How Schools Work

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Course focuses on understanding schools as learning organizations and how teacher leadership works in such organizations. EDLDR 802 How Schools Work (3) The continuing development of the capacities of schools to become learning organizations is a key aspect of creating capable, competent student learners and effective teachers. A learning organization challenges assumptions, authors and reflects upon essential questions, explores innovative approaches, and through collaborative leadership structures applies these learnings to improve instructional and environmental practices for students and teachers.The objective of this course is to examine four critical areas contributing to the understanding of how schools do work and, most importantly, how they can work, as learning organizations. Effective educational leaders must (1) understand the nature of schools as learning organizations; (2) the significant impact of global social, economic, and demographic changes on schooling; (3) the challenges, opportunities, and constraints of implementing systemic change initiatives; and, (4) the complexities of leadership in such multifaceted organizations as schools.