Instructional Core Transformation For School Administrators (UE INSCR GRC)
12 Credits
GRADUATE CERTIFICATE • 12 CREDITS • UE INSCR GRC
This series provides students with techniques and strategies to develop an instructional core relevant to the improvement. The certificate explores ways of constructing strategic, curricular, and instructional plans essential for and common among improved performing urban school buildings, designing equitable and culturally responsive practices that lead to student engagement, student achievement, and physical and emotional well-being. Faculty and students summarize deconstructing the components of a standards-based curriculum designed for students to achieve mastery of essential grade-level skills and knowledge while meeting diverse learners' needs.
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- Instructional Core Transformation For School Administrators, GRC (web)
- Instructional Core Transformation For School Administrators, GRC (pdf)
Courses |
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| UEDU778 | In this course, candidates will review recent research on effective instruction and explore advanced classroom strategies and techniques designed to enhance their effectiveness in meeting the needs of diverse populations of learners. Examples include direct instruction, cooperative learning, dimensions of learning, creative problem solving, and applications of technology to thinking and learning. Candidates will develop expert teaching skills and learn to diagnose and deliver instructional strategies that are most appropriate in specific circumstances commonly found in urban schools. Applicable Course Fees can be found at https://my.davenport.edu/financial-aid/how-much-does-du-cost/tuition-and-fees. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Master of Urban Education program | |
| UEDU788 | Candidates will learn a new way of viewing teaching that is grounded in an understanding of the role of culture and language in learning. Candidates in this course will compare the best practices outlined in multiple cultural, linguistically responsive frameworks, eventually adopting one of the proposed frameworks or creating their own to be implemented in their work context. Candidates will also explore relevant coaching and change management strategies and apply them as they learn about their students’ family makeup, immigration history, favorite activities, concerns, and strengths. Applicable Course Fees can be found at https://my.davenport.edu/financial-aid/how-much-does-du-cost/tuition-and-fees. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Master of Urban Education program | |
| UEDU791 | This course explores the leadership and management skills, competencies and dispositions needed to develop culturally responsive school, family, and community partnerships. Topics covered include engaging youth through culturally relevant experiences and capitalizing on their funds of knowledge in cultural contexts; training teachers and youth program workers to understand the importance of utilizing culturally relevant pedagogical strategies; and how to assess newly developed and existing programs to determine the level of efficacy, inclusivity, equity and cultural relevance. As a learning community, candidates will explore their beliefs about the role of families and community members in school reform. Candidates will research the impact of home-school and community-school partnerships on student learning and explore the various theoretical frameworks about these partnerships. Applicable Course Fees can be found at https://my.davenport.edu/financial-aid/how-much-does-du-cost/tuition- | |
| UEDU796 | Candidates in this course will explore the need for schools to establish their own internal systems and professional cultures to improve student outcomes and develop their own systems for leading the instructional core in context. Candidates will learn how to evaluate the learning experience of students in classrooms and the implications of these experiences for the instructional core. Applicable Course Fees can be found at https://my.davenport.edu/financial-aid/how-much-does-du-cost/tuition-and-fees. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Master of Urban Education program |