Supervision, Evaluation, and Teacher Growth

Catalog description

The learning strand in curriculum and instruction examines the body of research considered to lead to best practices in the delivery of curriculum within the classroom. What exactly are best practices? Who decides? How can leaders help teachers to be effective in the areas of curriculum, instruction, and assessment? The relationship between society’s demands, cultural pressures in and on schools, the moment by moment choices teachers make in their classrooms, and the supervision and evaluation systems that lead to the highly effective and efficient uses of those moments are explored. Specifically, this course takes a look at ways in which to ensure an engaged workforce within a learning organization through the application of appreciative management supervision strategies. In particular, we will examine how to manage and supervise employees working within a bargaining unit context in order to ensure that students have equitable access to excellent opportunities to learn. We will also examine best practices in the supervision and evaluation of curriculum development and implementation within the classroom.