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EDL 623 Students
Stuart Yager
Fall, 2015 (today is September 17, 2015)
Welcome to EDL 623! Our first in-class session will be on October 24 at the both the
Macomb and Moline campuses. We have guest speakers coming the first and third
weekends of class. Please see the syllabus for details. You will need to bring a laptop to
each class session and have access to your Western Online account. The course
syllabus will be available soon and will be posted via Western Online. The syllabus
provides most of the information about the course and the requirements for students.
Contact me if you have any questions or help accessing Western Online. Discussion
questions for the three required texts are posted online. Our course will be available in
Western Online at the end of next week. Go to our online classroom and post a welcome
message in the thread I started under the “Discussions” tab.
For the first class session (October 24):
1. Bring a laptop computer.
2. Bring the three textbooks.
3. Be prepared to share a current event or a current article from a magazine or
newspaper related to school leadership and/or collective bargaining.
If you have any questions concerning the course, syllabus, or assignments, contact me via
e-mail ( so-yager@wiu.edu ) or my cell phone (309-255-0955).
Required Texts:
Fisher, R., Ury, W. L., & Patton, B. (2011). Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement without
Giving In (3rd Ed.). New York, NY: Penguin Books.
Booth, Ronald R, (2009). Collective Bargaining and the Illinois School Board Member. 3rd
Ed. Springfield, IL. Illinois Association of School Boards.
Kaboolian, L. (2005). Win-Win Labor-Management Collaboration in Education:
Breakthrough Practices to Benefit Students, Teachers, and Administrators. Education
Week Press.
Iowa Association of School Boards: Collective Bargaining Guide on Western Online