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INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP AND TEACHER CAPACITY

ELPA 847
Course Description

Learn to create and sustain successful teaching and learning environments. Designed to provide teachers, learning specialists, principals, and other administrators with the foundations of research, theory, and best practices of instructional leadership to enhance teachers' capacity for equity and excellence in student learning.

Prerequisties

Graduate/professional standing

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

3

Offered

Occasionally

Grade Point Average
3.8

-0.07% from Historical

Completion Rate
100%

3.1% from Historical

A Rate
60%

-27.94% from Historical

Class Size
10

-39.91% from Historical

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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