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Professional Development Opportunities 2025-26 -> Professional Leadership

The Professional Leadership Service provide a series of regional professional learning opportunities as part of the Education Directorate’s continuum of teacher professional learning. The continuum ensures alignment between role complexity and learning needs, fostering continuous growth. The suite of programmes reflects a progressive, scaffolded model that supports school leaders as they move from classroom-based leadership roles to broader, system-wide leadership responsibilities.

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Steps into Leadership

This programme will provide new and aspiring middle leaders with the opportunity to engage in professional learning that will:

Inspire, support and challenge through a research-informed programme. Challenge and develop thinking about key leadership issues. Provide opportunities for collaboration and engagement with other middle leaders across Ni. Build capacity to lead an aspect of school improvement by taking the lead role in a school improvement project, which has a direct impact on improving pupil outcomes.

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# 2319

Steps into Leadership

Post-Primary Primary

Senior Leadership Pathways

This programme will provide new and aspiring senior leaders with the opportunity to engage in professional learning that will:

Inspire, support and challenge through a research-informed programme; Impact both the person of the leader and the practice of the leader; Provide opportunities for collaboration and engagement with other senior leaders; and Build capacity to lead an aspect of school improvement by taking the lead role in a school improvement project, which has a direct impact on improving pupil outcomes.

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# 2320

Senior Leadership Pathways

Post-Primary Primary

First-time Vice-Principal Professional Learning Programme

This leadership programme is designed to support a network of senior learning leaders to explore their leadership role to lead high-quality learning and teaching in their school.  The programme has an emphasis on leadership presence, effective communication, the principal and vice-principal as school leaders, and leading change that positively impacts on the school’s learning culture. The programme will provide opportunities for newly appointed or acting vice-principals to engage in professional learning that will:

Develop leadership skills and dispositions; Inspire, support and challenge both the person of a leader and the practice of a leader; Encourage collaboration and connection.

This programme is complemented by the support of a coach-mentor.

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# 2328

First-time Vice-Principal Professional Learning Programme

Post-Primary Primary