International Leadership Learning Programme (ILLP)    

General

The ILLP offers a unique opportunity to reflect upon leadership and investigate a particular leadership theme pertinent to school and system wide development. The programme has been designed by NCSL and is delivered by the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust (SSAT) and the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL).

The programme offers headteachers a unique opportunity to learn with and from international colleagues and be able to look at leadership in a completely different context and culture. It also examines various other aspects of school organisation, curriculum structures and learning processes within international educational systems.

Aims:

• Enable participants to develop their own leadership capacity and that of others
• Ensure participants' schools benefit from knowledge and understanding of leadership practice overseas
• Enable the wider education system to benefit from learning on school leadership through a dedicated dissemination and knowledge management strategy

Who can apply?

ILLP is open to headteachers and other senior school leaders with 3 years senior leadership experience. It is aimed at those who wish to develop leadership capacity, implementing changes to benefit their school/organisation and share their learning to benefit others. 

Commitment

The programme is 12 months in duration and includes three face-to-face workshops, a mini conference for dissemination and a seven-to-ten day international study visit, plus inter-sessional work and reading.

A significant proportion of the programme will be online and participants will be expected to use these extensively in between face-to-face workshops.

You will return to influence your school/organisation and locality/region and through effective dissemination, share your learning with the wider education system.

Further information

http://www.ncsl.org.uk/illp-index

Recruitment for the groups opened at the end of March 2009.

The Eastern Region online recruitment for the theme of Every Child Matters and Community Leadership opened in January 2009 for a visit mid-October 2009.