XEL 600 - Seminar Thesis/Portfolio/Action Research

Institution:

Cheyney University of Pennsylvania

Subject:

Educational Leadership

Description:

This is a new course as a part of a newly approved degree granting program / Principal Certification Program( recently-2011- approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Education) Masters Degree in Educational Leadership. This course of study is embedded in the framework and guidelines for Principal Preparation programs, i.e, PILS-Pennsylvania Instructional Leadership Standards. The PDE PILS core standards and corollary standards , along with a focus on special needs students and issues of diversity serve as the underpinnings. As a result of candidates extensive course internship experiences , along with one-year fieldwork participation, this course provides candidates with the opportunity to select from three distinct learning tracks in order to produce a capstone research based final project that is an extension of the Internship & Field experiences (as well as all prior courserwork) in instructional leadership that demonstrate an impact on classroom -based students academic achievement. The three learning tracks that course participants will select from are (1) Thesis (2) Portfolio (3) Action Reseach Project. Pre-Requisite: XEF500

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.cheyney.edu

Phone Number:

(610) 399-2275

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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