The Graduate Certificates in Educational Leadership (GCEL) offer Quebec educators the opportunity to gain knowledge and insight into school administration and leadership roles in scholastic settings. The GCEL is a part-time stackable program, (GCEL 1, GCEL 2, GCEL 3) which, upon successful completion, provides graduates with a cumulative Master's degree.
Designed for in-service teachers, GCEL I and II are each comprised of five courses with students registering for one course per semester (Fall and Winter semesters only) thus taking two and a half years to complete each certificate. As an off-campus program with different cohorts, students attend in-person classes in Lachine (evening classes) or near downtown Montreal (morning classes) and students from distant areas meet online in real (synchronous) time. In addition to theoretical content and practical applications, these programs provide excellent networking opportunities within and across cohorts which help leaders in their everyday activities.
See the details for each certificate below.
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Graduate Certificate (Gr. Cert.) Educational Leadership 1(15 Credits)
Offered by:Integrated Studies in Ed
Degree:Gr Cert Educational Leadersh 1
Program Requirement:
This 15-credit program addresses the needs of experienced and aspiring school leaders who are taking increased responsibility for the students and communities they serve. The management of schools is increasingly seen as making a major contribution to the learning and personal development of students. The professional development of school leaders, educational reform, and school partnership form the basis for the program.
Please click here for information on additional requirements for students pursuing this online program:
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Course selection to be approved by Graduate Certificate Program Director.
Complementary Courses
15 credits from:
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EDEC 635
Research Writing
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Curriculum and Instruction: The course offers a research-led introduction to processes and practices of research writing. Working to develop their research writing projects, students learn to examine, critically reflect on, and participate in the research writing practices in their fields, guided by current research on the discursive construction of knowledge.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
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EDEM 610
Leadership in Action
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed: Teaches the use of reflective practice to develop theories of leadership action in educational settings. Also provides students with the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to engage in processes to improve individual and organizational performance. Special emphasis will be given to communication, problem solving and decision-making.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
- Terms
- Instructors
- Patricia Peter, Lynn Butler Kisber
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EDEM 628
Education Resource Management
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed: Explores the concepts and skills necessary to manage the human and financial resources of small organizations (schools, NGOs, departments). Among the areas explored are labour contracts, supervision, grant writing and fundraising, use of volunteers, managing site-based budgets.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EDEM 635
Fiscal Accountability in Educ
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed: Focuses on accountability in schools and education systems, public responsibility,
budgeting, and measures of educational performance.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EDEM 637
Managing Educational Change
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed: Explores conceptual approaches to managing school improvement and organizational change with applications such as conflict management, action planning, coaching, shared vision-building and problem solving. Uses relevant case
studies to bring theory into practice.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EDEM 644
Curriculum Develop & Implement
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed: Explores and critiques the processes of curriculum development, implementation and evaluation in relation to the field of curriculum studies. The focus will be on the role of the educator/leader as a curriculum professional in formal and non-formal learning environments.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
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EDEM 646
Planning and Evaluation
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed: Focuses on contemporary approaches to planning, monitoring and evaluating programs across a range of contexts (K-graduation, college, non-governmental organization, adult education centre). Areas of study include adaptive and strategic management, results-based management, log frame analysis, systems assessment, stakeholder analysis, and fourth generation evaluation.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
Or other 500-level or higher courses approved by the Graduate Certificate Program Director.
Graduate Certificate (Gr. Cert.) Educational Leadership 2(15 Credits)
Offered by:Integrated Studies in Ed
Degree:Gr Cert Educational Leadersh 2
Program Requirement:
This 15-credit program explores more deeply leadership theory and educational issues and applications in a practicum. Candidates for the Graduate Certificate in Educational Leadership 2 should normally have completed the first certificate. In combination, the two certificates allow school administrators to acquire the 30 graduate credits in the field of educational leadership required by the Quebec Ministry of Education.
Students in the online version of this program, please click here for information on additional requirements.
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Course selection to be approved by Graduate Certificate Program Director.
No course taken in Certificate 1 can be repeated in Certificate 2.
Complementary Courses
15 credits from:
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EDEM 606
Educational Leadership Issues
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed: Focuses on the critical analysis and appraisal of leadership issues across geographic, linguistic, racial, gender and cultural contexts from a comparative perspective. Students will analyze their own experience. This is a co-constructed
course designed to speak specifically to students’ realities and address areas of learning identified by the practitioner-learners in the class.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
- **Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the second lecture day and withdrawal is the fifth lecture day.
