EDSL 8881 Internship in School Leadership

The purpose of this course is to provide candidates with a carefully designed and personalized internship in school leadership where they have the opportunity to synthesize and apply knowledge and skills as they work on problems of practice in school and district settings. Students in collaboration with a mentor and college internship supervisor will develop a plan that will guide field experiences during the internship course. This plan will define which artifacts and performances will be used to address various elements of the Georgia Educational Leadership Standards. Field experiences will be aligned to the kinds of work that are done at various times during a typical school year.

Credits

3

Student Learning Outcomes

SCHOOL OF EDUCATION OUTCOMES (See School of Education Syllabus A – IV)

COURSE OUTCOMES:
Upon successful completion of this course, the candidate will be able to:

1. Apply knowledge that promotes the success of every student by facilitating the development, articulation, implementation, and stewardship of a shared school vision of learning.
2. Sustain a school culture conducive to collaboration, trust, and a personalized learning environment with high expectations for students. 
3. Create and evaluate a comprehensive, rigorous, and coherent curricular and instructional school program.
4. Develop and supervise the instructional and leadership capacity of school staff.
5. Promote the most effective and appropriate technologies to support teaching and learning within a school environment.
6. Promote the success of every student by ensuring the management of the school organization, operation, and resources. 
7. Monitor and evaluate school management and operational systems.
8. Use human, fiscal, and technological resources in a school environment. 
9. Promote and protect the welfare and safety of school students and staff.
10. Develop school capacity for distributed leadership.
11. Ensure that teacher and organizational time is focused to support high-quality instruction and student learning.
12. Promote the success of every student by understanding, responding to, and influencing the larger political, social, economic, legal, and cultural context. 
13. Advocate for school students, families, and caregivers. 
14. Act to influence local, district, state, and national decisions affecting student learning in a school environment. 
15. Anticipate and assess emerging trends and initiatives in order to adapt school-level leadership strategies.
16. Promote the success of every student by acting with integrity, fairness, and in an ethical manner. 
17. Promote the success of every student by collaborating with faculty and community members.
18. Respond to diverse community interests and needs. 
19. Collect and analyze information pertinent to improvement of the school’s educational environment using appropriate technology applications
20. Promote an understanding, appreciation, and use of the community’s diverse cultural, social, and intellectual resources within the school community. 
21. Build and sustain positive school relationships with families and caregivers.
22. Cultivate productive school relationships with community partners.