DATA-DRIVEN LEADERSHIP FOR EDUCATIONAL EQUITY AND SYSTEMIC SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT

ELPA 702

Examine leadership in K12 schools for more equitable outcomes. Delve into key social justice concepts, principal leadership, teacher leadership, the interplay between principals and informal/formal teacher leaders, and how a more robust, encompassing view of leadership can contribute to more equitable student learning outcomes.

ELPA 823

Focuses on the knowledge and skills required to support rigorous quantitative inquiry. Acquire and import data; combine (merge/append) multiple data sets; organize directories and files for optimal workflow; clean data; document data manipulations for reproducibility and transparency; write code to facilitate collaboration; and summarize data in visual (graph, chart, map) and tabular forms.

ELPA 844

Investigates how school leaders develop and use technological tools and systems to improve student learning and effect change in schools.

ELPA 810

Introduction to inquiry in the field of educational leadership and policy analysis for first semester doctoral students. Provides an introduction to research through engagement with ideas, including identifying and crystallizing meaningful problems, fundamentals of research design, and key challenges in conducting disciplined inquiry.

ELPA 940

Research on and/or discussion of selected topics in educational leadership and policy analysis.