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Start Date
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Price
$249.00
Credential
Hope: The Driving Force in Leadership Non-Credit Badge
Length
10 Weeks
Commitment
1-2 Hours Weekly
Format
Asynchronous
Discover the power of hope to lead, inspire, and drive change in your school community!
Course Description
This course, grounded in hope theory, explores the transformative power of hopeful thinking for educational leaders. Through an understanding of hope's core components—agency, pathways, and goal-setting—participants will develop strategies to foster resilience, improve well-being, and cultivate positive outcomes for themselves and their school communities. Leaders will engage in self-reflective practices to inspire a culture of hope, empowering both individual growth and collaborative success within educational settings.
Learning Objectives
- Understand how hope operates as a resource that enhances resilience and goal-directed behavior in personal and leadership settings.
- Explore the critical role of "agency" (goal-directed energy) and "pathways" (problem-solving strategies) in fostering hope.
- Learn to apply hope-based leadership strategies that enhance resilience, motivation, and optimism in teams, classrooms, and communities.
- Discover the role of hope in student learning and motivation, including strategies to boost hope and resilience in educational settings.
- Synthesize the principles of hope to develop personal and collective plans that foster a forward-looking and hopeful approach in leadership, teaching, and personal development.
Target Learner
This course is designed for leaders in education and community settings who seek to cultivate resilience, motivation, and a hope-centered culture within their teams and organizations.
Course Topics
- Resilience
- Educational Leadership
- Motivational Leadersihp
- Positive Psychology
Policies
This non-credit course is offered online using the Canvas LMS, over a 10-week period. It is asynchronous, but not self-paced. You will have a total of 84 days to complete the course. The 84 days to complete begins on the day of enrollment and under no circumstances will extensions be given. The course is approximately 10 hours. You should plan to spend about 1-2 hours per week on the course. You will be assessed throughout the course to demonstrate proficiency on the subject matter. You must pass all assessments before receiving the course badge.