Angela Webster-Smith, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

awebster@uca.edu

PERSONAL INFORMATION:

Biography

Reflective Living with Dr. Angela

FLAGSHIP COURSES BY DR. ANGELA WEBSTER-SMITH:

Foundations of School Leadership

This course is designed to explore leadership theories and to examine relative models necessary in developing knowledge and skills to lead a diverse school community toward a shared vision of learning. Personality characteristics, leadership traits, and competencies in developing interpersonal relations are explored through reflection and self-examination.

School-based Organizational Leadership

This course explores the school leader’s interpersonal relations and abilities to lead a diverse school community toward a shared vision of learning and to organize the school as a professional learning community. Candidates will demonstrate knowledge and skills for developing and implementing vision and mission statements, leading school-based learning teams, building consensus among diverse stakeholders concerning the change process, and communicating effectively.

Collaborative School Leadership

This course critically analyzes philosophical and cultural issues reflective of the local, regional, national, and global social contexts of which the schools are a part. Candidates will examine a broad range of viewpoints, issues, and the constituency groups that influence America’s schools and will demonstrate competency in collaborating with families and community members, responding to diverse community interests and needs, and mobilizing community resources.

Undergraduate Level Learning and Development

This course is designed to enable candidates to analyze, use, and incorporate an inclusive understanding of key theories of learning and how these theories coincide with principles of development and influence teacher decision-making for middle-grade and secondary students. The methodology used will model developmentally appropriate middle-level and secondary instructional strategies. Various teaching practices may be used such as cooperative learning, small and large group work, individual study, presentations, and simulations.

Graduate Level Learning and Development

This course provides an advanced review of both classic and contemporary theories of learning and behavior such as those associated with memory, motivation, connectionism, and social learning. It further explores the educational implications of those theories and investigates educational strategies for facilitating student learning.