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2019-20 Graduate Catalog 
    
2019-20 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

EDU 687 - Curriculum Development, Implementation, and Assessment for Leaders


3-0-3

This course is designed to provide candidates with the knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary to make critical curriculum and assessment decisions that focus on instructional best practices.  Candidates will develop the understanding and skills necessary to lead curriculum and instructional practices that will garner academic success of all P-12 students.  Candidates will examine relevant theory and current research related to how children and adolescents learn.  Best instructional practices for all students will be investigated, including those with disabilities, English Language Learners, and students from other linguistically and culturally diverse backgrounds.  Effective school leadership and school improvement are measured by increased student learning and achievement; therefore candidates plan, develop, and implement effective, data-informed, instructional programs; align instruction vertically and horizontally with state and local school district curriculum standards; monitor and evaluate the implementation of curriculum standards, both individually and systematically; and effectively imporve curriculum and instruction practices.