ELS 601 is the study of characteristics of school-based professional learning communities with emphasis on shared vision, values and goals, collective inquiry, collaborative teams, action orientation for continuous improvement of student-learning.
ELS 602 is the study of professional learning communities with emphasis on essential roles of collaborative leaders (i.e., principals, teachers, students, parents) in creating and sustaining continuous improvement of student-learning
ELS 603 is the study of professional learning communities with emphasis on understanding strategies used by collaborative leaders to ensure all students learn at high levels, with emphasis on establishing instructional priorities, building capacity, planning, data analysis, resource allocation, monitoring and communicating with stakeholders.
Students have both legal rights and responsibilities within the school environment, which teachers must both respect and enforce. ELS 605 provides an overview of rights and responsibilities of students within classrooms (e.g., student expression, discipline, harassment, discrimination, attendance, instruction and testing, privacy).
School-Based Decision Making (SBDM) Councils have been an integral part of school governance since passage of the 1990 Kentucky Educational Reform Act. Role and responsibilities of SBDM Council are examined with focus on how teachers can use their local Council to assure successful school improvement efforts.
The Information Revolution fundamentally changed the way schools operate at the beginning of the 21st century - not only has technology facilitated improved school operations, but also is radically changing how students learn inside and outside of the classroom. ELS 609 emphasizes the roles of the teacher leader in improving school-wide technology integration and use of technology beyond the classroom the link people and resources to integrate more innovation into the school environment.
ELS 610 is the study of distributed leadership research and related teacher leadership roles and responsibilities through readings, assignments, and collegial discussion. Emphasis placed upon building connections between course concepts and activities and students' professional work.
ELS 611 is a study of selected issues that face school leaders and reflect differences among community citizens about who schools should serve (equity and justice), what curriculum should be taught (knowledge and literacy), and how schools should be organized and governed (environment).
ELS 613 is a study of the role of teacher leader whose influence and responsibility transcends school walls to include community and civic leadership.
ELS 615 is a study of roles of teacher leaders in the Response to Intervention (RTI) model, which serves as both a strategy for providing assistance to children having learning difficulty, as well as a method for diagnosing learning disabilities.
