EDA 607R - Syllabus
[Updated: 12/11/07 5:22 AM ]
Course/Section Instructor
EDA 607R
Dr. Phil
Tieman
E-Mail
philip.tieman@notes.udayton.edu
Telephone
(Work)
937-2293796
(Home)
614-5782550
GENERAL INFORMATION REGARDING INTERNSHIP I (EDA 507) and
INTERNSHIP II (EDA 607)
(Updated: 08/05/2006 - 11:20 AM)
Students are advised to register for EDA 507 Internship I in the fall term or winter
term after completing a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours including EDA 551
Research (the prerequisite).
Students may not register for EDA 551 and EDA 507 in the same term.
For principal licensure, students are advised to register for EDA 607 Internship II in
the fall term or winter term.
Students may register for only one of the two internship courses (EDA 507 or EDA
607) in any given term.
Both internship courses are delivered only through the online program. The
internship courses are designed to require more than one term to complete.
Additional details are available on the department website
(http://soeap.udayton.edu/academic/edl/).
Students must complete each internship course within two calendar years from the
end of the term in which they registered for the course. Students who fail to
complete the internship within the specified period will be required to re-register for
an internship course and pay the rate of tuition established for that academic year.
Students are encouraged to complete the internship course(s) in a timely manner to
avoid any additional tuition cost.
The foregoing information was provided by the Chairman of the
Department, Father Joseph Massuccci - July, 2006
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Rev. Joseph D. Massucci, Ph.D., Chair
Department of Educational Leadership
School of Education and Allied Professions
324 Chaminade Hall
Dayton, Ohio 45469-0534
Phone: (937) 229-3737
Fax: (937) 229-3392
Web page: http://homepages.udayton.edu/~massucci
OVERVIEW
You have two (2) years to complete EDA 607R; this time period begins with the
your first semester of enrollment in EDA 607R.
Letter Grades in Courses that Extend Beyond One Term
"A "P" letter grade may be given in a course that is designed to extend
beyond one term, i.e. internship or dissertation. This grade may stand for
a period of no more than two years from the end of the term in which the
grade was assigned. If the grade is unchanged after two years, it is
permanent and the course must be retaken."
(Pg. 10 of the Student Information Handbook, University of Dayton - School of Education
and Allied Professions - Department of Educational Leadership)
The EDA 607 internship experience in educational leadership at the University of
Dayton is designed to help you prepare to assume a K-12 school principalship.
You are to engage in administrative experiences under the guidance of the course
instructor and a mentor from the district in which you are employed.
Online course work can be a lonely experience; especially in this course, which,
because of the individuality of internship experiences, does not require threaded
discussion. Therefore...DO NOT work in isolation, as you complete this course.
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Frequently...rely on... / reach out to... / network with... your in-district mentor
and your course instructor.
Take the initiative; ask questions, seek advice. Do not assume that others
will perceive you as weak or ignorant because you inquire. The inquisitive
mind reflects an intelligent mind.
Check with your instructor (ask questions) if something is not clear. You may
contact the instructor via e-mail [the address is listed above] or by calling the
Help Desk 1-877-487-6327 (TOLL FREE).
Verify that you are completing the course requirements in the proper
manner. As soon as you complete writing your first Administrative
Experience, submit it to the Drop Box! Your instructor, who is
automatically notified by the WebCT program when you submit your
assignments, will respond with feedback to guide your future submittals.
After receiving verification from your instructor that your first submittal is
consistent with the course expectations, you may proceed with your
preparation of other submittals.
Submit your assignments incrementally! DO NOT wait until you have
completed and accumulated several assignments to submit them.
When you complete an assignment, submit it!
The internship experience is a required component of both the Masters degree and
the principal's licensure program in the Department of Educational Leadership in
the School of Education and Allied Professions (SOEAP) at the University of
Dayton. Beginning with the fall term of 2004, all administrative experiences in
the internship experience must be aligned with the "Standards for School
Leaders," which were developed by the Interstate School Leaders Licensure
Consortium. Commonly known as the "ISLLC Standards," these six standards are
integrated throughout the administrative experiences that are required in the two
internship courses (EDA 507 and EDA 607). Module 01 provides details regarding the
integration of the ISLLC Standards into the internship courses.
