EDUC 734A - Practicum in School Improvement Leadership I

3 hours
This unique school-based practicum experience is designed to enable the candidate to actually implement a school improvement program in his or her own school setting. Because all candidates are practicing teachers or school-related employees, and because their school principals have been collaboratively involved in the design of the program and the admissions process, they will conduct their practicum in the schools in which they are employed. The principals of those schools, as a part of their ongoing commitment to the program, must agree to the practicum aspect of the program as a part of the admission screening process. The experience runs through the entire degree program and is school-site-based. Its purpose is to require of each candidate the knowledge, skills, performance, and attitude needed to successfully research, design, plan, and implement an approved School Improvement Implementation Program (SILP) in a live, supervised setting. Practicum I and II are 100 hours each. GR