ELHE 7708 Instructional Leadership

Instructional Leadership. Introduces students to many of the contested issues in the field of supervision, such as the relationship between supervision and teacher development, teacher empowerment, teacher alienation, learning theories, school effectiveness, school restructuring, curriculum development, and scientific management. Supervision will be viewed also as a moral, community-nested, artistic, motivating, and collaborative activity. Will stress the need for a restructuring of supervision as an institutional process.

Course overview

Department
Educational Leadership and Higher Education
School
Lynch
Credits
3
Level
Graduate
Offered
Every Spring

Catalog details

Prerequisites
E-mail department for permission if course is closed.

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Course evaluations

Response-weighted averages from Boston College’s official course evaluations (Avalanche/Blue).

Course rating
3.85 / 5 · Very Good
206 responses
Instructor rating
4.11 / 5 · Very Good
206 responses
Terms evaluated
13
Most recent: Spring 2026

Scales: overall ratings run from 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent); agreement questions from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree); weekly effort from 1 (up to 1 hour) to 5 (10 or more hours).

Evaluations by term and instructor
TermInstructorCourse overallInstructor overallWell organizedClear learning objectivesIntellectually challengingHelpful assignmentsApplicable beyond courseAttendance necessaryWeekly effortResponses
Spring 2026Lynne Celli2.72.82.63.34.03.34.13.17–9 hrs/week15 of 17
Summer 2025Joelle Pedersen4.74.74.74.74.54.74.84.84–6 hrs/week6 of 10
Spring 2025Lori Mcewen3.43.53.73.94.24.14.33.67–9 hrs/week14 of 15
Spring 2025Molly McMahon4.85.04.25.04.84.85.04.84–6 hrs/week9 of 11
Spring 2025Rodney Pierre-Antoine4.64.84.24.64.74.75.04.77–9 hrs/week11 of 13
Fall 2024Leslie Patterson4.44.54.84.84.54.74.84.3—10 of 14
Summer 2024Joelle Pedersen4.44.54.54.54.64.64.84.44–6 hrs/week16 of 16
Spring 2024Lori Mcewen4.34.74.14.54.44.74.74.6—14 of 19
Fall 2023Lynne Celli—————————14 of 18
Summer 2023Joelle Pedersen—————————14 of 15
Spring 2023Adam Dufault3.24.03.93.53.94.04.23.91–3 hrs/week10 of 11
Spring 2023John Reyes3.73.64.24.34.33.84.24.44–6 hrs/week9 of 10
Spring 2023Lori Mcewen3.94.14.24.14.23.94.43.94–6 hrs/week14 of 19
Fall 2022Lori Mcewen4.74.94.64.64.84.74.94.84–6 hrs/week9 of 10
Fall 2022Lynne Celli3.84.23.84.03.84.44.64.0—5 of 8
Summer 2022Joelle Pedersen4.35.04.04.74.74.34.73.710+ hrs/week3 of 5
Summer 2022Lynne Celli4.54.34.74.84.74.74.73.24–6 hrs/week6 of 9
Spring 2022Lori Mcewen4.34.94.44.44.54.34.84.3—8 of 16
Spring 2022Lynne Celli3.53.93.94.34.34.14.83.3—8 of 13
Fall 2021Lori Mcewen2.13.12.62.93.32.63.73.04–6 hrs/week7 of 19
Fall 2021Lynne Celli3.54.03.53.84.04.05.03.510+ hrs/week4 of 12

Data freshness

Course and evaluation data last updated 2026-10-09. Source details and limitations are documented in Data Sources and Methodology.

Instructors

  • Adam Dufault
    Spring 2023 · Official rating 4.00/5
  • Joelle Pedersen
    Summer 2026, Summer 2025, Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022 · Official rating 4.63/5
  • John Reyes
    Spring 2023 · Official rating 3.56/5
  • Leslie Patterson
    Fall 2024 · Official rating 4.50/5
  • Lori Mcewen
    Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021 · Official rating 4.21/5
  • Lynne Celli
    Spring 2026, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021 · Official rating 3.33/5
  • Molly McMahon
    Spring 2027, Spring 2025 · Official rating 5.00/5
  • Rodney Pierre-Antoine
    Spring 2025 · Official rating 4.82/5

Sections

  • Section 01
    Spring 2027 · Instructor not listed · W 05:00PM-06:00PM · Offered
  • Section 02
    Spring 2027 · Molly McMahon · Tu 06:00PM-07:30PM · Offered
  • Section 01
    Summer 2026 · Joelle Pedersen · Tu 05:30PM-06:30PM · Offered