BEST PRACTICES IN ONLINE TEACHING AND LEARNING

Abstract

: Leadership development is an important theme for today’s teacher leaders. In most leadership courses, participants learn about leadership styles and various skills to make them a better leader like communication skills, time management, running effective meetings, and teamwork, etc. This development course run by two specialists in emotional intelligence, positivity, self-care and wellbeing will go beyond the traditional leadership skills mentioned above and introduce modern teacher leaders to skills that are recognized as being a crucial part for today’s teacher leader. They include emotional intelligence which has been found to be a more important metric in teacher success than IQ. Another area that will be of prime focus is positivity and happiness which are now essential elements in success. The last two concepts that will be presented and shared are self-care and wellbeing which are especially important during the COVID era and are anticipated to be even more important in the post COVID era. This will not be simply a lecture by the course facilitators, interaction, and engagement on the part of the participants is necessary for complete understanding and application of these important concepts. So, bring your laptops and/or devices so you can participate fully in the interactive activities that we have planned for you.