This course introduces key concepts and issues in teacher and school development and the construction of professional learning communities and schools as learning organizations. Students are encouraged to think critically about the ways in which people are supported, rewarded and developed in schools and to reflect upon their own beliefs and experiences about leading people and working with others in different organizational contexts. The course assumes that leadership operates at multiple levels throughout the school. The course aims to bring together theoretical knowledge and critical application through utilizing group work, traditional lectures, web-based resources, self-guided learning and journal writing. General topic areas, depending on contextual demands, will include understandings of self-management and self as a learner, leading retention and rewards, optimizing professional and organizational capacity, focusing personal and professional development on student needs, communication and feedback, knowledge management, performance management and team growth, development and learning.