EDL 6003 - Honing Instructional Leadership to Improve Student Learning

This course has its central focus on selecting, developing, retaining, and evaluating K-12 educators in order to promote high levels of student achievement and instructional capacity. Education is a people business with approximately 80-90 percent of a school’s operational budget invested in its staff. The influence of the principal is second only to the teachers in affecting student achievement. This course is also based on the increasingly important role of a school leader in identifying and developing teacher leaders in K-12 schools. School leaders need to be able to work with teacher teams effectively as well as cultivate the talents of teachers as leaders in various aspects of school life. This course explores the dynamics of teacher and community leadership development in schools today and how school leaders can be prepared to cultivate these important resources. Working on the assumption that effective classroom instruction is a necessary foundation for student achievement, school leaders need to know how to evaluate teachers’ instructional practices and design/support professional learning communities and data teams.

Hours:
3