Lewis & Clark Moodle

Builds a common knowledge base for understanding, the critical role data plays in school improvement, efforts. Introduces several levels of data use and, application, moving from state accountability, requirements to equalizing access of high, standards for all students. Participants collect,, analyze, communicate, and use various forms of, data in school visioning, improvement planning,, and decision making.

Leading a just community, in an unjust social and, political context, is complicated. School leaders, need an array of protocols for engaging their, adult professional community in continuously, renewing and restoring norms of peace and justice, throughout the school community. This course is, for school leaders (administrators, restorative, justice coordinators, counselors, teacher leaders), wanting practical skills to generate peace, (dignity, connection, belonging, understanding and, forgiveness and bridging across significant, differences) and justice (forms of fairness) in, the adult community of school during times of, injustice, uncertainty, fear and expressions of, hate in the broader community. Students are, encouraged to register for this intensive course, with a team. This is not required but will make it, easier to bring these practices to life in your, own setting if you learn to do this work as a, team. The restorative justice practices taught in, this course focus on the adult community of the, school and are appropriate for staff meetings,, community meetings, and can be translated into, classroom practices. In this intensive three days, leaders (and their teams) will participate in, restorative justice practices and learn from, experience to design and facilitate a variety of, restorative processes that will strengthen and, continuously restore a sense of justice in their, professional community. School leaders are facing, unprecedented conditions in which to establish and, lead inclusive, supportive and welcoming school, communities. This course is for leaders and, leadership teams who want new social-justice, focused tools to heal the harms of divisive, socio-political rhetoric and action.

This foundational course is designed to introduce, the theories, practices, core responsibilities,, and issues associated with leadership and social, justice in educational organizations. Aspiring, principals and other educational practitioners, move toward acquiring and affirming requisites and, capacities to engage in social justice praxis, (critical reflection and action) towards improving, conditions and culture in schools in authentic and, collaborative ways. Candidates learn about, instructional, organizational, community, ethical,, and sociopolitical functions of leadership. Using, research and reflection, candidates analyze and, clarify internal and external conceptions of and, attitudes toward leadership at the intersection of, social injustice including but not limited to:, systemic racism, whiteness as privilege and power,, gender and class biases, ableism, and deficit, minded decision-making to guide them in leadership, work.