EDLA 6433 Visions of Learning

3 semester hours

This course focuses on Catholic educators as leaders and change facilitators. Emphasis will be on leading the faculty, students, and parents in a spiritual community of faith formed in the teachings of the Catholic Church and the traditions of Ignatian spirituality. Private school law and ethics, governmental intersections, political context, financial impact, legal dimensions of practice, and historical perspectives of all education in the United States will be studied. Leadership theory, effective communication, effective group facilitation, community relations, will be taught and analyzed. Methods to articulate a shared vision consistent with well-developed educational philosophy will be explored within the context of a professional learning community. There will be an emphasis on building intercultural competency, socio-economic and linguistic diversity, Catholic school inclusion, and the parent-school relationship. This course is aligned with the National Standards and Benchmarks for Effective Catholic Elementary and Secondary Schools for use in planning and assessment.