ED X360 - Capacity Building: Students, Personnel, and Community
Course Description
This is a 3-part course. Each part is designed to focus on one element of capacity building for students, personnel, and the community.
Part 1 focuses on candidates using multiple sources of data as well as contemporary research to support the development of an equity focused, student-centered vision. Candidates learn strategies for overcoming barriers and obstacles to the vision and as well as methods to develop and monitor school growth plans. Candidates are exposed to effective dispositions/approaches for allocating resources in an equitable, ethical, and legal fashion to support the vision. To help support the development of the vision, candidates address the issue of institutional bias created by the structure and institutional culture of schools today. Through planned experiences, candidates begin to examine their own biases, share their cultural background, and explore cultural proficiency. Candidates begin to explore personal attitudes towards race, gender, and socio-economic status as they learn ways to examine and confront issues related to race, equity and diversity. Furthermore, candidates embrace the challenge of including multiple perspectives from the community in building consensus and creating a shared vision and mission that is aligned to the district goals.
Part 2 is designed to focus on strategies and systems for developing human capital within an educational system. Special emphasis is placed on knowing and applying adult learning theory to facilitate the development of teachers throughout their career. There is an emphasis on mentoring, and evaluation of personnel, at all levels of employment, as well as planning and implementing staff improvement/development plans that are aligned to the CSTP (California Standards for the Teaching Profession). Candidates learn strategies for managing difficult conversations and how to manage the bargaining unit contract when leading people. Candidates begin to identify their leadership strengths, articulate their leadership philosophy and formulate their vision in this course.
Part 3 is designed to focus on strategies and systems for developing social capital within an educational system. Candidates will learn how to develop cultures of collaboration, facilitate strong networks of support for enhancing student achievement, and foster distributed leadership within an organization. Candidates will understand how to collaborate with families and other stakeholders to leverage resources and address the needs of diverse student populations. Special emphasis is placed in this course on leading school change processes.
Learner Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Model life-long learning;
- Help teachers improve their individual practice through professional growth;
- Evaluate, analyze, and provide feedback on the effectiveness of instruction to promote learning and growth;
- Identify and facilitate professional growth opportunities for faculty, staff, and community;
- Develop, implements, and monitor a school’s budget;
- Implement CA school laws, guidelines, and other state and local requirements and regulations;
- Apply their theory and knowledge of administration to demonstrate competencies defined in the California Administrator Performance Expectations (CAPEs);
- Successfully complete field work emphasizing connecting schools with the community.