Course Title: Leadership and Personal Growth Course Number: EdAd 5911 Credits: 3 Course Description: This course

provides an overview of leadership through a theoretical perspective. Learners will begin to see the role and styles of leadership in relationship to the culture of schools and communities. Competencies This course is designed to enable students to demonstrate competency in the following Core Leadership Competencies:
A4. Demonstrating an understanding of issues affecting education A5: Through a visioning process, formulating strategic plans and goals with staff and community C2: Creating and monitoring a positive learning environment for all students C4: Promoting sensitivity of diversity throughout the school community; F7: Responding, reviewing and summarizing information for groups K1: Demonstrating understanding of the role of education in a democratic society; K2: Demonstrating understanding of and model democratic value systems, ethics, and moral leadership Principals Competencies: B1: Demonstrating the ability to create a culture that fosters a community of learners; C2: Demonstrating understanding of different organizational systems and structures at pre-K, elementary, middle or junior high, and high school levels C3: Demonstrating the ability to work with children of all ages C4: Demonstrating the ability to work with parents, teachers and other staff in all levels of schooling; Assessments: Leadership interview, assessment of ethical dimensions of organization, and leadership self analysis, on-line discussions and activities

Instructional Plan:
Topic Intro to Class/Peers. Self-Awareness and Personal Growth Examining the Self Feedback and Reflection Personality Inventory Issues affecting education Goal Setting Various readings on leadership Reading Assigned Links to readings are within Moodle and many are also available from the library-electronic reserve under my name The Leadership Experience, Ch. 1: What Does it Mean to be a Leader? (Daft, 2002) Links to additional readings within Moodle

Leadership (Intro) Philosophy of Education Role of Education in Democratic Society Does Research Inform Practice? Social & Economic Constraints; Gender, Race and Leadership Intro to Leadership Theory, Leadership Styles and Educational Leadership Self-Awareness and Personal Growth (cont). Time Management The Challenge of Change Emotional intelligence Education in the context of community Moral and Ethical Considerations Cultural Diversity in organizations and in leadership The Moral Foundation of Extraordinary Leadership (Clawson, 2003) Schools That Learn, Ch XIII: Moving Into Community (Senge, et al, 2000) The Dance of Change, Ch. VII: Fear and Anxiety (Senge, et al, 1999) The Neuroanatomy of Leadership, (Goleman et al., 2002) Primal Leadership: Realizing the power of emotional intelligence Primal Leadership, "Emotional Intelligence - Leadership Competencies" (Goleman, 2002, Appendix B) Links to additional readings within Moodle The Key to Continuous School Improvement, Ch. 5: Research and Development (Schmoker, 1999) Schools That Learn, Ch II: A Primer to the Five Disciplines (Senge, et al, 2000) Gender, Race and Leadership (links will be provided Leadership: Research, Findings, Practice, & Skills, Ch 14: International and Culturally Diverse Aspects of Leadership (Dubrin, 2001) Links to additional readings within Moodle

Flow and the Theory of Abundance Synthesis of learning, Personal growth analysis Wrap-up/goodbyes

Leadership Mission Statement (Links to be provided) Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (Czikszentmihalyi, 1990) Balancing Leadership & Personal Growth (Metzger, 2006). Fulfilling your purpose as a leaders and finding meaning as a person.

Required Texts and Readings

There is not a textbook assigned for this course. However, there are single chapters from various texts that have been placed on Reserve in the UMD Library's electronic reserve system or will be available to download from a Moodle folder. These may include: 1. Education: Critical teaching for social change, Ch. 1: Education is Politics (Shor, 1992) 2. The Key to Continuous School Improvement, Ch. 5: Research and Development (Schmoker, 1999)

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The Disciplined Mind, Ch. 5: How Cultures Educate (Gardner, 1999) The Leadership Experience, Ch. 1: What Does it Mean to be a Leader? (Daft, 2002) Schools That Learn, Ch II: A Primer to the Five Disciplines (Senge, et al, 2000) Gender, Race and Leadership (links will be provided) Women and School Leadership: International Perspectives (Reynolds, Ed., 2002). Ch. 5 Women Administrators Balancing Leadership & Personal Growth: The School Administrator's Guide (Metzger, 2006). Ch. 11 Fulfilling your purpose as a leader... Leadership: Research, Findings, Practice, & Skills, Ch 14: International and Culturally Diverse Aspects of Leadership (Dubrin, 2001) The Disciplined Mind, Ch. 3: Education in the future ( Gardner, 1999) The Moral Foundation of Extraordinary Leadership (Clawson, 2003) Schools That Learn, Ch XIII: Moving Into Community (Senge, et al, 2000) The Dance of Change, Ch. VII: Fear and Anxiety (Senge, et al, 1999) The Neuroanatomy of Leadership, (Goleman et al., 2002) Primal Leadership: Realizing the power of emotional intelligence Primal Leadership, "Emotional Intelligence - Leadership Competencies" (Goleman, 2002, Appendix B) Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience - Chapter 7 (Czikszentmihalyi, 1990)