• EDLF 3491

    Inequality in US Social Policy
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     GPA

    4.00

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    This course provides a historical overview of major social problems and the social contexts, policies, and programs developed in response. Attention is paid to the experiences of vulnerable groups and processes and contexts that facilitate or constrain social change. Using a historical analysis, students gain an understanding of how policies, institutions, and organizations shape and respond to complex human needs and issues of social justice.

  • EDLF 7815

    Leadership for Equity of Diverse Populations
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     GPA

    3.99

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    Leadership for Equity of Diverse Populations seeks to support special populations in schools. It proposes that effective leadership for all special student populations involves particular knowledge and requires a strong equity orientation.

  • EDLF 5993

    Independent Study
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     GPA

    3.92

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    Prerequisite: Instructor permission.

  • EDLF 7420

    Quantitative Methods II: General Linear Models
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     GPA

    3.90

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    This course provides a theoretical and applied understanding of the general linear model in the context of continuous outcomes. Focus is on multiple regression with continuous predictors, dichotomous and multi-category predictors (i.e., ANOVA in a regression framework), and models that include combinations of these predictor types. Emphasis will also be placed on moderation and mediation, and model assumptions.

  • EDLF 7808

    Strategic Alignment of Planning and Resources
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     GPA

    3.90

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    This course explores school finance principles and challenges, emphasizing budgeting activities like planning, data collection, development, communication, implementation, and monitoring. Topics include resource allocation, accounting, business management, organizational behavior, and data management. Students apply concepts and engage in discussions.

  • EDLF 3895

    Front Lines of Social Change I: Women's Center Internship
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     GPA

    3.90

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    Front Lines of Social Change I explores gender equity and social justice theory. FLSC I provides the Women's Center internship cohort a structured classroom environment to actively reflect upon their experience; engage in professional development; and learn about the field, including gender equity issues addressed by the internship. FLSC I (fall) and FLSC II (spring) are required components of the Women's Center internship for all new interns.

  • EDLF 7810

    Legal and Educational Policy Context
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     GPA

    3.90

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    This course explores laws and policies that shape U.S. public school teaching and learning environments, covering Supreme Court cases and federal legislation. The course introduces legal principles and guidelines for fulfilling leadership duties and protecting the respective rights of student and teacher. Students will be prepared to make fair and ethical decisions, enhancing educational opportunities for all students.

  • EDLF 7806

    Family and Community Engagement
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     GPA

    3.89

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    This course covers the basic principles of engaging families and the community in the life of a school, a fundamental responsibility of school leaders. Topics include communication with the school community and families, community partnerships, crisis communications, and research-based engagement practices. This course will provide tools and resources for building positive relationships with staff, parents, and the community at large.

  • EDLF 7805

    Cultivating Professional Capacity
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     GPA

    3.88

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    Through research based practices and theoretical framing, students learn to build schools' professional capacity through recruitment, interviewing, induction, professional development, evaluation, and compensation. The process is considered in school and policy contexts with attention to ethical and diversity considerations. Students develop actionable plans for employing, supporting, and retaining professional capacity as a leader.

  • EDLF 7813

    Leadership for EdTech
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     GPA

    3.88

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    Examines how, as a team, school leaders analyze the relationship of the integration of technologies to teachers' beliefs & practices & to local school culture, structures, & policies. Students will evaluate factors critical for successful implementation of educational technology; identify & deconstruct the distributed leadership of educational technology in a school setting; & plan comprehensively for a system of practice to lead EdTech.