School Leadership Move In Programmes (SLMP)

School Leadership Move-In Programme (SLMP)

What is the programme about?

School Leadership Move-In Programme (SLMP) is a professional development programme for new and potential School Leaders (ADs and DDs) across five polytechnics to build important T&L leadership capabilities in 3 key aspects:

Driving Educational Change
Driving T&L Quality
Shaping T&L Culture

How is the programme conducted?

SLMP is conducted mainly through face-to-face sessions (including provisions of hybrid).

When is the programme conducted?

SLMP is a 200-hour programme that takes place over a period of 12 months. The inaugural intake took place from November 2021 to November 2022. The second run of SLMP commenced in May 2023 with SLMP 2023 Onboarding Programme and will conclude in May 2024. The timing of subsequent runs of SLMP will be dependent on the needs of the polytechnic sector.

Check out what happened at the Joint Polytechnic School Leadership Move-In Programme (SLMP) Intake 2

SLMP Intake 2 started in May 2023 with a five-day onboarding programme. 15 school leaders from the five polytechnics delved into concepts of educational change, teaching and learning (T&L) quality and T&L culture. They were in turn inspired, challenged, intrigued, and encouraged by what they experienced; the Learning Journeys to Pathlight School and AI Singapore provided much food for thought. An important takeaway for all was that people are at the heart of leadership.

Fireside Chat with Singapore Polytechnic’s PCEO Mr Soh Wai Wah

SLMP 2 participants with panel guests of School Directors and Educational Development Unit directors

SLMP 2023 continued with a series of learning journeys to the various polytechnics. These visits allowed participants to see best practices of applied learning and integration of industry into T&L facilities and curriculum.

Learning Journey to Singapore Polytechnic’s Singapore Maritime Academy

Learning journey to Republic Polytechnic’s The Greenhouse

Throughout SLMP, participants worked on their SLMP practicum projects relating to theme such as industry engagement, pedagogical innovation, as well as lifelong learning. They also took part in a visioning exercise to analyse future trends that could affect the polytechnic sector (the SLMP Group Pitch). As part of SLMP, dialogues with senior polytechnic leaders provided inputs on their Group Pitch.

Dialogue with TP Senior leaders DP Anita Kuan and EDU Director Dr Woo Boon Seong.

Dialogue with RP Senior Leaders DP Boo Chong-Han and EDU Director Dr Girija

Dialogue with NP Senior Leaders: Senior Director (Skillsfuture) Ms Anna Yap-Too and EDU Director Ms Shirley Williams

The programme culminated in a Leadership Forum in May 2024, which was a celebration of the SLMP journey for participants, and an opportunity for their Project Sponsors to hear their Group Pitch and to hear about their practicum projects as well as their reflections on T&L leadership.

Group Pitch presentation focusing on “Polytechnic Educators of the Future

This was a good time of networking and consolidating their learning from the year-long programme, and conversations between participants, Project Sponsors and directors of educational development units were varied and fruitful.

Republic Polytechnic SLMP participants, project sponsors and educational development unit colleagues