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EDD/724

Instructional Leadership

Online

Format

$2430

Estimated Tuition

3 credits

Total credits

8 weeks

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Course level: Doctorate Courses

In this course, students explore instructional leadership as an integrated practice to evolve their understanding of, and capacity for, advancing teaching and learning. Effective teaching and learning strategies are examined as they relate to motivating faculty, staff, and students, and creating dynamic learning environments. Additional topics include leading change in learning environments and counterbalancing resistance to change for faculty, staff, and students.

Prerequisites

This doctorate level course requires proof of completion of a Master's degree. Be prepared to provide documentation during the checkout process.

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What you'll learn

Course skills and outcomes

Learning Outcomes

  • Examine the frameworks of change, current change theories, historical progression of change models, and influences on change within contemporary organizations. 
  • Analyze strategies that influence data-driven change processes within an educational organization. 
  • Analyze curriculum structure, articulation, and alignment critically throughout the educational continuum. 
  • Evaluate the effectiveness of curriculum, instruction, and assessment in instructional programs for contemporary organizations. 
  • Formulate change management plans to improve identified issues within curriculum. 
  • Develop strategies to foster faculty professional development and build professional learning communities within contemporary organizations.

Why UOPX

Why take courses at University of Phoenix

Accreditation that matters

We’ve been accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (hlcommission.org) for more than 40 years.

Real-world instructors

Learn from instructors who bring an average of 25 years of working experience to the classroom.

Affordable and potentially reimbursable

Our tuition and fees are competitive and fixed. Also, check to see if your employer will cover you for this course.

Next Steps

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The University of Phoenix reserves the right to modify courses. Although our continuing teacher education courses are accepted by some state agencies in the United States toward teacher certifications and endorsements, this may not be the case in all states or foreign jurisdictions. If you plan to use courses for certification or endorsement, please check with your own state agency and your school district for applicability. Continuing teacher education courses are not eligible to apply to degree programs at University of Phoenix. These courses are not eligible for federal financial aid. Transferability of credit is at the discretion of the receiving institution. It is the student’s responsibility to confirm whether or not credits earned at University of Phoenix will be accepted by another institution of the student’s choice. While widely available, not all programs are available to residents of all states. Please check with a University Enrollment Representative. If you have a question contact us at (866) 354-1800.

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