EDU 6315 Instructional Ldrshp in Public Schools
Prerequisites: Acceptance into Graduate Studies in Education and the Professional Certification in Administration Program or the Master's in Education Degree program. Designed to prepare students for the role and responsibility of Principal in EC-12 grade schools. The course explores the characteristics of effective leadership with specific focus on the role of instructional leader at the campus level. Students will develop understandings of characteristics of leaders; campus-level leadership and accountability; motivation theory, understanding interrelationships among administrators, teachers, students parents, and community groups; improvement of instruction; learning theory; change process; school climate and culture.