Course Content

• As this course will be co-constructed, some course content will be filled in by students during the first two weeks ~ based on their presentation topic.
• In order to support students’ theoretical understandings to perform deeper analysis in their research, each week the instructor will cover a topic relevant to the central theme of issues of educational leadership, including: sustainability, social justice, language, learning, school improvement, and monitoring & evaluation. Generally speaking, each week there will be ~ 25 pages of reading for the lecture and discussion portion of the class.
• Students will then assign the class one or two other readings (less than 30 pages) for the weekly content focused on the presentation topic.
• We will cover these main themes during the course:
  1. 21st Century Learning (Existential Issues of Education) New Pedagogies for Deep Learning
  2. Curriculum change and leadership
  3. Defining Student Success
  4. Community Engagement and Student Engagement
  5. Culture, Cultural Competence, and Leadership Abilities
  6. Language Policy and Identity Issues
  7. Social Justice
  8. Building Consensus and Team Building
  9. Education for Environmental Sustainability
  10. Technology and School Leadership

This course will use Moodle and Mighty Networks for assignment submission and feedback.

I will engage in two rounds of course feedback before the final course evaluations. This will allow me to make adjustments to the course based on students needs. I will explain the feedback process in class.

Please Note: Mobile computing or communications devices are permitted to be used during the class as long as they are used for the course content. We are trying to model social media use by school administrators (Twitter, Facebook, etc.) and best way to do is is to use it!

Attendance is required in this course: Students are expected to log in on time, remain for the full class period, and actively participate.

Only valid reasons, including medical, family emergencies, observance of holy days, work obligations, and intercollegiate sports activities are justifiable reasons to miss class. If one is to miss class, it is required that they contact the instructor beforehand if at all possible. Appropriate documentation must be provided to the course instructor.

The instructor may recommend withdrawal from the course in cases of unavoidable but excessive absence.

At the discretion of the instructor, unexcused absences may result in a final grade of ‘J’ being awarded for the course.

Attendance will be taken for record keeping purposes.