EDSL 8874 Structuring Human Resources and Professional Learning for Instructional Effectiveness

This course promotes the structuring and monitoring of human resources and professional learning to promote the mission and vision of the school. The course will establish a link between the effective practices of school personnel to the academic success and well-being of all students. Leaders will learn how to develop the collective capacity of school personnel to create high-performing professional learning communities to ensure all students learn at high levels.

Credits

3

Student Learning Outcomes

SCHOOL OF EDUCATION OUTCOMES (See School of Education Syllabus A – IV)

COURSE OUTCOMES

Upon successful completion of this course, the candidate will be able to:

1. Demonstrate an understanding of the strategies involved in recruiting, interviewing, hiring, and supporting high performing teachers.
2. Demonstrate an understanding of teacher evaluation as part of a teaching and learning system that supports continuous improvement by enhancing teacher learning and effectively supporting student achievement.
3. Demonstrate an understanding of the components and features of effective professional development.
4. Demonstrate the ability to identify, implement and monitor a well-designed professional development plan or an essential component of a comprehensive system of teaching and learning.
5. Demonstrate the ability to create a culture of collaborative, job-embedded professional development in a professional learning community.
6. Demonstrate the ability to develop, advocate and enact a shared mission, vision, values, and goals as the foundation of a working professional learning community.
7. Demonstrate the ability to use data to align teachers' individual learning needs with school priorities and goals for student learning.