It is imperative that you become familiar with the ISLLC Standards and the
"indicator statements" associated with each ISLLC Standard. As an aspiring
school leader, you need to increase your understanding of how the ISLLC
Standards and their associated indicator statements build on "research about
skillful stewardship by school administrators and emerging perspectives about
society and education" (Standards for School Leaders, page 6) and "focus on
topics that form the heart and soul of effective leadership" (Standards for School
Leaders, page 8).
Module 01 explains how you are to integrate the indicator statements from the the
appropriate ISLLC Standard into your description of each administrative
experience.
In EDA 607, there are two types of assignments:
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Administrative Experiences
Portfolio Component.
These assignments are explained in Module 01.
As you engage in your internship experiences, perform in a professional manner
and demonstrate life-long learning habits and attitudes. Focus on learning as much
as you can and express appreciation for the experiences being provided to you.
The internship experience is intended to be an experience that will enrich your
preparation to become a school leader.
If you choose activities that primarily reinforce what you already know and/or what
you have already done, then your internship experience will not be as fulfilling or
informative as it could be. In other words, analyze your professional growth needs;
examine your personal areas of inexperience and pursue administrative
experiences in those areas, so that you lift your level of preparation for an
administrative position.
A suggested method for analyzing your professional growth needs appears in
Module 01 .
Requirements
Distance Learning Requirements:
You must have accessibility to, and knowledge of, the Internet. A DSL [Direct
Service Line] connection is preferred. If you are using a telephone connection to the
Internet, a 56k modem is a minimal requirement.
Course Requirements:
You are to:
1. Identify an "on-site" mentor. You must arrange for the assistance of an
administrator mentor who works in the same school district as you. The
mentor should be someone who can authorize your participation in a variety
of administrative experiences that will satisfy the assignments associated
with the course modules and ISLLC Standards. Prior to beginning any
internship work, you are to (1) duplicate and present to your mentor the form
letter that appears at the end of this syllabus and (2) send an e-mail
message to the instructor that provides the name of your mentor, along with
her/his title/position, name of school building and/or district, email address,
and office telephone number.
2. Read the content provided in each part/module of the course.
3. Complete the tasks that are associated with each part/module of the course.
4. Identify, participate in, and report on a minimum of fourteen
administrative experiences. These 14 reports are to be correlated with
the ISLLC Standards. (See the table below that illustrates the manner in
which your administrative experiences are to correlate to the ISLLC
Standards.)
5. Write a description and a reflective summary for each of your fourteen
administrative experiences (use the format that is prescribed in Module
01 and see the example that is provided on the home page; "Example/
Adm. Exp."). Among other things, the format specifies that you are to
report of the hours you devoted to the completion of EACH
administrative experience. Your final grade derived from the number of
hours that you report (see "Grading Criteria" below).
Writing Guidelines:
When writing the "Reflection" part of each of the twelve assignments, use the
following perspective:
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Given the administrative experience that you are reporting, what are the
observations and/or implications that you will take from the
experience? In other words, were there "lessons learned" and if so, what
were they? What impact did this experience have on you and how might it
affect how you will perform, when you are the principal?
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DO NOT LIMIT your comments to simply stating the obvious;
[examples: "More parents need to be involved" or "Someone should contact
additional media outlets to increase the publication of school news" or
"Improved communication between grade levels is needed." While this kind
of statement may be warranted and perhaps should be included ... GO
BEYOND THE LEVEL OF THE OBVIOUS: introspectively consider and
respond to questions such as:
o "What did this administrative internship experience mean to me, in
terms of preparing to become a principal?"
o "What will I take from this experience that I might use (or not use)
when I am the principal?"
o "What do I understand better now than I did before about school
administration?"
o "How did this experience change my perspective on school
administration?"
Study / Work Assignments and Submittals:
Because you have two years from the time you originally enrolled in the Internship
to complete all assignments, the Internship course takes on a "self-paced" quality.
