Community Perspective, Collaboration and School Culture

Catalog description

Educational Leadership Seminar II. Candidates will analyze the role of professional learning at a school site including collaborative professional learning or communities of practice among teachers, staff, students, and families within the context of school culture. A problem of practice will be collaboratively identified based on relevant student data and the school’s mission, and vision , to form the basis for identifying an evidenced based strategy to implement in support of continuous improvement. Lastly, candidates will engage in effective, professional, and interactive communication (co-facilitation, public speaking, writing, and presentation skills) with various audiences and for various educational purposes, including advocacy, consensus building, and decision making. CalAPA Cycle 2 concepts will be introduced in this course with a focus on Step 1 and 2. A minimum of 25 hours of embedded clinical practice/fieldwork is required for this course.