EDAD8058 Community Leadership & Civic Engagement
What role should school leaders play in community leadership? In what ways should school leaders endeavor to bring community agencies together to coordinate their work in order to enhance the quality of life for children and all residents? To what extent has there been a "disconnect" between what educators and the general public perceive as the purpose of public education? What strategies can leaders employ to reconnect schools to the communities they serve? How should leaders shape the mission of the school given the public's "mixed messages" about its purposes and priorities? This course will engage students in readings, discussion, and a field-based community project to answer these questions.