Supervision of Instruction examines the theoretical framework and practical applications of instructional leadership within the economic, social, political, and educational context of schooling. This CAGS proposes a concept of supervision and leadership designed to help educators build a repertoire of approaches and strategies that will enhance professional growth while demonstrating the importance of sensitivity to individual needs. This CAGS is aligned to the Curriculum and Teaching specialization.

CT5003 - Principles of Teaching & Learning

This course is developed for students who are classroom teachers and other educators. The course focuses on four essential questions: How do people learn and develop? How can my teaching and classroom environment support learning for understanding? How can learning theory inform my teaching practice? How can interactions among the learner, the classroom environment, and the teaching/learning process produce motivation to learn and build strong learning communities?

IL5001 - Instructional Leader as Advocate and Decisioner

In this course, Learners examine the role of instructional leader as that of advocate and decision maker. The importance of this particular role is grounded in the realization that the instructional leader articulates the vision that reflects the mission, core values, beliefs, and purpose of the educational enterprise. Additionally, the instructional leader’s role as advocate is to support the development and maintenance of high standards of performance and achievement. As decision maker and standard bearer for the enterprise, the instructional leader models the way and leads by example.

ED5016 - Instructional Supervision and Leadership

The purpose of this course is to examine the theoretical framework and practical applications of instructional leadership within the economic, social, political, and educational context of schooling. This course proposes a concept of supervision and leadership designed to help educational leaders build a repertoire of approaches and strategies that will enhance professional growth while showing the importance of sensitivity to individual needs. Emphasis is placed upon the learner gaining a clear understanding of the interrelatedness among supervision and leadership, instruction, and assessment.

ED5035 - Supervision of Curriculum

This course provides students with the skills and knowledge required to design and manage curricula resources and delivery to ensure congruence among the written, taught, and tested curricula. The course also provides students with the skills and knowledge required to examine, review, evaluate and select consistent and equitable instructional programs, materials, and products that support student achievement and institutional goals.

LTM5001 - Instructional Design

This course explores the foundations of instructional design and the design process as it applies in the development of educational media and software. Research, goal analysis, objectives, instructional strategy development, and evaluation in the design process are utilized in the planning and development of an educational product.

LTM5002 - Educational Technology Management

Technology is one aspect of the accelerating change that leaders must deal with. Leadership responsibilities in organizations will increasingly influence, and be influenced by technology. This course is designed to provide a foundation for understanding technology. Change is so rapid, any specific technology you learn about in this course could be obsolete before the end of the semester and will likely be replaced by something newer, faster, and easier to use before you will actually use it. Therefore the focus of the course is not on specific technologies or applications. There is, however, an assumption that since Computer/Internet technology is likely to provide a foundation for some of the near future, everyone needs to have some familiarity with the vocabulary, basic concepts, and current applications associated with it. The goal is to provide everyone with a sufficiently solid foundation that they can then keep up with the technology as it evolves.