V. COURSE REQUIREMENTS

• Graded Activity #1 - Attendance and Participation (15%).
• This is basically an on line course with a face to face daily meeting for those who are near enough to attend and would benefit from the face to face teacher/student interaction

• Attendance and participation for all students is based on completing the required daily responses to the contents of the assigned chapter and readings, and submitting these responses to the specifically titled discussion area for EDAL 520SU05 in WebCT.

• All students are expected to participate in the 3 scheduled online class sessions. (See the class schedule for the dates.)

• “Absences”, missing your daily response or missing an online class session will result in a lower final grade.

• Required:
• A computer account at AU or with another ISP (Internet Service Provider)
• Proficiency in working in a Windows environment
• Ready access to a computer with Microsoft Internet Explorer (the recommended browser
• An adventurous spirit.
• Graded Activity #2 - Reading Critiques - (10%)
  • Students will be required to critique 2 article chosen from the 3 listed below. These readings are selected to provide valuable insights into the challenges of educational administration.
    • A Personal Vision of a Good School by Roland S. Barth http://www.enc.org/professional/learn/change/resources/readings/document.shtm?input=ACQ-137035-7035
    • The Learning-Centered Principal by Richard DuFour
    • A National Plan for Improving Professional Development by Dennis Sparks and Stephanie Hirsh http://www.nsdc.org/library/authors/NSDCPlan.cfm
  • Each Reading Critique should provide:
    • A two page document:
      • A synopsis (summary) of the content of the article.
        • This should be one page double spaced, 12 pt.
      • The student's analysis of the ideas in the article and, comments regarding how relevant those ideas are to the role of an educational administrator.
        • This should also be one page , as above.
    • Note the grid in section VII A of this syllabus, provides Reading Critique Evaluation Standards to guide the student in writing a good critique.
  • Please email your Reading Critiques to ggifford@andews.edu as an attached file.
• Graded Activity #3 – Student Presentations/Evaluations of Case Studies (20%)
  • Power Point Presentation (15%)
    • Select a case study from one of the following sites to present on line to the other members of the class:

      Get Rid of Incompetent Teachers, Any Way You can!

      Interviewing for the Principalship

      Facing Community Pressure: When Emotion Overrules Logic

      Changes at Big Mountain High School

      Out With the Old, In With the New: Principal Succession at Liberty High

    • Study the case study:
      • describe the case,
      • identify all the problems/issues, in and surrounding the case,
      • select two problems/issues in the case for which you would like to suggest solutions,
      • provide solutions to the problems you selected
    • Present the case study:
      • transform the content you create in response to the bulleted items in “Study” above into a Powerpoint presentation of at least 20 slides with comment notes tied to each slide indicating what, in addition to the slide content, you would say about each slide,
      • send your creation, via an email attachment,(we will share email addresses) to the instructor and each class member. This assignment will provide evidence to demonstrate some of your competency with technology.
  • Evaluations of fellow student's Power point presentations (5%)
    • You will receive credit for evaluating your co-learner's presentations (5%)
    • Copy the form below to a word document.
    • Complete the form and e mail a copy of your evaluation to me.
    • I will check your evaluation and credit you for viewing and learning from your co-learner's presentations.

• Evaluation (20% total):
  • Evaluation of your Case Study Power Point Presentation (15%) will be based on:
    • your description of the case,
    • your identification of the problems/issues in around the case,
    • your identification of the two problems you want to solve,
    • the quality of the solutions you presented to the two problems you choose to address
    • the strength and clarity of your Powerpoint presentation,
    • the overall effectiveness of the presentation.
  • Evaluation of your co-learners' work (5%)
• Graded Activity #4 – Quizzes (25%)
  • Over the course of the semester there will 12 chapter quizzes .(multiple choice) over the first 12 chapters of the text book
  • This form of evaluation will test the student's knowledge of the major concepts and personalities in the study of educational administration.
  • All of the quizzes can be found at the EDAL520 SU05 WebCT site http://webct.andrews.edu/webct/public/home.pl
  • Enter this site by clicking on Log On to My WebCT and by using your AU username and password. When you enter the WebCT area click on EDAL520 SU05. This will take you to the course menu.
  • Click on the Quiz/Test icon. You will then enter the quizzes section. Click on Chapter 1 Quiz (or other chapters as you progress through the course). This will be a multiple choice quiz over Chapter 1.
  • You have 3 chances (trys) to take the quiz. The questions are stored in a database and randomly selected for each of the three quizzes. WebCT will automatically select your quiz with the best score to record for your grade.
• Graded Activity #5 – Final Take Home Project (30%)
• The Final Take Home Project will be available to each student early in the morning on July 7, 2005 and will be due July 8, 2005, at 5:00 pm.

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