The Principalship

Catalog description

This course will explore the Principalship using specific points of view such as reflective, proactive practice or instructional leadership. Students will be provided with a clear organizational framework for school leadership. This course will enable potential principals to repeatedly adjust themselves to unique school environments and students’ academic performance and achievement in order to develop a school improvement plan that captures a vision for the future. They will explore strategies for providing systematic ways in which the novice can structure professional social-interaction perspectives with special emphasis on work group development, ongoing instructional leadership, diagnostic methods, and the reflective approach to becoming a principal. Field hours will be required.