Deeper Learning: From Wonder to Inquiry to Practice

Deeper Learning: From Wonder to Inquiry to Practice is a course which seeks to help Christian educators develop deeper learning. We will consider what it means to be image-bearers of God called to care for our neighbours and to be engaged in real work that is part of God’s story. Our consideration of these ideas will inform classroom practices and signature pedagogies in apparent, unintended, and even transformative ways. Together we will examine the importance of global citizenship as a form of deeper learning and the impact it has on developing a caring and just world.

Dr. Edith van der Boom

ICSD 260004 W25*

Blended (Online Asynchronous/Synchronous)

(MA-EL)

Syllabus

Required Books:

1. Crouch, A. (2008). Culture Making: Recovering our Creative Calling. InterVarsity Press.

Google Books sells it as an eBook

Students can buy the book directly through the publisher, InterVarsity Press.

Barnes and Noble also sells the book.

Enrolment Notes:

To register for this course, email academic-registrar@icscanada.edu. Last date to register is January 6 (Note that the first class for this course takes place on January 9). Maximum enrolment of twelve (12) students. ICS reserves the right to decline registrations.

*NOTE: Approved for Area 3 of the CSTC

How to Govern a School

This is a course for new and aspiring principals, school leadership teams, and school boards. The course provides frameworks and tools for leadership in educational governance. The course introduces participants to the work of nurturing the relationships among the school’s stakeholders, with a focus on the pivotal relationship between the board and the executive leadership team (or, in smaller schools, the principal). Different approaches to the work of the board are considered, with particular attention to the stewardship of the school’s vision, mission, and values, to the strategic formulation of policy and the monitoring of executive performance, and to accountability to the school’s parents and supporting community.


Dr. Gideon Strauss
ICS 260002 W25
Blended (Online Asynchronous/Synchronous)

(MA-EL)


Syllabus


Required Books:

1. Blanchard, D., Crouch, A., Kauffmann, S., Nardella, J.L., Greer, P. (2019). The redemptive nonprofit: A playbook for leaders. Praxis.

2. Brown, J. (2010). The imperfect board member: Discovering the seven disciplines of governance excellence. John Wiley & Sons.

3. Carver, J. (2011). Boards that make a difference: A new design for leadership in nonprofit and public organizations. Third Edition. John Wiley & Sons.

Enrolment Notes:

To register for this course, email academic-registrar@icscanada.edu. Last date to register is January 6 (Note that the first class for this course takes place on January 9). Maximum enrolment of twelve (12) students. ICS reserves the right to decline registrations.

NOTE: A Team Audit option is available for school board members and executive leadership teams who wish to take this course together. Please email our Registrar directly at academic-registrar@icscanada.edu for more details.