This course will focus on the role educational leaders play in improving the teaching and learning process. Special emphasis will be given to the role of principals and administrators as curricular and instructional leaders as well as how to involve other educators in these roles. Using ideas related to school improvement, curriculum development, supervision, and instructional leadership, the course's academic and field-based activities will allow students to examine current curricular and instructional leadership practices and to determine ways to expand these practices. Attention also will be given to the dilemmas and constraints influencing an educator's ability to impact curriculum and instruction.
Organizations are artifacts of a larger society.
Learning, teaching, and collegiality are fundamental activities of educational organizations. Validated knowledge and active inquiry form the basis of practice. Moral and ethical imperatives drive leadership behavior. Leadership encompasses a learned set of knowledge, skills, and attitudes. Leaders' behavior and actions model their beliefs and values.