Unless otherwise specified, assignments are due by 11:59 p.m. (ET), Sunday night of the week.
Identifies readings that are available on Course Reserves through the Libraries.
Lesson 01: Course Orientation and Introduction to How Schools Work
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- Course Orientation Survey
- Teacher Leadership Endorsement Confirmation
- Academic Integrity and Course Contract
- Blog Setup and Introduction
- Classmates' Blog URLs page
- Class Introduction: Video
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Lesson 02: Exploring School Systems as Complex and Formal Organizations
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- Textbook 4
- DuFour, R., & Eaker, R. (1998). Professional learning communities at work. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- Chapter 1: Disappointment of School Reform (pp. 1–17)
- Lesson 02 Commentary
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- My Initial Thinking Reflection
- Lesson 02 Discussion Questions
- Lesson 02 Blog Reflection
- Needs Assessment: Project Statement
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Lesson 03: Classrooms Within Schools Within Districts
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- Textbook 1
- Chapter 1: Teacher Inquiry Defined (pp. 1–11)
- Chapter 2: The Start of Your Journey: Finding a Wondering (pp. 13–15)
- Figure 2.1. Finding Your Wondering, on page 22
- Textbook 5
- Preface
- Chapter 1: Access and Belonging (pp. 1–19)
- Textbook 3
- Chapter 6: Steps to Influencing Others (pp. 110–111)
- Daly, A., N., Moolenaar, M. N., Bolivar, J. M., & Burke, P. (2010). Relationships in reform: The role of teachers’ social networks. Journal of Educational Administration, 48(3), 359–391.
- Lesson 03 Commentary
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- Needs Assessment: Pre-Assessment—Start
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Lesson 04: Districts and States Within a Federal System
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- Datnow, A. (2005). The sustainability of comprehensive school reform models in changing district and state contexts. Educational Administration Quarterly, 41(1), 121–153.
- Cochran-Smith, M., & Fries, M. K. (2001). Sticks, stones, and ideology: The discourse of reform in teacher education. Educational Researcher, 30(8), 3–15.
- Hansen, M. (2018). The double edged sword of policy trends. In M. Dilworth & R. Milner (Eds.), Millennial teachers of color (race and education) (pp. 141–156). Cambridge, MA: Harvard Press.
- Lesson 04 Commentary
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- Needs Assessment: Pre-Assessment—Submit
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Lesson 05: Are Schools Learning Organizations?
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- Textbook 4
- Chapter 3 (pp. 39–68)
- Appendix A
- Senge, P. (2000). Schools that learn. New York: Doubleday.
- How Do You Know Your Organization Is Learning? (pp. 552–553)
- Industrial Age System of Education (pp. 27–58)
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- Lesson 05 Discussion Questions
- Lesson 05 Blog Reflection
- Needs Assessment: Data Collection—Start
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Lesson 06: Mental Models and Metaphors of Schools and/or Systems as Organizations
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- Textbook 4
- Chapters 4–5 (pp. 69–104)
- Appendix B
- Boerma & Kaplan, “Michelle Rhee's Elaborate Reemergence”
- DuFour, R., & Eaker, R. (1998). Professional learning communities at work.
- Chapter 2: A New Model: The Professional Learning Community (pp. 19–45)
- Gates, B., & Gates, M. (2010). Chapter 11: Educating America's young people for the global economy. In K. Weber (Ed.), Waiting for Superman (pp. 201–212). New York: PublicAffairs
- Ravitch, D. (2010, November 11). The myth of charter schools. The New York Review of Books.
- Rhee, M. (2010). Chapter 7: Putting kids first. In K. Weber (Ed.), Waiting for Superman (pp. 127–141). New York: PublicAffairs.
- Senge, P. (2000). Schools that learn. New York: Doubleday.
- Mental Models (pp. 66–68)
- Lesson 06 Commentary
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- Lesson 06 Discussion Questions
- Lesson 06 Blog Reflection
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Lesson 07: Changing Schools and Educational Reform Movements
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Read
- Cuban, L. (2015). Charter schools, politics, and democracy (Part 1).
- Cuban, L. (2015). Charter schools, politics, and democracy (Part 2).
- Green, P. (2017). Is charter school fraud next Enron?
- Matthews, D. (2008). The public and the public schools: The coproduction of education Phi Delta Kappan 89(8), 560–564.
- Ravitch, D. (2010). The myth of charter schools.
- Lesson 07 Commentary
Review
- Textbook 4
- Chapter 3 (pp. 39–68)
- Appendix A
- Schools That Learn:
- How Do You Know Your Organization Is Learning? (pp. 552–553)
- Industrial Age System of Education (pp. 27–58)
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- Lesson 07 Blog Reflection
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Lesson 08: Pathways to Becoming a Learning Organization
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- Lesson 08 Discussion Questions
- Lesson 08 Blog Reflection
- Midpoint: Synthesis and Application
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Lesson 09: Globalization: The Urgency of Change
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Viewing |
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- Lesson 09 Discussion Questions
- Lesson 09 Blog Reflection
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Lesson 10: Systemic Change Processes
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- Textbook 4
- Chapter 10 (pp. 233–234)
- Chapters 12–13 (pp. 265–288)
- Textbook 2
- Lesson 10 Commentary
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- Lesson 10 Discussion Questions
- Lesson 10 Blog Reflection
- Inquiry Project: Needs Assessment (Data Collection)—Submit
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Lesson 11: Change at the Local Level
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- Lesson 11 Discussion Questions
- Lesson 11 Blog Reflection
- Individual Reflection: Synthesis/Application
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Lesson 12: Defining Teacher Leadership
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- Textbook 3
- Chapters 1–2 (pp. 1–42)
- Chapter 5 (pp. 83–120)
- Lesson 12 Commentary
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- Lesson 12 Discussion Questions
- Lesson 12 Blog Reflection
- Needs Assessment: Analysis
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Lesson 13: Developing Teacher Leadership
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- Textbook 3
- Chapters 3–4 (pp. 43–82)
- Resource A: Philosophy of Education Inventory (pp. 159–188)
- Higgins, M., Young, L., Weiner, J., & Wlodarczyk, S. (2009). Leading teams of leaders. Phi Delta Kappan, 91(4), 41–45.
- Richardson, J. (2011). Tune in to what the new generation of teachers can do. Phi Delta Kappan, 92(8), 14–19.
- Wenner, J., & Campbell, T. (2017). The theoretical and empirical basis of teacher leadership: A review of the literature. Review of Educational Research, 87(1), 134–171.
- Lesson 13 Commentary
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- Lesson 13 Discussion
- Lesson 13 Blog Reflection
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Lesson 14: The Future of Teacher Leadership in a Learning Organization
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- Textbook 3
- Chapters 7–8 (pp. 119–158)
- Lesson 14 Commentary
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- Lesson 14 Discussion Questions
- Lesson 14 Blog Reflection
- Needs Assessment: Final Report
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Lesson 15: Leadership and Learning: Opportunities, Insights, and Challenges
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- Lesson 15 Blog Reflection
- Final Synthesis
- Needs Assessment: Peer Review
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