Wayland Baptist University

School of Education

EDAD 5326 (FB 40): INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP

Winter 2014

Fairbanks Campus

University Mission: Wayland Baptist University exists to educate students in an academically challenging, learning-focused and distinctively Christian environment for professional success and service to God and humankind.

Course Number and Title: EDAD 5326 Instructional Leadership

Instructor: Kim Kelly, Ph.D.

Term: Winter 2014

Cell Phone: (907) 590-5588

Email address:

Location: Doyon Industrial Facility Suite 302A

Office Hours: By appointment

Meeting Times & Location: Wednesdays, November 12, 2014 – February 11, 2015, 6:00-10:00 PM, Doyon Industrial Facility Suite 302A

Textbooks:

EDAD 5326. Instructional Leadership

BOOKS / AUTHOR / PUBLISHER / ISBN#
What Effective Schools Do / Lezotte & Snyder (2011) / ASCD / 9781935249511
AND
Stratigic School: Making the Most of People, Time, and Money / Miles & Frank (2008) / Corwin Press / 9781412904179

Recommended:

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th ed. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 2010. ISBN: 978-1433805615

In addition to the above texts and reference book, case studies and peer-reviewed journal articles will be used to augment course material.

CATALOG COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This course investigates the research pertaining to effective schools and examines the patterns of organization and instruction in these schools, which contributes to continuous improvement. The emphasis of this course is visionary thinking and school excellence.

Prerequisites: None

Course Outcome Competencies and Course Requirements:

Upon completion of this course, EDAD 5326 Instructional Leadership, graduate students will be able to:

ü  Demonstrate a growing proficiency in instructional and organizational leadership related to school improvement: vision, governance, teaching and learning, data/evidence, resources, stakeholders, continuous improvement.

ü  Examine content material such as related research of best practices, data sets of research findings, future trends and examples of highly effective school organizations.

ü  Apply the correlates of effective schools and the competencies for effective teaching to hypothetical situations.

Student Responsibility

Students are responsible for reading, understanding, obeying, and respecting all academic policies, with added emphasis being placed upon academic progress policies, appearing in the Wayland Baptist University Academic Catalog applicable to their curriculum ad/or program of study.

Attendance Requirements

As stated in the Wayland Catalog, students enrolled at one of the University’s external campuses (i.e. Fairbanks, Fort Wainwright, Ben Eielson) should make every effort to attend all class meetings. All absences must be explained to the instructor, who will then determine whether the absence may be excused. When a student reaches that number of absences considered by the instructor to be excessive, the instructor will so advise the student and file an unsatisfactory progress report with the campus executive director. Any student who misses 25 percent or more of the regularly scheduled class meetings will receive a failing grade in the course. Additional attendance policies for each course, as defined by the instructor in the course syllabus, are considered a part of the University’s attendance policy.

Excessive late arrivals and/or early departures to class will be taken into consideration. Material will be discussed in class and included in the exams that are not in the book. It is the student’s responsibility to obtain any material missed by not attending class for any reason. The student must not miss any more than 25% of the class. Any more misses may result in failure of the class. In case of TDY’s the instructor should be notified as soon as possible.

Course Outline and Grading Structure:

Meeting Date / Topic / Reading Assignment
Wednesday, 11/12/14 / Effective Schools: Evolution of, and a Systems Approach / Lezotte & Snyder, Chapters 1-3
Wednesday, 11/19/14 / High Expectations & Strong Instructional Leadership / Lezotte & Snyder, Chapters 4-6
Wednesday, 11/26/14 / Thanksgiving Break-No Class
Wednesday, 12/3/14 / School Mission & Opportunity to Learn, Student Progress Monitoring / Lezotte & Snyder, Chapters 7-8
Wednesday, 12/10/14 / Safe Learning Environment, School-Home Connection / Lezotte & Snyder, Chapters 9-10
Review for midterm.
Wednesday, 12/17/14 / Midterm Exam
Wednesday, 12/22/14-1/12/15 / Christmas Break-No Classes
Wednesday, 1/7/15 / School Resources & Teacher Quality / Miles & Frank, Chapters 1-2
Wednesday, 1/14/15 / Individualizing Student Learning / Miles & Frank, Chapters 3-4
Wednesday, 1/21/15 / Creating a positive learning environment / Miles & Frank, Chapters 5-6
Wednesday, 1/28/15 / Maximizing school resources for effectiveness. / Miles & Frank, Chapters 7-9
Wednesday, 2/4/15 / Maximizing school resources for effectiveness, continued. / Miles & Frank, Chapters 10-11
Review for final.
Wednesday, 2/11/15 / Final Exam

Course Grading Scale

A 90-100% C 70-79% F 59% and lower

B 80-89% D 60-69% I Incomplete

A grade of “CR” indicates that credit in semester hours was granted but no grade or grade points were recorded.

*A grade of incomplete is changed if the work required is completed prior to the date indicated in the official University calendar of the next long term, unless the instructor designates an earlier date for completion. If the work is not completed by the appropriate date, the I is converted to the grade of F. An incomplete notation cannot remain on the student’s permanent record and must be replaced by the qualitative grade (A-F) by the date specified in the official University calendar of the next regular term.

Course Requirements

Assignment / Possible Points / Percentage
Class Discussion and Participation / 100 / 20%
Midterm / 200 / 40%
Final / 200 / 40%

Academic Honesty:

Wayland students are expected to conduct themselves according to the highest standards of academic honesty. Academic misconduct for which a student is subject to penalty includes all forms of cheating, such as possession of examinations or examination materials, forgery, or plagiarism. Disciplinary action for academic misconduct is the responsibility of the faculty member assigned to the course. The faculty member is charged with assessing the gravity of any case of academic dishonesty and with giving sanctions to any student involved. The faculty member involved will file a record of the offense and the punishment imposed with the dean of the division, campus dean, and the provost/academic vice president. Any student who has been penalized for academic dishonesty has the right to appeal the judgment or the penalty assessed.

PLAGIARISM:

Plagiarism — The attempt to represent the work of another, as it may relate to written or oral works, computer-based work, mode of creative expression (i.e. music, media or the visual arts), as the product of one's own thought, whether the other's work is published or unpublished, or simply the work of a fellow student.

When a student submits oral or written work for credit that includes the words, ideas, or data of others, the source of that information must be acknowledged through complete, accurate, and specific references, and, if verbatim statements are included, through use of quotation marks as well. By placing one’s name on work submitted for credit, the student certifies the originality of all work not otherwise identified by appropriate acknowledgements. A student will avoid being charged with plagiarism if there is an acknowledgement of indebtedness

Source: http://www.spjc.cc.fl.us/webcentral/admit/honesty.htm#plag

Disability Statement:

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), it is the policy of Wayland Baptist University that no otherwise qualified person with a disability be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subject to discrimination under any educational program or activity in the University. The Coordinator of Counseling Services serves as the coordinator of students with a disability and should be contacted concerning accommodation requests at (806) 291-3765. Documentation of a disability must accompany any request for accommodations. Students should inform the instructor of existing disabilities the first class meeting.

Instructional Leadership, Dr. Kim Kelly, Winter 2O14