EDAD 5041 - Leadership Internship I

2 to 4 credit hours
This year-long course (fall, winter, spring quarters) provides students with significant experiential learning to advance their reflective practice as defined in the Year Planning session. The course is designed for students to gain skills, and to develop dispositions, and to demonstrate action consistent with principles of effective school leadership aligned with Seattle University’s College of Education’s mission and vision to advance socially just leadership practices. To ensure students have an in-depth leadership development experience the internship will include various school leadership roles and settings. The internship is planned, guided, refined, and evaluated cooperatively by the student, university faculty, P-12, and community mentors who will support student learning in multiple dimensions. Students will become familiar with the multiple responsibilities of school leadership and understand the various roles required to provide quality schooling experiences for all. Particular attention will be given to the specific entity in which each student plans to pursue leadership roles. Mentors, areas of emphasis, and specific placement for each aspect of the internship will be determined in collaboration with the student, university mentor, and field practitioners to include four types of schools: Catholic schools, independent schools, mainstream public schools, alternative schools, and charter schools.

Co-requisite Course(s): EDAD 5031