Pedagogical Leadership & Coaching
Do you want to improve your leadership and coaching skills? This course aims to provide you with a strong foundation of all the key principles of pedagogical leadership and coaching you need today.
The Finnish education system has been proven to be one of the best in the world, scoring consistently at the top of different international studies (PISA, The UN Education Index, etc.). Because there is an increasing interest and awareness about the Finnish way of leading schools - famously known as Pedagogical Leadership - this course aims to provide the participants with a strong foundation of the key principles of leadership and coaching in education with state-of-the-art skills. This course will enable educators to change educational practices in their own classroom and the school environment as a whole.
We also want to give you and your colleagues a chance to discover, discuss, share knowledge, exchange ideas and experience everyday Finnish schools. You will learn first hand how the Finnish education system operates at all levels and how it assures equality in excellent education outcomes.
Main topics of this course (all levels - pre-primary, K12, VET)
- Educational leadership & Management (supportive school policy plans, well-being of staff and students, good parent-school dialogue, students-teachers active role, practical ways of handling administrative and pedagogical issues, coaching, building different working culture and co-creative leadership)
- School innovation (school development plans, standing structures of innovation, new learning environments, ICT, integrated curriculum)
- Student in the center (positive pedagogy, support systems and the integration of special needs students,well-being, talent development, adaptive and personalized learning)
- Teacher in the center (collaboration and self-governing teams, evaluating, coaching and mentoring, learning to let go, positive classrooms, class management)
- Internationalization & collaboration (European dimension, collaborative projects, student exchange)
Interested in this course, or you want to know about other possible courses, please do not hesitate to contact us in the chat or via the contact form.
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Possible choices to attend one of our structured courses about the Finnish Education System.
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Autumn courses 2025
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Sunday, October 5 till Thursday, October 9 or Saturday, October 11 - Confirmed
Sunday, October 19 till Thursday, October 23 or Saturday, October 25 - Confirmed
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​Spring courses 2026
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Monday, January 19 till Friday, January 23 (in combination with EDUCA fair) - Confirmed
Sunday, February 22 till Thursday, February 26
Sunday, March 1 till Thursday, March 5 OR Saturday, March 7
Monday, April 6 till Friday, April 10
Sunday, April 12 till Thursday, April 16 OR Saturday, April 18
Sunday, April 19 till Thursday, April 23 OR Saturday, April 25
Sunday, May 3 till Thursday, May 7 OR Saturday, May 9
Sunday, May 10 till Thursday, May 14 OR Saturday, May 16
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​NOTE: A course could be 5 or 7 days. We offer 5 days in Helsinki OR 5 days Helsinki + 2 days Tallinn as an option in the 7-day courses.
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