Educational Leadership
Mission
The mission of the Educational Leadership program is to produce courageous, reflective leaders who will guide their educational communities to create and sustain schools in which all students and staff use their minds and hearts well.
Student Learning Outcomes (M.A. Education)
The Educational Leadership student will:
- demonstrate skill (attitudes, learning, reflection, insight, action, experience, impact) in promoting the role of schooling in a democratic society by expressing a clear personal vision, by understanding how to facilitate the development of a shared vision through collaboration and collegiality, developing professional ethical beliefs and practices, and implementing change and reforms based on research and best practices.
- understand, respond to and influence the diversity (racial, cultural, political, economic) of the school community by identifying and addressing positive actions and barriers to achieve the school’s vision.
- lead change (attitudes, learning, reflection, insight, action, experience, impact) through practice that demonstrates deep understanding of human and organizational change dynamics.
- demonstrate school leadership and management strategies (attitudes, learning, reflection, insight, action, experience, impact) through the use of leadership theory/practice and institutional/organizational theory/practice.
- be well grounded (attitudes, learning, reflection, insight, action, experience, impact) in his/her own knowledge of learning by utilizing cycles of inquiry, research, reflective practice which demonstrate a personal code of ethics, productive habits of mind, understanding the impact of attitudes and perceptions in creating positive learning environments, promoting multiple methods and structures that support knowledge (acquiring, integrating, assessing, supporting, extending and refining), and creating varying approaches to schooling which promotes using knowledge and data meaningfully to improve teaching and learning.
10/12/06
Educational Leadership
Assessment schedule (doc)
Assessment reports for: fall 2006 (doc) spring 2007 (doc) fall 2007 (doc)
for earlier reports see the college report: fall 2005 (doc) spring 2006 (doc)
last updated 2/13/08
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