Week 6 eActivity Use the Internet to research a local school district’s mission and vision statements. Be prepared to discuss.School Leadership From the e-Activity, analyze the extent to which the selected school district’s mission and vision statement support a learning organization. Provide three suggestions that will help the school district’s mission and vision statement better support a learning organization. From the e-Activity, determine opportunities to […]

Compare and contrast civic capacity with social capital in terms of the ability of each concept to transform schools. Propose three ways that you would try to build social capital if you were an educational leader. Analyze how the economics and moral order of your community are affecting your school district. Determine two areas that are in need of improvement and propose a solution for […]

Describe an instance in which you observed students engaging in superficial learning. Provide an alternative approach to the one that you witnessed that could also have compelled students to engage in profound learning. Provide two alternative ways to evaluate a student’s performance other than a paper-and-pencil test. Evaluate whether or not these methods would be accepted as a measure for performance standards equivalent to a […]

As standards have been developed throughout industries to improve quality of service and products, educational standards view the student as the “product.” Examine how this view may negatively and positively impact the student’s self-concept. Propose solutions to the negative impacts and ways to better leverage the positive impacts you discussed. From the e-Activity, select one of the seven domains of standards. Propose three ways that […]

Students, parents, teachers, principals, central office staff, superintendents, and school board members all play important roles in school systems. Use the Internet to research a school district in your area and use the information you locate to complete this assignment. Imagine that you are a teacher leader and you have been asked to supply ideas to the selected school district to help it transform into […]

From the e-Activity, examine the selected event that appears to have been a turning point in the history of education in this country. Determine how this event has impacted today’s learning environments. Predict how this event will affect learning environments in the future. Create a short (one to two paragraphs) speech to deliver to your local school board members that convinces them that a learning […]

Examine the similarities and differences between learning organizations and learning communities. Create a scenario where it would be optimal for a learning organization and a learning community to collaborate and join forces. Imagine that you are a teacher leader in a learning community. Describe the size and environment of your imaginary learning community. Propose at least three reasons why you could be considered a problem […]

From the first e-Activity, analyze the educational leadership practices discussed in the case study. Select the teacher leadership practice that you prefer and explain why.From the second e-Activity, determine whether you are a teacher leader or not. If you consider yourself to be a teacher leader outside of the classroom, examine three different ways that you share your teacher leadership skills with your coworkers. If […]

Analyze the models of school organizations and explain how they have helped to form your understanding and concepts of what a school is. Choose the model of school organization that has influenced your image of schools the most and explain why. Think of how you would like schools to be organized and determine your top three priorities regarding the subject. Determine the support needed to […]

Compare and contrast the three types of social control. Provide one best practice for each type of social control, noting how power, authority, and influence play a role in each. (Share a personal example, if applicable.) Select the type of sanction you would use to establish and maintain social control in a school setting and explain why. Select one of the remaining two sanctions and […]