Emirates College for Advanced Education launches programme for leadership capacity-building

The Emirates College for Advanced Education (ECAE) has announced an innovative programme to support educational leadership capacity-building in the UAE.

‘The Educational Leadership Capacity Building in the UAE’ programme aims to develop a group of educational leaders capable of promoting capacity building, and developing effective instructional and assessment systems. It will help educational leaders including cluster managers, principals and vice principals to expand knowledge, skills, dispositions and understanding of a range of effective educational leadership approaches in practice for promoting school improvement.

Dr. May Laith Al Taee, Vice Chancellor of the College, said that the programme aims to build competent school leaders who are ready to meet the ever‐increasing responsibilities of the rapidly changing school environments in the UAE.

"The programme is an important step towards enabling a high-performing education system focused on preparing our students to meet the country’s future needs."

The programme will be delivered to 260 candidates in a total of 35 sessions spanning 105 hours and consists of 12 modules.

News Source: Emirates News Agency