CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY THE CENTER FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING DEPARTMENT OF TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS ONLINE COURSE SYLLABUS A Educational Administration B EDAD 580 This course is in the specialty component of the advanced program in Educational Administration and Certification It provides an overview of school administration C Instructor Phone Email D Course Description Educational Administration 5 credits Prerequisite one year of teaching experience or three years for certification program The course is an examination of administrative theory principles concepts and processes and the administration of educational programs and services Course Rationale For students enrolled in the Master of School Administration or Administrator Certification Program This course employs the constructivist model of learning in which students in interactions with their physical and social environments create knowledge EDAD 580 also meets Washington Administrative Code WAC requirements for principals and program administrators E Texts Educational Administration Theory Research and Practice Wayne K Hoy Cecil G Miskel McGraw Hill Higher Education Eighth edition F Course Performance Standards and Indicators While completing an approved preparation program all candidates for school administrator certification in the State of Washington must demonstrate general knowledge and skill competency related to the Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium ISLLC standards and Washington State Certification standards The ISLLC standards were developed by the Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium for the Council of Chief State School Officers These standards were adopted by the State Board of Education in the context of a systemic plan for administrator certification The Association of Washington School Principals AWSP endorses these standards Page 1 of 5 EDAD 580 Educational Administration ISLLC STANDARDS Standard 1 A school administrator is an educational leader who promotes the success of all students by facilitating the development articulation implementation and stewardship of a vision of learning that is shared and supported by the school community Standard 2 A school administrator is an educational leader who promotes the success of all students by advocating nurturing and sustaining a school culture and instructional program conducive to student learning and staff professional growth Standard 3 A school administrator is an educational leader who promotes the success of all students by ensuring management of the organization operations and resources for a safe efficient and effective learning environment Standard 4 A school administrator is an educational leader who promotes the success of all students by collaborating with families and community members responding to diverse community interests and needs and mobilizing community resources Standard 5 A school administrator is an educational leader who promotes the success of all students by acting with integrity fairness and in an ethical manner Standard 6 A school administrator is an educational leader who promotes the success of all students by understanding responding to and influencing the larger political social economic legal and cultural context G Student Outcomes Knowledge Dispositions and Performances Candidates in the program are required to Show evidence of encouraging and developing tools to monitor commitment to diversity among all faculty staff and students in the public schools ISLLC 4 Model strategies that challenge learners to employ best practices ISLLC 2 Encourage and develop collaborative partnerships that promote the welfare of individuals families and the community ISLLC 4 Show evidence of creating inclusive working and learning environments A Passion for Equity ISLLC 4 Create an assessment system to evaluate for continual cultural and program improvement ISLLC 4 To understand the nature of educational administration and the body of literature that informs it To develop an awareness of the larger context for educational administration an historical social and cultural context that recognizes different approaches to and understandings of educational administration To gain knowledge of the roles responsibilities and expectations as well as the emerging functions and structures that challenge American school administrators in the early twenty first century To learn concepts and theories important to research and practice in educational administration To begin to be self conscious of one s own administrative theory and practices To begin to understand how the knowledge dispositions and performances comprising the integrated Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium ISLLC Standards support and advance the work of school leaders Diversity Through the use of case studies that describe contemporary problems within actual schools students will have opportunities to acquire and apply knowledge dispositions and performances necessary to assess school structure to implement context appropriate strategies to demonstrate leadership and to show sensitivity and fairness to all These strategies seek to capitalize on the diversity e g population language disability gender race socioeconomic of the school social system in order to improve the school learning environment Page 2 of 5 EDAD 580 Educational Administration OUTCOMES Leadership Standard 3 a Define leadership b Investigate theories c Understand organizational theory d Contrast leadership v management e Articulate power authority and influence Philosophical and Cultural Values Standards 4 2 3 4 5 6 a Articulate one s philosophy of leadership educational administration b Identify the diversity of values present in one s school district Judgment Standards 1 2 3 4 a Make effective judgments about what is real or a potential curriculum related problem b Organize information to enhance understanding and recall c Integrate information and ideas to facilitate effectiveness and evaluation d Reach conclusions based on logic e Control bias when making judgments Motivating Others Standards 1 2 3 4 5 6 a Practice Participative decision making b Provide face to face and written performance feedback c Understand the administrator s impact as role model d Be aware of rewards that staff members value Oral and Non Verbal Expression Standards 2 3 4 5 a Be sensitive to non verbal communication behaviors in yourself and others b Use positive listening skills c Practice giving effective