Theoretical foundations and practical applications of supervisory and instructional practices and procedures; consideration of observation instruments and techniques. Teacher evaluation and supervision reviewed. Each student conducts a field supervision project. Prereq: teaching experience or permission.

This course is field based. The student will work with an educational institution (e.g., school, school district, higher education) or agency (e.g., Department of Education, educational center, higher education) with a cooperating administrator/appropriate educator and a university supervisor. The field project will address a problem of practice of an educational institution, serve as a pilot study, or consist of an action research project.

This applied course in multilevel modeling is designed for graduate students in education and the social sciences who are interested in conducting statistical analysis to answer questions about (1) contextual effects on individual outcomes, and (2) individual change over time. Topics addressed include exploratory analyses of multilevel data, conditional and unconditional models, fixed and random effects, model assumptions, model fit, non-linear change, discontinuous change, time-varying predictors, unequally spaced measurement occasions, and three-level multilevel models. Prereq: EDUC 978 or the equivalent.

This course focuses on the historical, cultural, and political dimensions of curriculum theory in the United States and Canada. An emphasis is placed on the underlying philosophical perspectives that inform the field of curriculum theory, including, but not limited to feminist theory, critical race theory, queer, and post-colonial theory.