The Organization Science of School Improvement

EDU A504 Subject & Catalog Number

Description

Accomplishing the full potential of education for individuals, communities and societies involves reframing our understandings of the problems we face to reimagine what is possible. But how do we create the conditions to fully realize what we imagine? This course provides students with the conceptual and analytical tools that organization founders, leaders and change-makers need to answer this question. Through activities designed to balance intellectual rigor with practical relevance – including interactive lectures, hands-on activities, case discussions, and team-based assignments – students will further their knowledge and skills related to six fundamental areas for fostering productive conditions for organizational development. This includes knowledge and skills to address essential questions like, which organizational structures are most effective for accomplishing goals; how do you motivate people to do their best work; what does it take to build a strong positive culture; how do you navigate complex pressures in external environments? This course fulfills the Program Core Experience (PCE) requirement for students in the Education Leadership, Organizations and Entrepreneurship (ELOE) program. While fulfilling the ELOE requirement, the course can also be taken as an elective and it is open to all students, with no enrollment preference given to ELOE students.