Vandeventer Shelter - AT 2004

Students who enroll for the entire concentration will engage in intense hands-on examination of educational leadership, and of theory and practice pertaining to a range of issues that are fundamental to the successful operation of experience based educational programs.  For most students, optimal interaction with this program of study happens within a focused internship equivalent in length to two academic semesters.  This laboratory setting allows students to learn the concepts and skills of leading experience based educational environments in an actual experience based educational environment mentored by people who are doing what the students are learning to do.

Program Goals.  Upon completion of the Experience-Based Educational Leadership concentration, students should be equipped to exercise effective educational leadership within an organization.  Success will be demonstrated in the exercise of the following competencies:

1. Exercise of educational leadership that encourages and facilitates collaborative learning at all levels of the organization.
2. Application of a solid understanding of educational organizations that creates and maintains a productive community of learners.
3. Development of comprehensive experience based educational strategies using skills in evaluation, adaptation and integration of new and existing strategies for efficient and effective pursuit of educational goals.
4. Recruitment, development, and mobilization, of administration, faculty, staff, and students as effective educational teams.
5. Interaction with all levels of  governance, administration and staff activities for creation and maintenance of maximum organizational productivity.
6. Effective and prudent planning and oversight of all financial aspects of a non-profit educational organization.
7. Development and management of a comprehensive, responsible risk management policy.

Program Courses

• Leading in Active Learning Environments
• Organizations as Learning Communities
• Strategic Thinking for Leaders
• Developing Dynamic Teams
• Governance and Administration of Non-Profit Organizations
• Financial Management of Non-Profit Organizations
• Principles of Risk Management for Non-Profit Organizations