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SUMMARY
The Sacramento County Office of Education Leadership Institute program meets the
requirements of the preliminary administrative credential through its design with the
California Leadership Standards as the foundation. The program incorporates
coursework, online experiences, fieldwork, and a program project that demonstrates the
participants knowledge of leadership. The program focuses on the concept of theory
into practice through its variety of learning experiences. Participants focus on leadership
elements within a year program that prepares them to meet the diverse leadership
needs facing schools in California.
Program Design
The design of the SCOE Leadership Institute Preliminary Administrative Services
Credential Program is grounded in the concept that leadership is taught as a defined set
of skills and attitudes. Participants are informed at the Orientation session of the
programs mission and design, learning outcomes, sequence of courses, field
experiences, online experiences, face-to-face experiences, and performance
assessments based on the Candidate Competence and Performance Standards in
Category III. Learning agreements are developed based on instructors expectations
and the participants multiple perspectives as adult learners. Instructors guides and
course syllabi are developed using an agreed upon protocol including clearly defined
learning outcomes, instructional strategies determined by the learner outcomes,
formative and summative assessments, resources that support the learning theory, and
meaningful practice and field experiences. The program is designed to prepare school
leaders to confront issues of equity, achievement gaps, scarce resources, hard to staff
schools, and underperforming teachers and staff and to lead in ways that positively
impact teaching and learning, school culture, and community involvement.
The design and delivery of the Leadership Institute form a cohesive set of learning
experiences that are informed by adult learning theories and are designed to address
the emerging needs of prospective administrators enrolled in the program.
The work of the school administration is centered in a complex environment, instructors
who are mindful of the complex nature of schooling and leadership development teach
skills through a series of learning experiences designed to balance theory with practice.
The theoretical outcomes of this program are adult learning theory, schools as complex
systems, organizational culture, change theory, standards-based systems for
assessment, curriculum and instruction, cognitive coaching, dialogue and reflective
practice, equity and access for all students, and inquiry for action.
Each section of the curriculum includes a description of the specific theories, prominent
authors upon whose work we have drawn, and field-based applications used in its
development. The curriculum is arranged in 6 courses and a culminating assessment
session, each of which has face-to-face, fieldwork, and technology components.
The SCOE Preliminary Administrative Services Credential Program is designed into
154 hours of in-class instruction (22 class days/7 hours each class); and 77 hours of
online and fieldwork for a total of 231 hours.
Course of Study (Curriculum and Field Experience)
The program is designed to deliver course material through three interrelated formats:
face-to-face classes, fieldwork, and online instruction. Each of these formats utilizes
multi-media technologies:
Fifty percent (50%) of the program is delivered in face-to face format, which is
comprised of 22 class days of 7-hour sessions.
Each of the courses is designed so that technology and fieldwork are integrated with
face-to-face courses. Two of the courses are designed to explicitly focus on
improvement of the instructional program.
Sacramento
Office of Education
Course Title
Online Instruction1
August 29
N/A
September 12
September 26
October 3
5 hours
October 17
October 24
November 14
Instructional Leadership
Instructor: Tami Wilson, Director
Development & Training, K-12 English Language Arts
Sacramento County Office of Education
6 hours
December 5
December 19
January 9
January 23
6 hours
January 30
February 13
February 27
March 12
April 2
April 9
April 23
May 7
May 14
5 hours
5 hours
5 hours
June 11
N/A
June 18
N/A
May 28
Year-long program includes: 154 hours of in-class instruction (22 class days/7 hours each class); and 77 hours of online
learning and guided fieldwork for a total of 231 hours.
2/05/15
Assessment of Candidates
The Leadership Institute models the use of assessment as instructional tools in the
delivery of the Leadership Institute courses and in the formative and summative
assessment of program participants.
Course outlines delineate the formative assessment tools and criteria. The Leadership
Institute is designed to have participants demonstrate competence with the assessment
standards. Participants not meeting standards will be provided individual coaching by
the course instructor and program executive director. The coaching may lead to the
candidate repeating some course activities and/or repeating the course if necessary.
The program staff periodically evaluates the quality, fairness, and effectiveness of
assessment practices and uses assessment data as one course of information about
the quality of the preparation program:
The design of the Leadership Institute is predicated on the belief that the
instructors and program staff must stay in close contact for several reasons: