EDU 7430 Field Experience III for Accountable Leaders
This field experience is conducted during the third semester of the program. Specifically, candidates are expected to develop a thorough understanding of the change process, analysis of data, implications from data analysis, instructional improvement, and the involvement of all stakeholders in the school improvement planning process. Furthermore, the course includes responding to diversity for the improvement of instruction, for increased student learning, and for a positive school climate, specifically in these areas: ethnicity/race, socioeconomic, gender exceptionalities, language, and religion, in urban/suburban/rural settings. Effective use of human resources is examined in the areas of recruitment, hiring, induction, and retention. Individualized, well-executed professional development is viewed as a necessary component of retention and growth for exceptional teachers.