By Prince Makawa Abudu | Co-founder/COO Emergination Africa
The Emergination Africa CEO Launchpad (Chief Educator Launchpad)
Introduction. From VIA to CEO Launchpad
It’s our great pleasure to inform you of our November 2021 launch of exciting Chief Educator Officer CEO Launchpad.
The success of the National Business Case Competition and Virtual Innovation Accelerator opened a new opportunity to rethink schools from solely being institutions of knowledge transfer into economic zones that have the potential of sustaining their own operations without heavily relying on school fees and donations. In order to realise this unique development opportunity, Emergination Africa launched the very first CEO Launchpad that saw the training of 70 school leaders from across Zimbabwe. The workshops ran from the 23rd to the 30th of November with workshops in Mutare, Gweru, Masvingo, Bulawayo and Harare. Each of the 10 provinces was represented.
CEO Launchpad
Why CEO Launchpad?
In line with global trends in education, it can be argued that schools leaders’ roles are not any different from those of corporate Chief Executive Officers. Emergination believes that school heads already function as CEOs as they are involved in planning, managing, leading the vision and strategy of schools and decision making, handle huge budgets and approve contracts, among others. It is in only logical that we begin to treat school heads as Chief Educator Officers providing them with the right tools and skills to lead schools into the future.
The key topics for discussion at the CEO Launchpad workshops included the importance of changing mindsets from traditional education leadership to current trends of school leadership. This entails viewing schools as products whose branding can make or break the school. Secondly, the CEO Launchpad equipped school heads to leverage technology to manage, lead and develop schools.
The Launch pad allowed a vital feedback platform as School heads shared opinions on areas that need attention, one such areas was their needs for technology integration which makes the aspiration of a paperless education system a possibility.
Another key area discussed was sustainability through entrepreneurship which explored the possibilities of schools using local resources and community collaborations to start business ventures that will help sustain the schools they lead and manage.
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