LDRS/EDUC 624 - School Leadership & Supervision  (3 S. Hrs)

In this course participants will review the role of principals and other educational
leaders in nurturing a healthy professional climate and sustaining teacher
growth. They will develop an integrated model for continuous staff development.
On the basis of the principles of Christian servant leadership and current
supervision paradigms, they will consider how to supervise and evaluate school
personnel. They will also scrutinize methods of staff selection, induction, and
dismissal. Throughout, the focus will be on strategies for building positive school
cultures.

Course Objectives

This course is designed so that leaders will:
1. Examine leadership-related issues in school and school-related
administration, and explore possible responses and their consequences
(e.g., school-based management, time management, interpersonal and
organizational communication, delegation and accountability, handling
routines, discipline policies, buildings and equipment, dealing with crisis
situations, labor-management relations).
2. Recognize how an educational leader can affect a school's quality of
teaching and learning.
3. Explore the characteristics and consequences of various images of
supervision (e.g., scientific, human relations, supervision as moral action).
4. Build a healthy collegial and professional school climate, and implement
programs for professional staff development and renewal.
5. Analyze common approaches to appraising teacher performance (e.g.,
clinical, inforMAL, cooperative, peer, summative).
6. Develop strategies and skills for the elements of teacher supervision (e.g.,
planning and goal setting, organizing and managing time, observation
skills, analysis skills, communication skills, motivating teachers, addressing
conflict and stress).
7. Develop effective approaches to staff selection, induction and dismissal
procedures.
8. Manage effectively collective bargaining or other written agreements.
9. Develop the personal skills to build consensus, to motivate people to work
toward common goals, and to analyze and solve problems.