SCOPE Education Services

As required by Sections 3003 and 3004 of Education Law, all educators seeking initial or permanent state certification or other professionals seeking NYS licensing must complete two hours of coursework in the identification and reporting of suspected child abuse and maltreatment. Upon conclusion of the workshop, each participant will receive a certificate of completion.

EDL 502 Educational Leadership Theory II (prerequisite: EDL 501) The focus of this course will be on instructional leadership, communication, decision-making, conflict, and change. Working individually and collaboratively, you will learn how to foster continuous improvement of individual and collective instructional capacity to achieve culturally responsive outcomes envisioned for each student. This will include being able to effectively use assessment data appropriately and within technical limitations to monitor student progress and improve instruction. To augment these topics you will learn how to effectively develop and maintain data and communication systems to deliver actionable information for classroom and school improvement. Adopting a systems perspective will help you effectively manage uncertainty, risk, competing initiatives, and politics of change with courage and perseverance, providing support and encouragement, and openly communicating the need for, process for, and outcomes of improvement efforts. Dates: January 2, 2024 to March 12, 2024 with virtual Zoom meetings on Tuesdays, 5:00 - 7:00 PM. The Professor will be April Francis Taylor - april.francis@stonybrook.edu

EDL 502 Educational Leadership Theory II (prerequisite: EDL 501)The focus of this course will be on instructional leadership, communication, decision-making, conflict, and change. Working individually and collaboratively, you will learn how to foster continuous improvement of individual and collective instructional capacity to achieve culturally responsive outcomes envisioned for each student. This will include being able to effectively use assessment data appropriately and within technical limitations to monitor student progress and improve instruction. To augment these topics you will learn how to effectively develop and maintain data and communication systems to deliver actionable information for classroom and school improvement. Adopting a systems perspective will help you effectively manage uncertainty, risk, competing initiatives, and politics of change with courage and perseverance, providing support and encouragement, and openly communicating the need for, process for, and outcomes of improvement efforts.