Courses offered in the Department of Educational Leadership

ECA 805B-806B Practicum Seminar I-II: Principal/Asst Principal - 3 credits and 2 credits

This is a two-term 300-hour supervised practicum in a school setting under the guidance of a cooperating practitioner. This practicum allows the development of administrator competencies specific to the principal/assistant principal position at the elementary level. The practicum provides opportunity for experienced professionals to become fully immersed in examining how theory and practice interact in school administration at the school level and its relationship to and impact on district, school, and classroom policies and practices. Attendance at four seminar sessions is required during the practicum. The seminars, combined with the field experienced, focus on current issues in the students' practicum sites and specifically on issues of the principalship.