EDLD 8635 - Leading School Renewal (3 Credit Hours)

Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
This course allows candidates to develop the knowledge, skills and disposition needed to implement successful school improvement and allow them to lead such process in their own school/school district. Successful school improvement under state and federal mandates requires major and dramatic change in a limited time. Major topics to be covered, among others, include elements of successful school improvement process; benchmarking and correlates of successful schools; building the capacity for change through effective and focused program of staff development; leading the school improvement effort by engaging teachers, faculty, parents, and community members; dealing with barriers against the school improvement process; utilizing technology in school improvement process to improve student outcomes; assessing the school improvement process to identify progress and gaps in student learning; building appropriate school culture for sustainable and lasting school improvement process.

Restriction(s): NO Undergraduate Level Students