ELM79910C/ELM7991C - Research Seminar & Field Experience

(3 units)

The Research Seminar will engage candidates in professional communities that promote opportunities for leading administrators and practitioners in the field of educational administration to share space further allowing for collaborative exchange and appropriate mentoring creating a foundation for candidates to learn the skills necessary for becoming future leaders.

The Field Experience will engage candidates in relevant field experiences at their own school site as they develop an action research plan. Partners will facilitate opportunities to promote communities of practice and establish productive, working relationships to promote student success. Candidates will collect and analyze data on student performance, school culture, and demographics guided by the CalAPA Standards and their action research projects. Coaches will guide the cognitive rhetoric for effectively facilitating the analysis and revisions of existing curriculum, content standards, and pedagogical strategies.