EDLD 8635 - Leading School Renewal

Institution:

Georgia Southern University

Subject:

EDLD Educational Leadership

Description:

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 or school district. Successful school improvement under state and federal mandates requires major and dramatic change in a limited timeframe. 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. The course is designed to be 1/3 knowledge-based, 1/3 lab-based, and 1/3 performance based at the district or school level. This course is primarily aligned to the Georgia Board of Regents Principles (1) curriculum (2) instruction (3) assessment and (4) data analysis and ELCC Standards 1,2,5,6.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.georgiasouthern.edu

Phone Number:

(912) 478-5391

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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