EDS724 Leading Flourishing Schools (3 cr.)

Prerequisite(s): EDS723  
The focus of this course is moving from the personal to communal dimensions of cultivating character, virtue, and wise leadership. Candidates learn to create a school community that flourishes in all its aspects. Living in a diverse, pluralistic society, school leaders need to attend to the broad differences that comprise their school communities and know how to create an inclusive culture and climate that fosters flourishing in all its students, staff, and the broader community (i.e., families and community members). The course explores interpersonal dynamics, school climate and culture, and social and emotional proficiency including mental, physical, and emotional health. It makes connections between the language of virtues and flourishing and the role of wise leaders in developing flourishing school communities.
 

Upon completion of this course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

1. Describe what a flourishing school embodies.

2. Demonstrate how a virtue framework can be applied to a school environment.

3. Evaluate the role interpersonal relationships play in the creation of inclusive learning environments.

4. Describe diversity, equity, and inclusion through a moral virtue framework. 

5. Examine the bridge between wise leadership and school climate and culture.

6. Map the connections between the virtues and a flourishing school.