Educ. 487-4 Planning In-Service for School Improvement

INTERSESSION 1982

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INSTRUCTOR: Ian Andrews

Tuesday Thursday, 5:30 - 9:20*

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LOCATION: on campus

Course Description:

This course is intended primarily for people with responsibility for, or a

Particular interest in, professional development and the introduction of

in-service programs in schools and school districts.

It will aim to equip such participants with the theoretical and practical

knowledge;

a) to analyze the effectiveness of contemporary innovation strategies

in education;

h) to analyze the actual and potential contribution of in-service programs

for school improvement.

c) to plan the development, implementation and evaluation of an in-

service program for the school and/or district level.

Course Content:

Two main theoretical perspectives will be adopted. First, the school will

be analyzed as a problem-solving, self-renewing or "creative" social

system and the characteristics of the internal and external roles, procedures

and support structures needed to achieve this end will be considered.

Second, in-service will be analyzed as a complex, innovation process involving

key agencies, tasks, methods and users, at school and district levels,

each with their own distinctive features and values. Both theoretical

perspectives will be illustrated and criticized through the use of a variety

of practical examples.

Topics to be considered within these theoretical perspectives will include:

induction programs for beginning teachers; retraining program for teachers;

school-initiated, school-focused and school-based programs; the roles of

teachers' centres, universities, supervisors and professional associations;

training the trainers (eg. mentors, advising teachers, community members)

evaluation techniques and problems; costing techniques and problems; and

innovative methods (eg. consultancy, clinical supervision and organization

development).

Assignments:

Regular readings will be assigned with one seminar presentation to be prepared.

One major paper will be required. This assignment will he negotiated

individually within a framework which will encourage participants to produce

work which is theoretically based but integrated with the practical nature

of the participant's teaching or in-service role.

Course Materials:

There will be no prescribed text but rather an extensive list of required

readings of both aththreticai and practical nature will be presented. Hence

a $10.00 fee will be levied for the printed materials.

For further information please contact: Ian Andrews, Assistant Director

Professional Programs

Faculty of Education, S.F.U. (291-3787)

* On May 29th (Saturday) students will be asked to attend a full day session

so as to meet the required number of contact hours for the course. This

will be in lieu of the fact that this intersession course will he offered

during the first five weeks of intersession (May 10th - June 4th).