EDLP 6060 Principalship

Designed to provide participants with an opportunity to identify and reflect upon the assumptions that support their leadership behaviors in four domains: communication, management, leadership, and problem solving. Given the complexity of school leadership, candidates for the principalship need to rely on a strong and deep understanding of themselves and the myths and assumptions that support the theories, models, concepts, strategies and techniques, and that define their approach to school leadership, including but not limited to scheduling, parent/community partnerships, technology, learning theory, observation and evaluation, staff development, and teacher recruitment. Participants identify the specific adapive challenges that must be addressed in order to facilitate the conditions that research indicates support successful schools. Additionally, participants identify, understand, and apply a change model that can be implemented in a school setting to address adaptive challenges. The purpose of this course is to cultivate a deep understanding of the assumptions that support leadership behaviors and to develop an understanding and a means of addressing the issues and adaptive challenges that define and shape the successful school principal. Prerequisite(s): EDLP 6050 AND EDLP 6040
Credits: 3.0