ED 5850 - STEM Ed. Teachers as Leaders

Credit Hours: 3

This course is designed to prepare STEM educators to serve as teacher leaders who possess collaboration skills along with the knowledge, skills, and dispositions needed to support a STEM education vision and plan and are effectively prepared to guide school-wide implementation of STEM initiatives that develop and deliver high-quality STEM education to all students. Candidates will explore the various roles that instructional leaders engage in such as instructional design and implementation, facilitating professional learning for colleagues, and contributing to the school or district-wide strategic plan for implementing the STEM vision. Candidates will examine theoretical perspectives and research associated with teacher leadership that enable teachers to engage in meaningful transformation that promotes change in a digital age. Candidates will investigate funding opportunities for STEM programs and will design and implement a STEM professional development project that leads to significant instructional or organization-wide innovation.