EDA 601 District Level Leadership & Mg

Course Note: Co-requisites EDA 601 and EDA 602 must be taken together. Although shown as separate courses, the 601 and 602 courses will be taught as co-requisites in a single term as a six-credit experience. Classes will be offered at various locations and in varying time frames that may include either weekend full-day experiences, evening classes, or summer weekdays. Courses include visits to different educational and institutional locations in the local region. Students will participate in a total of seventy-five (75) hours of in-class experience. In addition, students will be expected to complete several individual and group projects that will require significant outside-of-class time commitment. Required for School District Leadership certificate program. EDA 601- District Level Leadership and Management This course utilizes the analysis of education case studies and a project based methodology. The emphasis of the course is on district level leadership. It is designed to shape and assess the abilities of potential leaders to analyze, strategize, implement and follow-up, individually and in groups with respect to the problems faced by school district leaders in a variety of settings. The cases cover the full spectrum of challenges faced by school district leaders. The cases and assignments are targeted to specific activities that a district level leader might perform in his or her job. The areas of concentration for study will be designed to parallel the competencies addressed in the internships required by the college. Case studies will be analyzed using a broad range of perspectives. The cases used have been generated from the working experiences of administrators and students of educational leadership in different settings. Upon completion students will acquire the knowledge, dispositions and skills necessary to perform the functions of the chief executive officer and instructional leader of a school district. Summer . (3 credits)