.ca to enroll. 

Instructor: Katie Brubacher

This course focuses on research and theories addressing linguistic, cultural and social aspects for multilingual and newcomer students in the contemporary English Language Arts classroom. It addresses approaches to instruction and assessment., and makes connections to multimodal and digital literacy practices for culturally and linguistically diverse students.

Domestic tuition: $1498 plus non-instructional fees
International tuition: $2146.44 plus non-instructional fees

This is an core course in the Graduate Certificate in Educational Studies - Contemporary Literacy Education: K-9 and an approved elective in the Master of Education in Educational Studies. It is open to students in other graduate programs (in consultation with your program advisor) and Open Studies, however, preference is given to students in the certificate program. For details or to enroll, contact gcesinfo@ualberta.ca. MES students, contact mesinfo@ualberta.ca to enroll. 

Instructor: Heather Kanuka

This course introduces students to a critical interpretation and evaluation of theory, models and frameworks for career-long professional education. These areas will be explored through seminal and current research on continuing, professional, and career-long learning aimed at enabling opportunities for effective educational leadership.

Domestic tuition: $1498 plus non-instructional fees
International tuition: $2146.44 plus non-instructional fees

This is an approved elective in the Graduate Certificate in School Leadership and in the Master of Education in Educational Studies. It is open to students in other graduate programs (in consultation with your program advisor) and Open Studies, however, preference is given to students in the certificate program. For details, contact gcslinfo@ualberta.ca. MES students, contact mesinfo@ualberta.ca to enroll. 

Instructors: JC Couture, Stephen Murgatroyd, P. Jean Stiles

Globally and certainly here in Alberta, the renewal of curriculum and assessment has been a highly contested space as governments play a greater role in shaping what is taught and ‘measuring what matters’. Alongside these shifts in governance and the profession’s role in educational change, the emergence of Large Language Models (LLMs) or chatbots like ChatGPT has disrupted our understanding of the processes of teaching and learning. These digital tools – all aggressively marketed under the ambiguous label of “Artificial Intelligence”, promise to disrupt and transform education.

Rather than accepting AI as some inevitable force that will wash over schools, the course invites teachers to rekindle commitments to social justice education, to co-create engaging, relevant, and impactful learning experiences addressing important societal issues. Efforts by educators from around the world to lead curricular development such as ‘the Day of AI’ are demonstrating that practitioners need to be at the heart of determining the preferred futures of AI enabled teaching and learning.

Domestic tuition: $1498 plus non-instructional fees
International tuition: $2146.44 plus non-instructional fees

This is an approved elective in the Graduate Certificate in School Leadership and in the Master of Education in Educational Studies. It is open to students in other graduate programs (in consultation with your program advisor) and Open Studies, however, preference is given to students in the certificate program. For details, contact gcslinfo@ualberta.ca. MES students, contact mesinfo@ualberta.ca to enroll.