CAS-INDIA LEADING CHANGE

 
 

Certification Program for School Leaders

WHO IS THIS FOR?

This program is designed for:

  • School leaders and mid-level leaders

  • Program managers and social entrepreneurs in education

  • Educators working directly with children or managing teams in schools

THE CHALLENGE

Educational change is difficult. As school years progress, new practices often lose momentum, and important data from classroom observations or assessments can go unused. Top-down approaches can stifle innovation, while teachers and students may resist practices that don’t reflect their context. The result? A school culture that struggles to nurture creativity and innovation.

OUR APPROACH: THEORY OF CHANGE

We believe meaningful educational transformation starts with empowered school leaders who can design and implement change in their own contexts.

Three Core Pillars:

  1. Building Leadership Capacity
    Equip leaders with skills in adaptive leadership, data-driven inquiry, systems thinking, collaborative team building, and storytelling to diagnose challenges and guide change.

  2. Creating Communities of Practice
    Bring together educators from diverse contexts to share challenges, exchange insights, and learn from each other, breaking isolation and fostering collaborative problem-solving.

  3. Applying Continuous Improvement Cycles
    Leaders test interventions in real time using structured inquiry: identify challenges, design small experiments, collect evidence, reflect, adapt, and share results with peers.

OUR PEDAGOGY

Head, Hands, Hearts – adapted from Professor Marshall Ganz, Harvard Kennedy School:

  • People: Diverse cohort and community of practice

  • Skill Sets: Storytelling, adaptive leadership, data literacy, design thinking

  • Project: Hands-on, project-based learning grounded in real challenges

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

  • Work on your own school/project challenge

  • Learn with a diverse cohort of educators

  • Guest lectures from Harvard Graduate School of Education & leading Indian institutions

  • Facilitated by alumni from Harvard Graduate School of Education: Taarini Goyal & Rigzen Wangmo

  • 1:1 coaching sessions

  • Access to practical resources

LOGISTICS

  • Total Duration: 32 hours across 9 online modules (3.5 hours each, 4:30–8:00 PM, 4th Saturday monthly, December off)

  • Dates: May 23, 2026 – February 27, 2027

FEE

Rs. 48,000 + GST (25% early bird discount available)

Join a free webinar on March 24 with Dr. Linda Nathan, Lecturer, Harvard Graduate School of Education.

CONTACT

Taarini Goyal taarini19@gmail.com

Rigzen Wangmo rigzen.wangmo17@gmail.com