Course List, 2012-2013

Orientation Session
4:00 - 7:30

SED AP 758 School Management (Spring, 4:00 - 9:30) - Dr. Donald Beaudette

Focuses on the economics, politics, and administration of school finance from both theoretical and practical perspectives. Emphasis is placed on the planning, policy, and procedural aspects of school funding, resource allocation, and school plant management.

SED AP 662 Administrative Planning (Fall, 4:00 - 6:30) - Dr. Marinel McGrath

A comprehensive planning perspective integrates project design activities with project management and evaluation techniques. Topics include mission analysis, input-output specification and documentation, project budgeting, PERT diagramming, and decision and information flow diagramming. Each student prepares a planning document and should come to the first class with a project in mind.

SED AP 720 Performance-Based Educational Leadership (Fall, 7:00 - 9:30) - Dr. Peter Sanchioni

Preparation for aspiring principals and professional development for experienced principals. How a school administrator organizes and leads to achieve high student performance. Analysis and discussion of cases and readings in school reform literature.

SED AP 750 Performance Appraisal and Supervision (Spring, 4:00 - 6:30) - Dr. Timothy Howard

Students examine alternative perspectives on the evaluation and supervision of educational personnel, including legal, philosophical, and empirical perspectives. Emphasis in supervision is on effective patterns of interpersonal communication between subordinate and supervisory personnel.

SED AP 754 Educational Equity and the Law and
SED AP 757 School Labor Relations and Personnel Management (Spring, 7:00 - 9:30) - Dr. John Ullian

Focus on policies and procedures affecting personnel management in the schools. Topics include: collective bargaining; managing reduction in force; grievance processing; legal liability of employees and officials; and equality considerations in recruitment, promotion, and affirmative action.