GSE 571: Principles of Educational Leadership.
GSE 571 is part of the graduate program offered by the School of Education at Bishop's University in Sherbrooke, Quebec.
This course, designed for teachers and administrators interested in becoming effective leaders, is an introduction to the study of educational leadership.
Participants in this course will be introduced to the theory and research literature on issues of leadership in general and school leadership in particular.
Students will explore topics such as school-based management, invitational leadership, flexible leadership and professional collaboration and individual initiative.
Course Website: http://bit.ly/gse571 ~Discussion Forum on Moodle
Email: sam.bruzzese@ubishops.ca or use back up email --> sam.bruzzese@mcgill.ca
Website: http://sbruzzese.org Bluesky: @sbruzzese.org Course hashtag: #gse571
Course will take place on Tuesday & Thursday from 5:30 to 8:29 online via ZOOM.
The class may be recorded for students who may be occasionally absent.
Office hours: online (via ZOOM) and by phone. Details given in class 1.
In this course, students will co-create a seminar on the principles of educational leadership, by focusing on the following areas:
Motivating People
Problem-Solving
Managing Conflict
Communication
Building Capacity
Leading Change
Ethical Decision Making
Allocating Educational Resources
The course is specifically designed so students will use the information acquired through the text and readings; they will use this information to solve complex school challenges. Leadership is always about the relationships between the various stakeholders and we will use scenario based instruction to help students gain a 'deep' understanding of the basic tenets of educational principals.
By the end of this course students who fully participate in the class will:
Develop a critical understanding of basic principals in educational leadership theory and practice
Have a historical perspective of how leadership theory has evolved over the last 100 or so years
Be familiar and be able to explain various theories and approaches to school leadership
Recognize 'organizational' influences on leadership
Realize the importance of communication and interpersonal relationships
Be able to define decision making and various approaches used
Define conflict in schools and how to manage it
Define instructional leadership as well as theories and practices that inform change
Weekly article readings will be made available to students on Moodle and/or through links included in the weekly schedule.
The library owns the rights to the Chance text. Fullan's book since it's brand new will be purchased at a small cost on Perusall.
The required course texts will be uploaded on Perusall . Here is info on the books: