EDL 522 Leading Student-Centered Schools

This course provides an opportunity for candidates to explore what it means to lead student-centered schools and to support student-centered schools. Student-centered schools are characterized by a culture of learning, personal accountability, self- discipline, and safety. This course will look at the school leader’s role in creating and sustaining this type culture by integrating building management and program supervision skills with knowledge of student-centered classrooms, child and adolescent development, literacy and numeracy foundations, student motivation and discipline strategies, social emotional learning, environmental and emotional safety, character development programs, and relationship building. Issues of safety will be addressed, including disaster planning and bullying as well as cyber-bullying. Pre-requisite(s): None. Co-requisite(s): None. 2 semester hours