EL 8312 Assignments

Here are the rubrics for your two major assignments this semester. See you in class! Dr. Andy

EL 8312 Rubric for classroom presentations:

http://www.filefactory.com/file/b40fce1/n/EL_8312_Rubric_for_Classroom_Presentations.doc

El 8312 Rubric for application papers:

http://www.filefactory.com/file/b40fcdg/n/El_8312_Rubric_for_application_papers.doc

Week Two Readings

Management challenges in education for the 21st Century: New Paradigms

Please read and consider the article below in light of Educational processes:

http://www.train4success.com/who/news/Drucker.pdf

EL 8312 Course Syllabus

Here is the course syllabus for your reference:

http://www.filefactory.com/file/b43h28a/n/EL_8312_Mgmt_Scis_in_Edl_Tfmn.doc

EL 8312 Welcome from Dr. Andy:

Dear Students, welcome to EL 8312, Management Sciences in Educational Transformation. We will be working together to enhance our practices in schools and school leadership over the sixteen weeks of this course, which will entail cooperative and interactive efforts, regardless of where we may currently be in terms of our knowledge or expertise. This blog will be where the majority of the assignments and readings, including the course syllabus and rubrics for assignments, will be posted. There may be some readings that you will get via a scan in addition to the resources provided on the blog. Each week, students will also be asked to reflect on the class discussion or activity that took place. Ten reflections will be required. Students will post the reflection in the week following, due before the start of the next class, each week. It is also suggested that you check the reflections of others, or my comments, and use the post each week as a way of gaining and sharing knowledge with each other.

The main course requirements will shortly be posted in the syllabus, however here is a quick overview of the course requirements: Attendance at all classes is highly encouraged; attendance at 80% of the sessions is required. 10% of the grade will relate to attendance and participation. A presentation (in groups to be discussed in the first class session) will be required relating to applying educational transformation processes in a school setting. 20 % of your grade will be allocated according to your efforts in this project. You will present this to the class, in an interactive manner, in the last three sessions with the schedule to be set-up as discussed with the course instructor. An application paper will be required, of 12 to 15 pages length. This is a research paper that will relate some aspect of management or leadership transformation in schools theory to an area of your interest. It may be related to your area of presentation if you wish, though this is not required. 15% of the course grade relates to this paper. The ten reflections discussed above will account for a further 15%. Finally, after the fifteen sessions are complete (session fifteen will be an exam review) there will be a final exam accounting for 40% of your grade. The exam will follow a case study, response, and essay type format.

I wish you all well on the course and look forward to our time together. Please comment on this post to ask questions so all may benefit from the answers. This will be the procedure for all posts. Of course, if you have a personal issue to discuss, or just want to discuss something outside of the blog format, you may always call or email.

Let's have a great course! Dr. Andy