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COURSE SYLLABUS: Foundations of Educational Leadership

Course Title: ED505 - Foundations of Educational Leadership
Department: Education
Instructor: Charles Oseji, EdD, EdS, MPA, BS, E-Mail -- Vita


Course Description:

This course is designed to examine effective educational leadership and facilitation competencies.

Learning Objectives and Goals:

Demonstrate knowledge of systems theory by researching and applying leadership styles to a school or organizational setting.
Evaluate and analyze the environment, context, and community needs of the organization
Develop learning goals appropriate for a pluralistic society for the school
Evaluate the different styles of communication within the school or organization
Demonstrate effective consensus-building and negotiation skills and strategies
Evaluate how vision, energy, mission, and culture affect the school organization
Evaluate theories for developing and implementing strategic plans to motivate people through negotiation.
REQUIRED TEXTS:  Online Bookstore

Management of Organizational Behavior: Utilizing Human Resources (8th edition) by Paul Hersey, Kenneth H. Blanchard, and Dewy E. Johnson. Prentice Hall (2000). ISBN13: 9780130175984 ISBN: 0130175986

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.), by the American Psychological Association (2001). ISBN13: 9781557987914 ISBN: 1557987912

Supplementary Resources (Internet Based):

American Association of School Administrators. (n.d.). AASA home. Retrieved on August 11, 2004, from http://www.aasa.org

Coalition for Community Schools. (n.d.). Partnerships for excellence. Retrieved September 13, 2004, from http://www.communityschools.org/partnerships.html

Coalition for Community Schools. (2004). Approaches to a community school. Retrieved September 13, 2004, from http://www.communityschools.org/approaches.html

Corporation for National and Community Service. (n.d.). The Role of the states. Volunteering in America. Retrieved July 10, 2006, from http://www.nationalservice.org/about/volunteering/states.asp

Dryfoos, J. G. (n.d.). Evaluations of community schools: Findings to date. Retrieved September 13, 2004, from http://www.communityschools.org/evaluation/evalcontents.html

Institute for Educational Leadership. (n.d.). Coalition for Community Schools. Retrieved August 11, 2004, from http://www.communityschools.org

Lumsden, L. & Hertling, E. (2002). Trends and issues: Relationships with community. Clearinghouse on Educational Policy and Management. College of Education • University of Oregon. Retrieved July 10, 2006, from http://eric.uoregon.edu/trends_issues/relat/index.html

TaskStream. (2005). Web-based tools to organize, assess, and showcase learning. Retrieved December 14, 2005, from http://www.taskstream.com

United States Department of Education - http://www.ed.gov

State Education Agencies / Departments - http://www.ed.gov/Programs/bastmp/SEA.htm

National School Network Resources - http://nsn.bbn.com

Yahoo’s Education Web Links - http://dir.yahoo.com/Education

Cook, C. J., & Fine, C. (1997). Critical issue: Finding time for professional development. Retrieved September 13, 2004, from http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/educatrs/profdevl/pd300.htm

National Staff Development Council. (2004). NSDC home. Retrieved September 13, 2004, from http://www.nsdc.org

Carnegie, D. (1993). The leader in you. New York: Simon & Schuster.

Covey, S. R. (1989). The seven habits of highly successful people. New York: Simon & Schuster.

Heintzman, M., Leathers, D. G., Parrot, R. L., & Cairns, A. B. (1993). Non-verbal rapport-building behaviors’ effects on perception of a supervisor. Management Communication Quarterly, 7(2), 181-208.

Martin, G. E., Wright, W. F., & Danzig, A. B. (2003). School leader internship: Developing, monitoring and evaluating your leadership experience. Larchmont, NY: Eye on Education.

Assignments

All assignments must be typed, double-spaced and written in appropriate APA format style. Assignments should be free from spelling and grammatical errors and be a representation of graduate academic work. All work must be submitted using the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th Edition (2001). Washington DC: American Psychological Association (APA) format. Students are referred to Appendix A in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th Edition for thesis and paper format.

Students are encouraged to integrate professional as well as personal experiences in all of their assignments.

Feel free to consult with other students who are taking the course. However, all work must be your own work. Do not plagiarize from your text or any other source. Students are referred to pages 349-350 in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th Edition for a more complete discussion of plagiarism.

Week One:
Read Chapter 1: Management: An Applied Behavioral Science Approach
Read Chapter 2: Motivation and Behavior
Read Chapter 3: Motivating

E-mail instructor your contact information such as: e-mail address and a brief introduction biography

Write a 3-page journal of your readings

Submit the assignment to the instructor.
Week Two:
Read Chapter 4: Leadership: An Initial Perspective
Read Chapter 5: Leadership: Situational Approaches

Research and describe
Define leadership. In a 2-3 page paper, how different leadership theories apply to your school or organizational setting. (Use APA style for supporting references)

Submit the assignment to the instructor.
Week Three:
Read Chapter 6: Determining Effectiveness
Read Chapter 7: Diagnosing the Environment

Analysis Report:
Submit a two-page analysis of chapters (APA format when referencing materials).
Week Four:
Read Chapter 8: Situational Leadership
From your own experience, identify a situation and describe how you would utilize Situational Leadership to diagnose the situation and identify the appropriate leadership style.
What are the three key factors in the concept of Situational Leadership?
Describe the four basic leadership styles in detail (APA format).

Week Five:
Read Chapter 9: Situational Leadership, Perception, and the Impact of Power
Read Chapter 10: Situational Leadership: Training and Development
Analysis Report Two Due:
Submit a two page analysis on both chapters (APA format when referencing materials).
Week Six: Read Chapter 11: The Situational Leader and Constructive Discipline
Read Chapter 12: Building Effective Relationships

Week Seven: Read Chapter 13: Effective Communication
Read Chapter 14: Leading Effective Teams
Read Chapter 17: Planning and Implementing Change
No assignment Due

Week Eight: Read Chapter 18: Leadership to Achieve Quality
Read Chapter 19: leadership Strategies for Organizational Transformation
Read Chapter 21: Synthesizing Management Theory: Integrating Situational Leadership with the Classics

Research Paper:

Discuss Situational Leadership and what it entails. What are the attributes of a leader whose ideologies and methodologies are based on Situational Leadership? What are the merits and demerits of situational leadership? Feel free to utilize questions and statements indicated as well as other ideas/points of interest you have identified during your readings. (Not less than 4 pages in APA Style)

Grading / Assessment:
Week 1 Journal 10 pts Week 5 Analysis 10 pts
Week 2 Research 10 pts Week 6 Analysis 10 pts
Week 3 Analysis 10 pts Week 8 Research 30 pts
Week 4 Research 20 pts Total Points 100 pts


**** Late assignments will receive a letter grade reduction each week until submitted. ****

A = 90 - 100
B = 80 - 89
C = 70 - 79
D = 60 - 69
F = 0 - 59
I = Incomplete (Refer to Canyon College Academic Policy)


Just a few Notes

This is an 8-week, blended, graduate level course. The course is divided into topics that are designed to provoke thought and discussion regarding key issues in Educational leadership
Students proceed through the topics at their own pace, working with their instructor and interacting with instructor via e-mail.

* This syllabus is subject to change at the discretion of the instructor.