INTRODUCTION TO LEADERSHIP THEORIES AND PRACTICES

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In this course, candidates will study various educational leaders in the context of their organizational environments, in order to understand the internal and external processes that promote and inhibit educational change. The focus is the essential role that educational leaders play in identifying and guiding change, and different ways they can promote feedback loops and other processes to increase the flow of information so that better decisions can be made. A range of contemporary leadership theories and related practices will be explored.