Leadership Philosophy

COMMITMENT TO THE LEARNER

• Believing all children can learn

• Nurturing every learner holistically

• Valuing diversity

This encompasses the "belief that all children can learn", "commitment to nurturing the potential in each pesilat" and "valuing of diversity". 

"Nurturing every pesilat holistically" requires Coaches and Team Managers to not only look to the skill development of learners but also how learning can be connected through interdisciplinary teaching and real-world linkages, and to further include the aspects of socio-emotions, values and dispositions, such as mental well-being, lifelong learning, confidence and 21st Century competencies.

COMMITMENT TO PENCAK SILAT

• Striving for continuous learning

• Aiming for high standards

• Acting with ethical conviction

• Good Coaching, Good Personhood

Future-ready Coaches and Team Managers must value and exhibit lifelong learning not only for their own professional and personal growth but also to role-model this to students. 

Lifelong learning, requires dispositions, such as resilience, adaptiveness and passion. Coaches and Team Managers  must continue to aim for high standards, and complement this with a lifelong learning and professional development mindset. Coaches and Team Managers must also act with ethical convictions.

COMMITMENT TO
THE COMMUNITY

• Building collaborations and partnerships

• Serving society

• Engaging with national and global issues

Coaches and Team Managers must be committed to the community and remain cognisant of the ecosystem that they exist within and how they have a pivotal and important place in contributing to both the sports and education system of Singapore and national progress.

Coaches and Team Managers must build collaborations and partnerships with all stakeholders, such as parents and industries as well as engaging with national and global issues, where necessary.

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE

• Has strong professional values and uphold professional ethos and ethics

• Has a clear sense of teacher identity

• Has in-depth pedagogical content and assessment knowledge

• Engage in evidence-informed and interdisciplinary practice

• Inspire students' learning

• Harness educational and technological developments for teaching and learning

Professional Practice positions the Coaches and Team Managers as a professional with the ethos and ethics expected of a silat Coach and Team Manager. It is also pertinent that Coaches and Team Managers have a clear sense of their duty as guides and teachers as it stands at the core of the profession (Beauchamp & Thomas, 2009). 

PERSONAL GROWTH AND
DEVELOPMENT

• Demonstrate good discipline, character and integrity

• Have 21st Century competencies and dispositions (e.g., empathy, resilience, passion, adaptability, respect for diversity, creativity)

• Embrace an open and growth mindset

• Engage in reflection and lifelong learning

• Engage in self-regulation and foster personal well-being

Personal Growth and Development expresses the understanding that Coaches and Team Managers take charge of their lifelong development, personal development, and learning to be professionals who create new value that is appropriate for the context and time they are in.

LEADERSHIP AND AGENCY

• Think systemically and understand multiple perspectives on national and global issues

• Take initiatives to be an agent of positivity and change

• Communicate and collaborate with fellow Coaches and Team Managers, stakeholders, and the community for the learning and well-being of students

• Identify with the educational and silat community and contribute to a strong professional identity

Leadership and Agency promotes the understanding of Coaches and Team Managers as an agent of change and one who exercises agency in his or her profession. This leadership and agency are also developed as Coaches and Team Managers become systemic thinkers who are cognisant of national, regional, and global developments that influence their students.