EDU 777 The Superintendent as Instructional Leader

3 Credits

This course investigates school leadership strategies and practices of organization, supervision, and management which are appropriate to K–12 school districts. Students are provided with an analysis and an overview of the nature, functions, and activities of the public school superintendent, including a study of historical and philosophical foundations, school board relations and functions, professional staff relations and management, public relations and communication, community relations and responsibilities, as well as the functions of planning, direction, and supervision of the entire instructional enterprise as it relates to organizational management.