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> = Welcome to EDL 630: CURRICULUM LEADERSHIP =


 * Welcome back to the second weekend of EDL 630! Here are a few reminders: **
 * Please email each assignment to me in a separate email message KBurke105@msn.com. Name the file and the email message with your complete name and the assignment #.
 * Feel free to suggest an alternate assigment for any of the required assigmnments if you have a more creative or different approach to the topic. I want these assignments to be most beneficial for you as an educator and a professional.
 * Return to the course discussion several times during the day so you can comment on the ideas of your collegues. These discussions have been very interesting!
 * Review the Course Calendar and Rubrics for Course Assignments.
 * Begin part three of the course: Part 3 Saturday September 26 morning.

COURSE DESCRIPTION Examination of the **educational leader’s role** in the design, implementation, and evaluation of curriculum; principles of curriculum leadership; needs assessment, school improvement, curriculum alignment, and evaluation; and leadership roles in curricular decision-making in relationship to current research. This course is designed to facilitate **instructional leaders** in an understanding of the organization of schools and systems and to suggest ways curriculum specialists can bring about educational change in a systematic and planned way. Curriculum change strategies and tactics based upon recently developed scientific knowledge, concepts, and theory are considered.

COURSE OBJECTIVES By the end of this course students will have acquired:
 * A strong understanding of change in the curriculum and educational process,
 * Methods for dealing effectively with resistance to curricular change, and
 * The ability to make an application of these techniques in organizational curriculum growth.

**REQUIRED** **READINGS** Students are responsible to read, review, analyze, and reflect upon the literature related to current and noted theory and practice of curriculum leadership. Through the reading of daily-assigned journal articles students will be prepared to engage in online discussions. The required journal articles are listed on the information page for each day of the course. These PDF articles are included in the folder for each day.


 * REMINDER **

This course requires 40 hours of class time during the next five days. You MUST plan to spend eight hours a day on the required readings, comment postings, PowerPoint veiwing, and assignments.