EDL A637 Educational Leadership 3 cr and Organizational Behavior Contact Hours: 3+0
Special fees. Leadership and decision-making through collegial relations and consensus building in school settings. Includes skills for facilitating site-focused teams and activities, with emphasis on improving student performance and enhancing a school's reputation. Contemporary theories of organizational development and change are presented.
EDL A638 Instructional and Curricular Leadership 3 cr Contact Hours: 3+0
Special fees. Knowledge, skills, and resources for instructional leaders to develop and implement activities that improve learning. emphasizes contemporary practices in curriculum and assessment that assist school personnel in strengthening classroom instruction and enhance student academic performance.
EDL A639 The Politics of Education 3 cr Contact Hours: 3+0
Special fees. Historical, social, and cultural influences that have shaped political decisions affecting the national, state, and local educational program. Attention to federal, state, and local requirements as they pertain to decisions of a principal. Analysis of political groups, formal, and informal for impact on school organization and curriculum. Current trends for historical significance and impact on schools of the future.
EDL A640 Law and Ethics in Education 3 cr Contact Hours: 3+0
Special fees. Knowledge and skills for developing professionally-sound legal and ethical practices in school settings. Legal issues that impact the organization and delivery of public education, including professional practice commissions standards and constitutional, statutory, administrative, and case law.
EDL A641 Principal Internship 1-3 cr Contact Hours: 0+ 9-18
Prerequisites: EDL A637 and EDL A640 and [EDL A642 (or concurrent enrollment) or EDL A643 (or concurrent enrollment)].
Registration restrictions: Admission to the Ed Leadership program.
Grade Mode: Pass/No Pass
Special fees. Fieldwork in an appropriate educational or agency setting. Assignment will be respective to the Standards for Alaska's administrators.
EDL A642 Principal's Seminar I 3 cr Contact Hours: 3+0 Prerequisites: EDL A637 and EDL A640
Registration restrictions: Admission to Principal's Certification Program.
Corequisite: EDL A641
Special fees. Seminar presentations and discussions focus on urban/rural school-community relations and school facilities. Contributing school administrators augment academic instruction and offer a practical touchstone for students' research and writing.
EDL A643 Principal's Seminar II 3 cr Contact Hours: 3+0 Prerequisites: EDL A637 and EDL A640 Registration restrictions: Admission to Principal's Certification Program.
Corequisite: EDL A641
Special fees. School seminar presentations and discussions focus on school finance, personnel, and labor relations. Contributing school administrators augment academic instruction and offer a practical touchstone for students' research and writing.
EDL A671 Superintendent Stewardship 3 cr and Systematic Change Contact Hours: 3+0
Registration Restrictions: Master's Degree
Special fees. Role of superintendent as the steward of the entire school system and the leader responsible for improving student learning through public accountability measures.
EDL A672 Student Performance: 3 cr Academic and Developmental Contact Hours: 3+0
Registration restrictions: Master's Degree
Special fees. Focus on the superintendent's need to understand developmental research that explains student academic performance including the psycho-social, physiological, and cultural dimensions.
EDL A673 Human Resource Management 3 cr and Labor Relations Contact Hours: 3+0
Registration restrictions: Master's Degree
Special fees Tools and approaches that enable superintendents to manage personnel and negotiation transactions within a school district.
EDL A674 Public school Finance and Facilities 3 cr Contact Hours: 3+0
Registration restrictions: Master's Degree
Special fees Key components of K-12 public school finance and K-12 facility design and maintenance as they relate to the preparation of superintendents.
EDL A675 Superintendent Internship 3-6 cr Contact Hours: 0+ 9-18
Prerequisites: EDL A676 (or concurrent enrollment) or EDL A677 (or concurrent enrollment).
Registration restrictions: Admission to the Ed Leadership: Superintendent program and completion of any two of EDL A671, A672, A673, A674.
Corequisite: EDL A675
Special fees. Special Note: May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credits
Fieldwork in an appropriate educational or agency setting. Assignment will be respective to the superintendency.
EDL A676 Superintendent Seminar I 3 cr Contact Hours: 3+0
Registration restrictions: Admission to the Ed Leadership: Superintendent program and completion of any to of EDL A671, A672, A673, and A674.
Corequisite: EDL A675
Special fees. Themes of policy development and implementation, school-community relations, and instructional reform with a focus on state and local events and issues. Supplements EDL A675. Provides opportunity to interns for structured reflection and added input.
EDL A676 Superintendent Seminar II 3 cr Contact Hours: 3+0
Registration restrictions: Admission to the ED Leadership: Superintendent program and completion of any two EDL A671, A672, A673, and A674.
Corequisite: EDL A675
Special fees. Themes of policy development and implementation, human resource management, and district level finance and facilities management. Supplements EDL A675. Provides opportunity to interns for structured reflection and added input.
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