Since effective school leaders employ and monitor a decision-making process that is based on vision, mission, and improvement policies using facts and data, this course will give focus on the abilities that support such actions: making decisions that impact the quality of student learning and teacher proficiency; critical thinking and problem-solving techniques; implementing follow-up actions; and effective use of technology to enhance decision making and efficiency throughout the campus.

Activities may include simulations of short-term situations in which problems arise requiring immediate action on the part of the principal, established or inherited situations that necessitate revision or elimination of a policy; arranging a hierarchy of actions in relation to importance or impact on student learning, and others.

Reflection Logs and Key Terms will be completed following the Reflection Journal and Key Term Guide sheets distributed to participants. Participants keep these information sheets in their own portfolios to be used for future reference. The administrator of this program may elect to review such portfolios at will or at particular junctures in the program.