BUS 6112 - Global Achievement Gap-Education Leadership

3 lecture hours 0 lab hours 3 credits

• Establish high expectations and build organizational systems that result in a high-performing school
• Establish a learning environment with instructional programs that meet the diverse learning needs and interests of students and lead to increased student achievement
• Monitor and evaluate the impact of the instructional program for continuous improvement to assure high levels of student achievement
• Collaborate with families, the community, service providers, and other key decision-makers to increase student achievement
• Develop, implement, and evaluate school policies, programs, and practices that ensure social justice, equity, confidentiality, inclusion, and respect between and among students, parents, faculty, and the community to support student achievement
• Know, understand, and articulate the relationships among social justice, culture, and student achievement and promote programs to address inequities within the school community
• Advocate for school policies, programs, and instructional practices that promote an equitable and culturally relevant instructional program
• Analyze and resolve school problems considering the larger political, social, cultural, economic, and historical context

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• Wagner’s 7 Survival Skills 
• Defining key terms 
• Achievement vs. growth 
• Data deep dive 

Evidence-based teaching and learning 

• Hattie and effect size 
• Collective efficacy and team performance
• Bolman and Deal’s 4 Frames

Equity and special education 

• Defining equity 
• Legal responsibilities 
• Best practices 
• Special education data review 

Work-based learning experiences 

• Redefining ready 
• Transforming schools 
• Innovative programs 

Social-emotional learning 

• Defining SEL 
• Universal instruction 
• Supporting mental health
• SWOT analysis 
• Site-based SEL analysis