Unfortunately, experience has shown that some students delay submitting their
assignments until late in the term in which they want or need to finish the course.
NOTICE !!!
Do not complete multiple assignments and submit them all at one time:
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It is more instructive to submit the your first Administrative Experience and
allow time (usually only a day or two) for the instructor to critique your first
submittal.
Upon receiving feedback from the instructor, you may proceed with more
certainty that your ensuing submittals will be accepted for full credit.
Do not wait until the end of a term to submit your reports:
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If you do not allow sufficient time for the instructor to review and evaluate
your work, there is no guarantee that your work can be evaluated within the
term that you want to, or need to, finish. Be advised that you may not deliver
your portfolio electronically; it must be delivered to the instructor as a hard
copy, in a three-ring binder.
On Line Discussion:
In this course, just like other SOEAP online courses at the University of Dayton, you
are expected to post a brief autobiographical "sketch," on the Discussions page.
This serves as a means of self-introduction to the instructor and others. For
directions on using the on-line discussion and posting your biographical sketch, go
to the Home Page, click on "Course Modules," and click on "Discussion Groups."
If you have participated in other distance-learning courses from the Department of
Educational Leadership at the University of Dayton, then you realize that "threaded
discussion" is an integral part of the online experience.
However, for the following reasons, threaded discussion is NOT a major part
of EDA 607:
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You have two years from the time that they first enroll in EDA 607 to
complete the course.
A few students finish in one term, whereas the majority of students take one
to two years to finish. Consequently, the student membership in the course
changes from term to term.
Due to the individualized approach to this Internship course, you have fewer
reasons to communicate with each other.
Nonetheless, the Discussion Board is available in the event that you may wish to
communicate regarding common interests and/or needs.
Evaluation of Student Work Submitted to EDA
607R
To receive credit and a final grade in this course, you are expected to
participate in and submit written reports for a minimum of 150 hours
of required and elective administrative experiences. Each module
specifies which administrative experiences are required and which are
elective.
The following four-point scale is used to evaluate your responses to
the nine ELECTIVE Administrative Experiences.
0
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2
3
Weak
Minimal
Adequate
Excellent
Your submittal
fails to include
adequate
discussion of
the Standard
Your submittal
minimally
addresses the
Standard
Your submittal
adequately
addresses the
Standard
Your submittal
eminently
addresses the
Standard
How to Access Numerical Ratings and/or Comments from the Instructor:
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To access the numerical rating assigned to work that you submitted, click
and open "My Grades" on the home page
To access the numerical rating assigned to your submitted work and to
access any written comments provided by your instructor, click and open the
"Drop Box" and then click the underlined word "Graded."
Re-submittal of work:
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With permission from your instructor, you may re-submit work that falls
below the norm / fails to meet the criteria and does not receive full credit.
You must e-mail the re-submitted report to the instructor. (The WebCT
program prohibits re-submittals to the Drop Box.
You are to duplicate and present the following letter to your mentor, at the
beginning of your internship.
University of Dayton
RE: EDA 607 Internship II
Dear Administrator:
The University of Dayton's Department of Educational Leadership requires its
graduate students to participate in Internship II, a practical field-based course
that focuses on administrative experiences.
Internship II is required for those students working toward a principal's license.
A requirement for the course is to work closely with a building/school
administrator, as we believe this will be beneficial to the continued growth and
education of the participant. It is hoped that you will agree to be a mentor and
include a student in administrative activities such as curriculum development,
staff development, in-service, teacher observations, pupil personnel
situations, business/budget sessions, staff personnel issues, scheduling, and
day-to-day operations.
Our goal is to provide the student a laboratory in which he/she may explore
the skills, concepts, and philosophy acquired through the program at the
University of Dayton.
Thank you in advance for your cooperation and feel free to contact me at the
number listed below if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Rev. Joseph Massucci, Ph.D.
Chair
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP
Building Learning Communities Through Critical Reflection
300 College Park, Dayton, Ohio 45469-0534
Telephone (937) 229-3737 ~ FAX (937) 229-3392
www.udayton.edu/edu/departments/eda/eda.html