ED 7050 - Curriculum Leadership preK-12: Implementation, Instructional Strategies, and Assessment

This course will explore curriculum leadership within PK-12 school and district systems as well as goals and philosophical orientations to education. Students will delve into who controls the curriculum, how that control is exerted, how curricular decisions impact student learning, and how you can lead curricular change. It provides school leaders with the ability to understand major curriculum design models, interpret school district curricula, initiate needs analyses, plan and implement with staff a framework for instruction, align curriculum with anticipated outcomes (standards of learning), monitor social and technological developments as they affect curriculum, and adjust content as needs and conditions change. (3 Credits)