Course Listing

• • • Administrative Internship

      EDAD 5389

      Complete: 5 weeks | Credit Hours: 3 | $537.51 per course

      This course is designed to provide prospective educational administrators job-related experiences under supervision in an appropriate educational setting. An approved professional study is designed in relationship to the intern's interest and past experiences. A student portfolio will be started which will run throughout all courses in the program and will contain documentation of a student’s internship activities and work. It is the first course in the program for every student.

    • Capstone Internship in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

      EDAD 5399

      Complete: 5 weeks | Credit Hours: 3 | $537.51 per course

      Successful completion of the Capstone Internship will fulfill the comprehensive examination requirements for the graduate degree and result in the completion of the professional portfolio and research project. This course is the last one in the program for every student.

    • Diversity in Educational Settings

      EDAD 5380

      Complete: 5 weeks | Credit Hours: 3 | $537.51 per course

      Effective leadership, instruction, and management strategies for work in diverse educational settings. Designed to provide self-awareness and insight into issues of diversity such as culture, ethnicity, exceptionality, gender, language, and socioeconomic status. Demographic issues along with urban and suburban educational settings will also be addressed.

    • Educational Governance

      EDAD 5376

      Complete: 5 weeks | Credit Hours: 3 | $537.51 per course

      The focus in this course is on the appointed and elected entities and bureaucracies that determine and implement policy in public education.

    • Educational Research and Evaluation

      EDAD 5322

      Complete: 5 weeks | Credit Hours: 3 | $537.51 per course

      This course is an overview of basic concepts and procedures necessary for analyzing, designing, and conducting quantitative and qualitative educational studies. Topics include familiarization with educational journals, associations, funding agencies, accreditation procedures, program evaluation, sampling procedures, data collection, and statistical analyses.

    • Educational Technology Planning

      EDAD 5302

      Complete: 5 weeks | Credit Hours: 3 | $537.51 per course

      This course is designed to help prepare future educational administrators in assessing, revising, or developing a technology plan for their school, district, or campus. Students will explore the overall concepts of technology, new applications of technology, and how they apply to educational standards, such as the National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers (NETS-T) and the Technology Standards for School Administrators (TSSA).

    • Foundations of Educational Administration

      EDAD 5382

      Complete: 5 weeks | Credit Hours: 3 | $537.51 per course

      Will address the various aspects of instructional leadership roles and responsibilities of central office as well as building level administrators and supervisors. Topics included will be history of educational administration, educational philosophy, the global understanding of administrative roles in urban and rural settings, and professional organizations, as well as an overview of educational reforms, site-based management, governoance, instructional management, evaluation, exchanging ideas, making changes, coaching beginning teachers, mentoring of teachers and peers, and a diverse community.

    • Leadership in the Instructional Setting

      EDAD 5330

      Complete: 5 weeks | Credit Hours: 3 | $537.51 per course

      In this course there is an examination of current research on effective instructional organizations and classroom instruction in today's schools, on characteristics of school leadership, and on the role and function of the teacher as instructional leader. Topics include the essential components of instruction, developing instructional-management systems, evaluating student and teacher performance, assisting colleagues to monitor and improve instructional skills, school climate and leadership styles as they impact school improvement

    • Political and Legal Aspects of Education

      EDAD 5381

      Complete: 5 weeks | Credit Hours: 3 | $537.51 per course

      Emphasized in this course are the legal foundation of public education, political theory, and application of political skills in working with school personnel, students, parents, and community organizations. The role of the law, court rulings, and the politics of school governance at the federal, state, and local levels will be addressed.

    • Resource Management in Education

      EDAD 5384

      Complete: 5 weeks | Credit Hours: 3 | $537.51 per course

      School finance, as well as auxiliary areas of resource management, will be addressed. The emphasis will be on the use of technology, alternative models of financing and budgeting, and sources of revenue from the federal, state, and local levels as well as from private sources. The course is designed to assist administrators in developing an understanding of the functions, operation, and evaluation of auxiliary services which support the educational program.

    • The Principalship

      EDAD 5383

      Complete: 5 weeks | Credit Hours: 3 | $537.51 per course

      Addressed in this course is the role of the campus leader in the leadership, organization and administration of schools. An emphasis will be placed on continuous school improvement. The importance of the concepts of the principal as scholar-practitioner and proactive leader will be stressed.