Description
Are you interested to learn, how principals in Finland lead this top-class education?
Finland has the best public governance in the world
and Finnish education is no exception.
(See the Legatum Institute’s latest global prosperity index)
Finnish schools are not among the best in the World by chance. They are also led and managed exceptionally well. It is the principals and headmasters who lay the foundation for equality and trust in Finnish schools. Principals in Finland make sure that teachers and students can perform at their best and achieve outstanding results.
Our one-week Principal Study Tour program gives visitors an overview of the Finnish education system and the role of pedagogical leadership. This Themed Study Tour introduces the founding principles of Finnish education management and leadership and how they are implemented in action. The program also offers an up-close and personal view of daily life of principals in the Finnish schools.
Target groups: Principals, headmasters, school leaders, school owners, early childhood education directors and managers.
Where: Tampere, Finland.
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Daily program on Study Tour at 9am – 3pm
On request for groups, contact us!
What will you see when visiting a Finnish scool?
Monday: Introduction to the Finnish Education System
- Finnish Education system and training routes
- Introduction to the principles behind the education system
- Paradoxes of Finnish Education: Less is More, No dead ends etc.
- School visit
Tuesday: Pedagogical Leadership
- Pedagogical leadership and learner-centered learning approach
- Curriculum and Assessment in the Finnish Basic Education
- Development of school curriculum, self-assessment and operational culture
- School as a learning community
- Shared leadership in Finnish schools
- School visit
Wednesday: School governance and administration
- How to become a principal in Finland
- Role and tasks of principal in Finnish schools
- Principal´s digital management tools
- School administration and finance
- School visit
- Finnish Nature Experience or Dinner at Näsinneula Observation Tower
Thursday: Co-operation and leading educational support
- Home – school co-operation
- Multi-professional co-operation
- Co-operation with other stakeholders and the importance of networking
- Leading inclusive education and student welfare services
- School visit
Friday: School of the future
- Future of education
- System thinking and leadership
- Strategic planning, leading school development and coaching
- Self-development of principal: professional growth, self-management, own well-being at work
- Farewell lunch
- Reflection of the program, ideas of implementation and co-operation
This is an example program. Minor changes to content and schedule are possible.
Program includes:
- Lectures held by Finnish Education experts
- Expert host during your program
- Learning materials
- Book Finnish Education in Practice: What, Why and How
- Guided visits to Finnish schools
- Transportation to visit places and back
- Opportunities to talk with principals, teachers and students
- Participation in the school’s day-to-day activities
- Lunches and coffee
- Finnish Nature Experience or Dinner at Näsinneula Observation Tower
- Certificate of the participation
- Premium version of LessonApp for free for a year
- Farewell lunch
Trainers: Learning Scoop is a Finnish company working in the fields of education and training. The staff comprises experienced and internationally respected trainers, who are experts in the field of Finnish education and school leadership. The trainers have over 25 years of experience in leadership training in Finland and abroad. This experience has developed an academically based, yet truly practical approach to developing leadership skills. Learning Scoop trainers have received excellent feedback of their work.
Learning Scoop’s Study Tours were awarded as as the most authentic Finnish educational travel products and the best professional programs for teachers.
Costs: The price for individual participant is 1650e + possible VAT 25,5% / person (please ask if VAT applies)
Group prices:
5-9 participants in a group the price is 1500e + possible VAT 25,5% / person (please ask if VAT applies)
10-14 participants in a group the price is 1350e + possible VAT 25,5% / person (please ask if VAT applies)
15-20 participants in a group the price is 1250e + possible VAT 25,5% / person (please ask if VAT applies)
Accommodation
We are happy to collaborate with Lapland Hotels which offers you a chance to experience Lapland in the heart of a city. The centrally located hotels ares close to our training premises. The design of the rooms was influenced by nature and the stories of Lapland. The restaurant serves unique tastes of Nordic nature and Lapland in visually pleasing dishes.
Lapland Hotels offer fixed prices for our customers accordingly:
Lapland Hotels Tampere, Address Yliopistonkatu 44, Tampere:
Room in Comfort Class for 1 person 118€/night in 2025
Room in Comfort Class for 2 persons 138€/night in 2025
Lapland Hotels Arena, Address Ratapihankatu 54, Tampere:
Room in Comfort Class for 1 person 128€/night in 2025Room in Comfort Class for 2 persons 148€/night in 2025
Prices include buffet breakfast with local delicacies, taxes, sauna and wireless internet connection.
Check the availability and book your room at Lapland Hotels in Tampere by email sales.tampere@laplandhotels.com with code “LEARNINGSCOOP”
Check out our other study tours too: Arctic Pedagogy Study Tour, Early Childhood Education and Care Study tour, and Basic Education Study Tour!
How was a study tour in Finland by Learning Scoop?
Contact:
info@learningscoop.fi
Study Tour in Finland for Heads of Schools, Malta –
Accompanying adults were very punctual, prepared and available for any type of queries we had. The young tour leaders in Peltolammi School were also very well prepared and were outgoing and ready to answer any queries. Greetings to Beatriz who accompanied us during most of the days. Lapland Hotel was also a very ideal place to be. Very central and also of very high quality. Food was of excellent quality and staff were always very helpful. Drivers were also always punctual and cordial. Thank you all.
KREUTZBENDER7 –
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