Canyon College: ED547 - Secondary School Administration and Supervision

Course Title: ED547 Secondary School Administration and Supervision

Department: Education

Instructor: Charles Oseji, Ed.D, Ed.S, MPA, B.S.

Prerequisite: Graduate Standing

Course Description:

The intent of this course is to examine the processes of school supervision and instruction. It is a course designed especially for school administrators, directors of curriculum, and supervisors in which the course content examines the role and function of the supervisor of instruction and an instructional leader for all grade levels.

Learning Objectives / Goals:

Student will be able to understand the relationship between effective school supervision and instructional leadership.

Student will be able to understand how one’s behavior and decisions affect other groups within the organizations.

Explore different techniques of supervision and instructional leadership.

Examine effective supervision for successful schools.

Student will acquaint themselves with supervisory behavioral processes.

INSTRUCTIONAL TEXT BOOKS: Online Bookstore

Supervision and Instructional Leadership: A Developmental Approach, Seventh Edition, by Carl D. Glickman, Stephen P. Gordon, Jovita M. Ross-Gordon, Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, 2007. ISBN-10:02054853

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th edition) American Psychological Association, 2001. ISBN: 11557988102

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:

Write your contact information such as e-mail address, brief introduction biography, and any questions concerning this course.

Read Chapter 1: Supervision for Successful Schools

Read Chapter 2: The Norm: Why Schools Are as They Are

Read Chapter 3: The Exception What Schools Can Be.

Write a 3-page journal of your readings from these chapters.

E-mail your response to the Instructor

Week Two:
Read Chapter 4: Adult and Teacher Development within the Context of the School: Clues for Supervisory Practice
Read Chapter 5: Reflections on Schools, Teaching, and Supervision

Write a two-page journal of your readings from these chapters.

Respond to question number 5 under exercises sub-heading- Academic (page 112)

Week Three:

Read Chapter 6: Supervisory Behavior Continuum: Know Thyself

Read Chapter 7: Developmental Supervision: An Introduction

Read Chapter 8: Directive Control Behaviors

Write a 3-page journal of your readings from these chapters

Week Four:

Read Chapter 9: Directive Informational Behaviors

Read Chapter 10: Collaborative Behaviors

Write a 3- page analysis in on chapters 9 and 10 (Apply APA format when citing and referencing materials). No Journal

Week Five:

Read Chapter 11: Nondirective Behaviors

Read Chapter 12: Developmental Supervision: Theory and Practice

Read Chapter 13: Assessing and Planning Skills
Write a 3-page journal of your readings from these chapters

Week Six:

Read Chapter 14: Observing Skills

Read Chapter 15: Research and Evaluation Skills

Read Chapter 16: Direct Assistance to Teachers

Submit a 2-page journal of these chapters

Week Seven:

Read Chapter 17: Group Development

Read Chapter 18: Professional Development

Read Chapter 19: Curriculum Development

Read Chapter 20: Action Research: The School as the Center of Inquiry

Write a 3-page journal of your readings with emphasis on you knowledge of Action Research

Week Eight:

Read Chapter 21: Supervision, Change, and School Success

Read Chapter 22: Supervision for What? Democracy and the Good School

No Journal

Research Paper: Locate at least 5 educational research articles addressing effective supervision, change, and school success of an educational environment. Write a 7- page paper with references. Research paper must meet APA format.

Grading / Assessment:

Journal Paper One	10 pts	Journal Five	10 pts
Journal paper Two	10 pts	Journal Six	10 pts
Journal Paper Three	10 pts	Analysis Report	20 pts
Journal Paper Four	10 pts	Research Paper	20 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)

INSTRUCTOR CONTACT:

As a student of Canyon College you will have the opportunity to contact the instructor on many different avenues. You may contact the instructor anytime you have a concern or question about the course. Your interaction with the instructor is one-on-one and this is highly beneficial as you proceed through the course. If you send an email, on the subject line please identify the course name, and your name.

All document material submitted must have the college name, class name as a header, the date, the assignment number, page number of each page and your first and last name. This is mandatory.

Example Email:
Subject Line: Canyon College: ED547: Teleconferencing, 9/11/06, Module 1A, John Adams

Or

You may shorten to: CC: ED547, Secondary School Administration and Supervision

Teleconf, 7/11/06, Mod1A, J. Adams

Example Module Responses/ Testing

Canyon College, ED547, Secondary School Administration and

Supervision

August 10, 2006, Module One, Problem 1, John Adams
Or

You may shorten to: CC: ED547, Secondary School Administration and Supervision. 8/10/06, Mod1A, J. Adams

ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS:

All students are expected to "attend" the course by completing all course assignments in an academic manner and with complete preparation.

Grammar, punctuation, spelling and overall composition will be including in the grading of all assignments.

Plagiarism will not be tolerated.

METHOD OF INSTRUCTION:

This is a distance-learning course offered through Canyon College and this class is a partially self-paced program that you may complete a specific week’s work at anytime during that week time frame. It is essential that the student review all available materials (if applicable) located in the text, lecture notes, classroom, e-mail, and syllabus. This is an 8-week course depending on student completion, some may finish earlier.

Suggested Readings

Text: Hersey et al., chapter 4

Blackwell, C. W. (1979). Lessons in leadership – An interview with Paul Hersey. The Center for Leadership Studies and Leadership Development-Situational Solutions. Retrieved on July 10, 2006, from http://www.leadershipdevelopment.co.uk/docs/LessonsInLeadership4.pdf

Schermerhorn, J. R., Jr. (1979). Situational leadership: Conversations with Paul Hersey. The Center for Leadership Studies and Leadership Development-Situational Solutions. Retrieved on July 10, 2006, from http://www.leadershipdevelopment.co.uk/docs/Conversations_With_Paul_Hersey.pdf

A history of leadership research that is easy to read and understand can be found at the following links:

Southwest Educational Development Laboratory. (n.d.). Leadership characteristics that facilitate school change: History of leadership research. Retrieved on August 11, 2004, from http://www.sedl.org/change/leadership/history.html

The following link provides a little background and definition of general systems theory: Principia Cybernetica. (1992). What is systems theory? Retrieved September 13, 2004, from http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/SYSTHEOR.html.

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

My contact details is:

Email: coseji@canyoncollege.edu

It is my sincere hope that you will find this course interesting and that you will enjoy the experience. If there is anything I can do to make taking this course better for you, please contact me.

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 School Administration and Supervision

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