Educational administration

College of Education and Human Development
Educational Policy & Adm

Fall 2009: EDPA 4303W—Leadership for Global Citizenship

Leadership theory, community building, social change, interdisciplinary approaches to complex global issues. Students finalize portfolios, submit scholarly products to demonstrate understanding of personal/positional leadership in changing global context. Capstone course.

Fall 2009: EDPA 5310—Data-Driven Decision Making I

Data-driven decision making for schools/administrators. Focuses on data collection/analysis needs of educational organizations and on use of appropriate software/databases to collect, manage, analyze, and report school information.

Fall 2009: EDPA 5321—The Principal as Leader of High-Performing Schools

Role of principal: qualifications, duties, problems.

Fall 2009: EDPA 5322—Leaders in the Superintendency and Central Office

Role/responsibility of superintendent in school district. Emphasizes real life experiences, leadership potential as CEO. Purposes, power, politics, practices of position. Interplay of internal school forces, external community forces analyzed in multiple contexts. Manifestations of leadership in public, high-profile appointment.

Fall 2009: EDPA 5323—Women in Leadership

Women in leadership, in context of larger systems and their own lives. Supporting equity/equality across areas of difference.

Fall 2009: EDPA 5341—The American Middle School

Focus on the uniqueness of the early adolescent and appropriate learning situations. For educators working with middle-level students.

Fall 2009: EDPA 5344—School Law

Legal foundations of elementary/secondary education. Statutory themes, relevant case law, emergent policy issues. Implications for educational organizations and for administrative practice.

Fall 2009: EDPA 5346—Politics of Education

Political dimensions of policy formilation/implementation in education. Use of power/influence in shaping educational policies and in resolving conflicts over educational issues. Analysis of consequences/cross-impacts.

Fall 2009: EDPA 5348—Leaders of Human Resources Administration

Effective personnel practices. Skills required for effective administrator/leader. Emphasizes human resources administration, including employee recruitment, selection, orientation/support, supervision, and performance appraisal of school district personnel.

Fall 2009: EDPA 5361—Project in Teacher Leadership

Create, implement, evaluate, and present a leadership project designed to initiate positive change in educational environments. Review of related literature, proposal development, project development, implementation and evaluation, critical reflection, sharing learning outcomes.

Fall 2009: EDPA 5364—Context and Practice of Educational Leadership

Current research/practice on educational leadership focused on creating school cultures conducive to continuous improvement/change. Strategies for personal/organizational leadership in PK-12 settings.

Fall 2009: EDPA 5372—Youth in Modern Society

Youth in advanced societies and as a social entity; functions and roles in industrial society, family, education, politics and government, economy and work, welfare and religion; organizations, social movements, and subcultures; empirical research and cross-cultural perspectives.

Fall 2009: EDPA 5374—Leadership for Professional Development

Designing, implementing, evaluating staff development in PK-12 settings. Research-based standards for effective staff development. Need for embedded time for collaborative learning, evaluating staff/student outcomes.

Fall 2009: EDPA 5385—Licensure Seminar: Program Policies and Inclusionary Leadership

Prepararation for licensure program. Program overview, preassessment, reflective practice, APA writing, exit panel review, administrative employment interview.

Fall 2009: EDPA 5386—Leadership Portfolio Seminar

Development of electronic administrative licensure portfolio as part of process to earn endorsement for license as a school superintendent, K-12 principal, director of special education, or director of community education.

Fall 2009: EDPA 5388—Leadership for Master(ful) Scheduling

Scheduling models. Strategies for personalizing schools. Hands-on "infinite campus student system." Master schedule is built online.

Fall 2009: EDPA 5391—Special Education Law for Leaders

Competencies of leadership, policy, and political influence. Legal/regulatory applications focusing on special education law.

Fall 2009: EDPA 5396—Field Experience in PK-12 Administration: Authentic Practice in Leadership

Field experience or internship arranged for students seeking licensure as PK-12 principal/superintendent. Content/credit depend on licensure requirements specified in individual field experience agreement.

Fall 2009: EDPA 8302—Educational Policy Perspectives

Public policy issues in education. Historical, international, political, research perspectives. Current policy strategies for reforming U.S. public schools.

Fall 2009: EDPA 8333—FTE: Master's

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