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
LSOE
Credits
3
Level
Graduate
Offered
Every Spring

Catalog details

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

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Requirements fulfilled

No source-backed degree requirement is attached to this course yet.

Official evaluation summary

3.85 / 5

Based on 206 aggregate responses from BC Avalanche/Blue evaluations.

Data freshness

Course and evaluation data last updated 2026-08-02. Source details and limitations are documented in Data Sources and Methodology.

Instructors

  • Joelle Pedersen
    Summer 2026, Summer 2025, Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022 · Official rating 4.63/5
  • Adam Dufault
    Spring 2023 · Official rating 4.00/5
  • 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 2025 · Official rating 5.00/5
  • Rodney Pierre-Antoine
    Spring 2025 · Official rating 4.82/5

Sections

  • Section 01
    Summer 2026 · Joelle Pedersen · Tu 05:30PM-06:30PM · Offered