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DRAFT course syllabus-Please comment and offer suggestions :-) Keri 4_28_12

Draft of Course Objectives

Maryland COMAR - Administrator I certification requirements from IHE: []

(i) Curriculum, instruction, and assessment; (ii) Development, observation, and evaluation of staff; (iii) Legal issues and ethical decision-making; (iv) School leadership, management and administration; and (v) Practicum, internship, or a collaboratively designed and supervised experience by the local school system and IHE to include Department approved instructional leadership outcomes with verification of this experience submitted by the applicant.

I also looked up some info from the MSDE website to see what the state is expecting of its principals. From the MSDE website: []Principal Academy

Outcomes:
 * Understand how to use the //Maryland Instructional Leadership Framework// as a self-assessment tool
 * Identify the interconnectedness of the //Framework// Outcomes and Evidences
 * Analyze components of school culture aligned to student and adult learning
 * Examine tools for assessing school culture
 * Determine strategies and formulate next steps for cultivating each participant's own school's culture
 * Analyze classroom instruction with a focus on student learning behaviors
 * Evaluate the effectiveness of instruction based on evidence of student learning
 * Communicate through specific oral and written feedback the relationship between teacher behaviors and student learning
 * Apply the concept of cause and effect to school data
 * Define root cause and use tests for determining a root cause
 * Analyze data based on a structural process of root cause analysis

** Mission ** The mission for leadership development is to build the capacity of present and potential school leaders to increase student achievement by using the //Maryland Instructional Leadership Framework// outcomes as the foundation of all learning experiences. These outcomes include the following:
 * Facilitate the Development of a School Vision
 * Align All Aspects of a School Culture to Student and Adult Learning
 * Monitor Alignment of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
 * Improve Instructional Practices Through the Purposeful Observation and Evaluation of Teachers
 * Ensure the Regular Integration of Appropriate Assessments into Daily Classroom Instruction
 * Use Technology and Multiple Sources of Data to Improve Classroom Instruction
 * Provide Staff with Focused, Sustained, Research-based Professional Development
 * Engage All Community Stakeholders in a Shared Responsibility for Student and School Success

__** These are the objectives of the current NDM Leadership I course: **__
 * 1) Examine and critique various models/theories of leadership and apply them to educational settings. (SOEO 2,4,5; ELCC 1,2,3; R,P)
 * 2) Cultivate a reflective stance in the application of leadership concepts and on-going professional development. (SOEO 2,3; ELCC 2,3; S,V,P)
 * 3) Explore the relationship between leadership and culture and understand the historical and social influences affecting leadership of diverse populations. (SOEO 2 4; ELCC 2,4,5,6; R,P)
 * 4) Enhance leadership skills by developing a personal leadership profile through self assessment of leadership strengths and weaknesses. (SOEO 3; ELCC 1,2; S,V)
 * 5) Understand the application of leadership theory in motivating, delegating, empowering and coaching others to promote personal and organizational growth. (SOEO 1,2,5; ELCC 1,2,4,5,6; R,V,P)
 * 6) Examine moral and ethical aspects of leadership and develop a professional Code of Ethics. (SOEO 3,4; ELCC 5; R,S,V)
 * 7) Apply the Educational Leadership Constituent Council Standards for school leaders. (SOEO 1,2,3,4,5; All ELCC Standards; R,S,V,P)