Leadership for Learning

Catalog description

This course examines the skills required of a school principal to become the Instructional Leader and prepares them to enact these skills within the contemporary political, social, economic, and cultural context in which an educational system operates. The course requires individuals to practice these leadership skills and reflect on their impact. This course will prepare principals and school leaders to ensure that a Standards Aligned System is in place to address the linkage of curriculum, instruction, assessment, and data on student learning and teacher effectiveness based on research and best practices for schools with diverse socioeconomic, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds.