EDA 5050 - Instructional Leadership: Organizations and Change (3 cr.)

This course will help prepare aspiring administrators to become instructional leaders. Students will be expected to work in teams to diagnose student learning needs. Students will be exposed to change management theory and practices and use this knowledge to improve a school district’s instructional program. Students will learn through research of instructional leadership topics, working in small learning teams, and analyzing specific school practices, the instructional leader’s role in improving a school district and school building level culture to enhance student learning. Students will be responsible for developing a major independent project on Instructional Leadership: Organizations and Change for their e-portfolio.

All course work is aligned with ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education), PSEL (Professional Standards in Educational Leadership), and AAQEP (Association for Advancing Quality in Educator Preparation) Standards.