EDU 7515 - Supervision of Instruction

3 cr

In this course, students develop leadership skills in instructional supervision processes central to school improvement and positive impact on student learning. Class members examine what exemplary school leaders do to create a vision for success; a focus on teaching and learning; a continuous shared decision-making process that involves all stakeholders; and a code of ethics that develops and sustains a climate of trust and the protection of the rights of all students, families, and staff. Students evaluate a school and/or school system improvement process and become familiar with research-based strategies for increasing student achievement, data-driven and backward-design curriculum processes, shared site-based decision-making, and pathways for promoting the achievement of all members of the learning community.