Aspire to Inspire training – modules
Overview of the two modules
The training programme comprises a Management Module (five sessions and the onsite workshop) and a Leadership Module (five sessions and the onsite workshop).
The Management Module
The Management Module addresses selected issues of strategic, liaison and resource management relevant to language centres in a higher education environment. It aims to identify, discuss and reflect on managerial principles with respect both to their implementation in individual language centres and to their integration in participants’ own understanding of their managerial roles. Although the Module will emphasise the practical aspects of language centre management, it will also encourage participants to “think outside the box” in imagining alternative possibilities and options.
More specifically, participants will
- define the specific nature of the HE environment and identify the particular challenges and circumstances of their LCs in this context
- reflect on the complex role of a LC manager
- discuss basic elements, principles and procedures of strategic, liaison and resource management and implement them in their own individual contexts
Participants will be encouraged to devise a strategic plan for their language centres and will take part in an in-person team workshop (Building the Ideal Language Centre) in Berlin.
The Leadership Module
The Leadership Module deals with all aspects of leadership in participants’ individual contexts, identifies those aspects relevant to everyday activities, and reflects on the role of personal values underpinning one’s own leadership approach.
Concept of Leadership
At the end of the programme, participants will be able to:
- conceptualise leadership
- reflect on diverse aspects of leadership
- identify ways to lead individuals and teams
- choose appropriate means of communication
- plan appropriate interventions in conflicts
- apply self-leadership
Leading individuals
At the end of the programme, participants will be able to:
- understand basic issues of leading individuals
- divide roles and delegate tasks
- foster interaction between individuals
- identify appropriate tools for leading individuals
Leading teams
At the end of the programme, participants will be able to:
- understand basic issues of leading teams
- adjust expectations towards teamwork
- develop teams
- identify critical points in team work
- apply basic rules of conflict management
