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District Level Internship (3 Hours Blended). The internship is aligned with the first semester of a school year. This course involves a supervised experiential practice in a school setting along with course work and a portfolio to maximize an intern's knowledge, performance, and dispositions aligned with the ISLLC/IDOE Standards. Instructional leadership, staff and program evaluation, public relations, curriculum and staff development will be major areas of proficiency development during the Practicum.

District Level Practicum (3 Hours Blended). The practicum is aligned with the second semester of the school year. The professional growth and development of the aspiring district level administrator will culminate in the presentation of the portfolio based on ISLLC/IDOE Standards for district level school leader's criteria. Instructional leadership, staff and program evaluation, public relations, curriculum and staff development will be major areas of proficiency development during the Practicum.

This course will build on the completed portfolio to produce a professional written thesis organized as a scientific analysis of theory and practice for continuous school improvement reflecting comprehensive P-12 experiential learning, proficiency development, and leadership influence aligned with the eight conceptual framework domains of the ISLLC Standards. A comprehensive paper applying all of the ISLLC criteria in a research based thesis will be orally defended as the ?showcase product? of their servant leader practices. The thesis will focus on a research based instructional and assessment continuous school improvement project.

This course explores the impact of the school leader's character and competence on the organization. Students will be challenged to strengthen their level of moral leadership as they confront ethical and legal issues. Strategies for personal and spiritual development will be considered.

This course explores the theoretical foundations related to organizational theory and adult learning and its impact on the organization and the school's leader. Students will build a collaborative learning community that engages school leaders in knowledge management and continuous improvement strategies aimed at transforming people, units, and the organization.

This course explores the school leader's relationship to the change process and practices of international and intercultural leadership in organizations and the individuals that make up these organizations. Students will examine the change processes, innovation, entrepreneurship, barriers to change, and successful structures and strategies aimed at improving the total organization, groups, and individual. Special emphasis will be placed on understanding multicultural globalization and its impact on how leadership is exercised in today's world.