EDLD603

High quality instruction is the primary factor in ensuring academic success for all students. Unfortunately, American public education has long struggled to achieve consistency in the provision of quality instruction across all classrooms, specifically as it pertains to large urban and rural districts. This course will provide aspiring leaders the opportunity to examine models, processes and strategies of teacher evaluation and supervision, and the essential elements that best serve to promote individual student academic success. Students will gain the knowledge and skills necessary to foster an organizational culture and instructional program that is most likely to promote professional growth and, in turn, maximize student learning. Specific topics of study include formative and summative assessment and evaluation of teacher performance; effective coaching; mentoring; teacher leadership; exemplary professional development models; and differentiated evaluation. Evaluation of performance will include completion of course-specific authentic performance task, portfolio journal entries, and mid-term examination. (ISLLC Standards of Emphasis: 1, 2, 3, and 5)