The Nova Scotia Instructional Leadership Academy Program is being offered by the Nova Scotia Department of Education in partnership with the Nova Scotia Educational Leadership Consortium. The goal of the Academy’s program is to improve the capacity for school-based instructional leadership, aimed at increasing student learning and achievement in Nova Scotia public schools. The NSILA program extends over three years and leads to a Diploma in Instructional Leadership. The diploma will be granted by the Department of Education. It will signify that holders of the Diploma in Instructional Leadership have achieved and demonstrated competency in instructional leadership. Under the Education Act Regulations, the Instructional Leadership Program is a means for a teacher to upgrade his/her teacher certificate level.