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EDEM 660
Community Relations in Educ
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed: Examines the role of school community relations to foster high quality learning environments. Explores and discusses methods for encouraging public involvement in education, the role of the leader in facilitating community engagement, and issues and dilemmas in community relations.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
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EDEM 664
Education and the Law
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed: The legal and institutional framework of Canadian education systems; legal terminology and the tools and methods of legal research; selected public and private law issues in Canadian education.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
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EDEM 671
Role of the Leader
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed: Explores the roles, expectations and skills related to the task of the educational leader and the implications for school climate and effectiveness.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EDEM 673
Leadership Theory in Education
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed: Explores theory and research on leadership approaches (including leadership styles, strategies, and communication practices) and the role of leadership theory in educational settings.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
- Terms
- Instructors
- Patricia Peter, Sam Bruzzese
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EDEM 675
Spec Top 1 in Ed Leadership
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed: Explores important current issues in the field of Educational Leadership Studies. (Content varies from year to year).
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
- **Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the second lecture day and withdrawal is the fifth lecture day.
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EDEM 681
Practicum-Admin Studies
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed: Focuses on field studies and applied research, including the preparation of a research report. Using case studies and problem-based learning, students will draw from practical and/or contextual examples to understand educational
leadership in context.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
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EDEM 693
School Improvement Approaches
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed: Focuses on the analysis of action and research approaches used to improve school
performance. Explores the collection and use of data to improve decisions making; strategies for creating interventions to improve schools; and political and social facets of making good ideas become good policy and practice in schools.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
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EDEM 695
Policy Studies in Education
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed: Focuses on issues in the field of policy studies with specific reference to the formulation, analysis, and assessment of educational policies. Particular focus on strategic policy implementation, analysis of unintended policy consequences and responsive policy-making.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
Or other 500-level or higher courses approved by the Graduate Certificate Program Director.
Graduate Certificate (Gr. Cert.) Educational Leadership 3(15 Credits)
Offered by:Integrated Studies in Ed
Degree:Gr Cert Educational Leadersh 3
Program Requirement:
The Graduate Certificate in Educational Leadership 3 emphasizes applied research in educational leadership and ways in which educational leadership and associated theories can inform the design, implementation, and assessment of educational programs in schools. The program highlights applied research in the context of teaching and learning in Quebec elementary and secondary schools. No course taken in the Graduate Certificate in Educational Leadership 1 may be repeated in Graduate Certificate in Educational Leadership 2 or Graduate Certificate in Educational Leadership 3. The Graduate Certificate in Educational Leadership 3 may be offered on campus or online.
Students in the online version of this program, please click here for information on additional requirements.
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Required Courses (12 credits)
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EDEM 625
Project 1
6 Credits*
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed: Theoretical or practical project under the supervision of a departmental faculty member to explore and analyze an area of interest relevant to the concentration in leadership or curriculum.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
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EDEM 625N1
Project 1
3 Credits*
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed: Theoretical or practical project under the supervision of a departmental faculty member to explore and analyze an area of interest relevant to the concentration in leadership or curriculum.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EDEM 625N2
Project 1
3 Credits*
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed: For description see EDEM 625N1.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EDEM 627
Project 2
6 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed: Extension of Project 1 or new project.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
* Students take either EDEM 625 or EDEM 625N1 and EDEM 625N2
Complementary Courses (3 credits)
3 credits from:
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EDEM 690
Research Methods: Theo & Pract
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed: Overview of the epistemological foundations of a range of research methods, including but not limited to quantitative, philosophical, qualitative, arts-based, and mixed methods. Students will learn techniques to conduct research and to develop a research proposal.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
- Fall, Winter
- **Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the second lecture day and withdrawal is the fifth lecture day.
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EDEM 692
Qualitative Research Methods
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed: Theoretical and practical exploration of the foundations of qualitative methods, with emphasis on underlying principles.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EDTL 640
Teacher Inq & Action Research
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Education Teaching & Learning: Furthers students' understanding of teacher inquiry and action research. Students will make connections between their theoretical understandings of research and their own emergence as practitioner researchers in educational settings. Topics include: writing a focused literature review; collaborative and spectator forms of research; ways to identify problems to investigate; data collection and analysis; reflexive praxis; and ways to draw conclusions from research. The major assignment for the course will be the completion of the final written MATL capstone project or equivalent.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
- Prerequisite: EDIN 601 or EDIN 610
- **Although this course is an online course, there will be 5 meeting times between the start and end of course. See department for details.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Or other 500-level or higher research method courses approved by the Graduate Certificate Program Director.
