MEDIA RELEASE
GRADUATION DINNER: 16 OCTOBER 2015
AT 7.30 PM, TANGLIN ROOM, LEVEL TWO, THE REGENT SINGAPORE, ONE CUSCADEN ROAD,
SINGAPORE 249715
A total of 31 Singapore school leaders and 4
senior educators from Brunei will receive their certificates for the
Leaders in Education Programme (LEP) at a graduation dinner to be held on
Friday, 16 October 2015 at The Regent Singapore.
For the past six months, each LEP participant has been leading
a Creative Action Project (CAP) that holds value-adding change at their
attachment school. Many of these are exciting initiatives that can lead
to significant improvements in student learning. Of the 35 participants,
three outstanding participants will receive an award from
Guest of Honour, Mr Ng Chee Meng, Acting Minister for Education
(Schools) and Senior Minister of State for Transport. This year,
the Valedictorian of the cohort is Mr Shane
Kwok. He will receive the Lee Kuan Yew Award for
demonstrating the best overall performance in LEP.
LEADERS IN EDUCATION PROGRAMME
The LEP is a full-time executive programme by the National Institute
of Education (NIE), Singapore for talented educators selected by the Ministry of
Education (MOE), Singapore for school leadership. It aims to develop
principalship capability that is values-based, purposeful, innovative and
forward-looking, anchored on strong people leadership, strategic management
skills and an appreciation of how principals could work effectively in a complex
environment. It stimulates the participants’ thinking through a series of
challenging learning experiences. These include working on a CAP, dialogues with
senior Education Ministry officials and an overseas study trip. The main parties
involved in this collaborative effort include NIE academics, MOE staff and
principal mentors. The exposure offered during LEP serves as a platform to
address a range of issues that are seen as critical to the development of
participants’ leadership skills. This allows them to lead in impactful
ways at the schools they will be posted to.
Since its inception in 2001, the LEP has also attracted much
international attention on how Singapore prepares our school leaders before
their appointment. NIE has welcomed government ministers and a host of overseas
educators to observe this leadership programme. During LEP, participants have
the opportunity to make an overseas study trip in their small groups to gain
first-hand knowledge on education initiatives by well-established institutes and
corporations in other countries. For the 2015 cohort, participants visited
countries such as Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany and the United
States.
For the programme, a list of prizes and awards and the winning CAP,
please refer to Annexes A, B and
C.