This course provides a theoretical and practical framework for supervising, assessing, and facilitating the professional growth and development of school personnel, that is, faculty, administration, and support staff, while modeling a personal code of ethics and developing professional leadership capacity. A variety of theoretical perspectives and skills for engaging in the practice of supervision of instruction, curriculum assessment, program quality, and standards-based instruction are presented. Emphasis is on instructional leadership that models personal and professional ethics, integrity, justice, and fairness, while expecting the same behaviors from others. Candidates focus on demonstrating skills in decision-making, problem solving, change management, planning, conflict management, and evaluation.

Prerequisities: EDUC6000, EDUC6060, EDUC6110, and EDUC6090 and Department Head Approval 3 Credits