Transcript California State University Fresno (California State University System)

California State
University Fresno
(California State
University System)
CPED Progress on the Doctorate of
Educational Leadership
Beverly Young, Joan Bissell, Sharon BrownWelty and Jothany Blackwood
Signature Pedagogy
Evaluation of Signature Pedagogy
Using Inquiry Questions
What is the group’s consensus of the definition of
Signature Pedagogy?
2. What are the benefits of having a Signature
Pedagogy?
3. What are the challenges related to having a
Signature Pedagogy within a program?
4. What, if any, Signature Pedagogies currently exist
within our program?
1.
Statement of DPELFS Signature
Pedagogy:
DPELFS’ Signature Pedagogy is
curriculum-based embedded
fieldwork that provides
engagement with and service to
the local community.
Signature Pedagogy
Operationalized in the
DPELFS Program is:
Embedded Fieldwork
(Laboratories of Practice)
that benefits community
colleges or schools or
districts
Core Curriculum with “Embedded
Fieldwork” (5 of 9 courses to
date)
1. Educational Reform
2. Curriculum Perspectives for Education
Leaders
3. Applied Qualitative Methods
4. Educational Policy Environments
5. Planning, Assessment, and Evaluation
Embedded Fieldwork
Project Examples:
* Online education program review/evaluation at school district
* Review/evaluation of Leadership Institute at Community College
System Office
* Review of advanced placement passing rates at school district
* Benchmark tests/California Standards Test/California Standards
alignment and correlation study conducted through the County Office of
Education
* Identification of problematic policy at school district or community college,
framing of the issues, and designing policy recommendations.
* Conducting simple study for a school district or community college using
qualitative methods
Candidate Assessment
Evaluation of Candidate Assessment
Using Inquiry Questions
1. What types of candidate assessments
are appropriate to measure leadership
practices and research?
2. When should each of these
assessments take place?
Revised Qualifying Examination
From a Literature Review around a problem of
practice to –
A case-study approach with questions posed
from Core Courses requiring students to
demonstrate high-level and critical thinking
skills to respond. Scoring rubric for each
response is designed by the instructor
submitting the question
More to Come….