EDA608 : Leveraging Community Systems and Resources

This course is designed to immerse the candidate in building relationships with families, developing partnerships with community stakeholders, and working collaboratively with both while leveraging varied and multiple resources to support shared goals and objectives within the school community. Field practice will help the candidate learn how to work collaboratively to assess the concerns, needs, and issues of families and communities served by schools; how to identify, assess, and allocate resources to serve jointly identified goals and objectives; work within the district and school policy guidelines, and monitor resource allocation and program implementation in order to advance student achievement within the school.