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Course Criteria
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1.00 - 12.00 Credits
No course description available.
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1.00 Credits
Content-based course focuses on critical-thinking skills necessary to understand, analyze, and produce knowledge within the framework of educational inquiry; introducing students to the themes of the agenda of the National Network for Educational Renewal which focuses on the purpose of schools in America.
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3.00 Credits
The main learning outcome is curriculum development with topics including educational and cultural foundations, curricular outcomes, K-12 alignment, standards and community values, developing, managing, and evaluating curriculum, multicultural education, equal access (special education, gifted and talented, ESL, poverty, sex ed., character ed., etc. ), academic freedom, and censorship. Prerequisite: graduate standing.
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3.00 Credits
Focuses on organizational leadership. Topics include: history of organizational leadership, leadership styles, change process, strategic planning, federal, state, and local governance as well as politics, power and policy, and school operations, to include budget, facilities, scheduling, recruitment, selection and induction. Prerequisite: Admission to program or consent of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Focuses on the leadership role of the principal in building relations with students, staff, family, and community. Topics include school culture and climate, community and family involvement, public relations and communications, student discipline, and crisis management. Prerequisite: Admission to program or consent of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Focus is on teaching and learning with topic areas including mission, vision, and goal development, improvement of instruction, school improvement, research in school improvement, assessment and testing, models of instruction, integrating technology in the classroom, and privacy and confidentiality issues. Prerequisite: graduate standing.
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3.00 Credits
Designed to increase awareness of future school leaders of the principles of equity and excellence in education focused on democratic practices. Topics include democratic educational practices, ethical leadership, renewal of public schools, and educational leadership in urban, suburban, and rural communities, and in ethnically and socio-economically diverse settings. Prerequisite: graduate standing.
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3.00 Credits
Designed to assist the student in the creation of their master's program final project, which will be used as the written demonstration of mastery of the course outcomes as well as meeting the educational leadership (ELCC) standards. Prerequisite: complete Core (EDAD) courses.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides legal foundations of U.S. public schools and examines general principles of statutory and case law and applies judicial decisions to educational environments. Additionally, the course focuses on legal responsibilities, constraints, and opportunities for school leaders. Prerequisite: Admission into UW Educational Administration, K-12.
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3.00 Credits
Focuses on the knowledge and skills necessary to lead schools in the alignment of standards, assessment, and instruction. Topics include analysis and interpretation of assessment results and educational data, recent history and current context of educational accountability in Wyoming, role of assessment and accountability in improving student learning. Prerequisites: graduate standing.
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