HTH 400: Leadership Fieldwork

As a School Leadership Resident at High Tech Elementary, I am learning by engaging in leadership activities alongside the director.  In the Leadership Fieldwork course, we unpack the residency experience and reflect on our learning at our school site.

HTH 210: Design and Leadership for Deeper Learning

In this course, participants deepen their understanding and skills in instructional design and leadership by connecting the theoretical underpinnings of constructivist learning with issues of design, assessment, ownership, and exhibition. For the final product, I co-designed a 5th grade playground design and parklet construction project with Grace Maddox.   

HTH 235: New School Creation

This course provides an overview of the broad scope of issues involved in creating a school from scratch.  For my final project, I interviewed students about their dream school and created a video of our shared vision.

HTH 205: Equity, Diversity and Design Principles

This course explores the implications of culture—particularly the relation between “home culture” and “school culture”—for teaching and learning. My final project for this course was an equity audit around group work.  Inspired by Cohen's (2012) Quiet, Lacy Szuwalski and I observed which students voices were not being heard and developed a plan to promote greater equity and access for all students in group work.

HTH 220: Leadership for School Change

This course explores how change happens in schools, and the informal and formal roles that teacher leaders and school leaders play in school change efforts. For my final project, I collaborated with teachers to co-design a professional development roadmap for the following year.

HTH 245: School Budgeting

In this course, we explored the political aspects of school finance and the practical application of best practices to managing school budgets.  

HTH 250: School Law

This course investigates protected rights for both students and teachers and how these influence school leadership decisions, school design, school culture, and the student experience with a focus on equity in practice.

HTH 200: Core Value and Foundations

This course offers a survey of the foundations of the education field and the core values of the M.Ed. program.

HTH 300: Inquiry into Practice

This course explores the different types of research and resources available to teacher researchers.  During this course I conducted an improvement research project with a team of teachers to develop equitable group work practices.