This document contains instructions for 8 individual assignments for an educational leadership course. It outlines tasks such as analyzing a curriculum document, developing a plan to improve curriculum alignment between two levels of education, examining a research-based instructional program, outlining the philosophies of educational researchers, creating a proposal to transition an organization to a professional learning community, and analyzing state school performance data. Students are directed to write papers between 1,400-2,100 words on each topic, with appropriate citations and section headings.

1. EDD 724 Week 3 Individual Assignment Curriculum Analysis
Worksheet
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Curriculum Analysis Worksheet
Choose a curriculum document such as course descriptions, curricular
maps, or government standards documents, from your work setting.
These documents should provide enough material for you to conduct an
in-depth analysis.
Conduct an in-depth analysis on the curriculum and answer each of the
following questions with 150-300 words. Support your assertions with
appropriate references.
1. What is the purpose and function of the document?
2. Why, when, and by whom the document was created?
3. What strengths and weaknesses of did you perceive in the document?
4. What changes would you make to remediate the weakness of the
document? Explain your rationale.
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2. EDD 724 Week 4 Individual Assignment Articulation and
Alignment Plan
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Choose two organizations with adjacent educational levels such as
elementary to middle school, middle school to high school, or high
school to higher education. For this project, you may use your work
setting or another educational setting with which you are familiar.
Conduct a detailed analysis of curriculum articulation and alignment
between the two curriculums.
Develop a 1,400- to 1,750-word plan from this analysis to improve
curriculum articulation and alignment between those two levels and to
improve student academic progression and the consistency of the
curriculum.
Include a summary of your original analysis.
Support your analysis with research. Include a minimum of five
references in the paper.
Divide the body of your paper into three distinct sections with their own
subheadings: Organizations Selected, Analysis of Curriculum
Articulation and Alignment, and Improvement Plan.

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EDD 724 Week 5 Individual Assignment Research-Based
Instructional Program
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Read the following:
What defines a research-based instructional program?
The key characteristics of research-based programs are common across
all fields, including education. In developing such programs, researchers
gather information about important questions; use objective methods
that involve reliable and valid observations and measurements; and meet
rigorous standards of peer review. Programs such as Read 180,
Advancement Via Individual Determination, Life Skills Training, Lions-
Quest Skills for Adolescence, and Project Adolescent Learning
Experiences in Resistance Training, provide instructional practices that
are based on scientific evidence bringing the best teaching approaches
and programs to the field.

4. Select a research-based instructional program. You may choose one of
the programs listed above or identify another program you may be
familiar with.
Write a 1,750- to 2,100-word paper, examining the research-based
instructional program, and assessing its merits as they relate to learner
achievement. Discuss the following:
The determining factors for a learning institution surrounding the
adoption of a research-based program.
The desired outcomes and implications from the program for the
adopting institution.
The importance of research-based programs and using research in all
instructional decision making. How you, as the instructional leader,
develop your staff’s understanding of the importance of research in
instructional decision making.

5. Divide the body of your paper into distinct sections with their own
subheadings to detail each component of the assignment
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EDD 724 Week 6 Individual Assignment Assessment on
Curriculum and Instruction
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Familiarize yourself with three of the researchers from the Reeves text.
Write a 1,400- to 1,750-word paper outlining their primary philosophies
and detailing how their approaches apply to modern classrooms and
learning institutions.
Cite appropriate references to support your paper.
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EDD 724 Week 7 Individual Assignment Change through
Professional Development Presentation
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6. EDD 724 Week 7 Individual Assignment Change through Professional
Development Presentation
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EDD 724 Week 7 Individual Assignment Change through
Professional Development
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Assume that you are the instructional leader of an educational
organization of you choice. You have been tasked with reorganizing
your organization into a professional learning community.
Using the DuFour et al. work as a guide, write a 1,400- to 1,750-word
proposal to your supervisor describing the various professional
development activities and other tasks you suggest to follow to begin
this implementation. Include a timeline.
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EDD 724 Week 8 Individual Assignment School Data Analysis

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Review a state department of education website and identify at least 10
types of school data available such as retention data, standardized test
scores, mobility rates, parent education, and demographics.
Write a brief paragraph for each type of data detailing how this data
might influence decision making in educational leadership.
Considering your learning from this course, what additional information
and data is important to make sound judgments in educational settings?
Explain this in one to two paragraphs.
Divide the body of your paper into distinct paragraphs with their own
subheadings to detail each component of the assignment.
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