Educational Administration and Supervision (EDAS)
EDAS 6013. School Community Relations. This course examines the principles underlying the relationships between schools, parents, schools and other community and its agencies. Emphasis is placed on the involvement of critical stakeholders in educational planning and the school improvement process. Practicum experiences are arranged to conduct community and parent surveys.
EDAS 6023. Instructional Development and Supervision. This course analyzes the school administrator’s role in improving the instructional process including the principles associated with the design, delivery, and assessment of the curriculum. Principles, procedures, and skills required to supervise and improve the delivery of instruction are practiced and developed in applied settings. Extensive practicum experiences are arranged with local school systems conduct informal and formal observations, coaching and the like.
EDAS 6033. Organizational Development and Evaluation. This course develops the skills required to systematically analyze and plan by making data- driven decisions to foster instructional improvement and organizational change, including collecting and analyzing data to assessing organizational needs, developing improvement plans with related professional development, and the evaluation of progress toward organizational goals. Consultation experiences with local school systems allow for problem solving and the development of improvement strategies.
EDAS 6043. Administration of Administrative Services. This course is an introduction to the financial management and other administrative services involved in operating a school or school district, including human resources, finance, budgeting, purchasing, child nutrition, information technology, transportation, and facilities management. Fiscal planning, budgeting, and operations management skills are developed and practiced in school district settings.
EDAS 6053. Administration of Special Services. This course emphasizes the administration of instructional programs, services, and current federal and state laws associated with planning and delivery of special education, bilingual/ESL, gifted and talented, career and technology, and compensatory services, at-risk/dropout reduction, etc. Practicum experiences are arranged with local school systems.
EDAS 6063. Administrative Internship. An extension of the field-based experiences throughout the curriculum, the internship is made up of more intensive field-based experiences for those completing the requirements for building and curriculum administration. Students engage in a range of building- and central office-level management and instructional leadership experiences under the direction of an experienced, accomplished principal and/or central office administrator.
EDAS 6093. The Principalship. This course is a study of the roles and responsibilities of the principal as leader in the design, development, operation, and evaluation of a school. Emphasis is placed on the principal’s roles in curriculum development and assessment, supervision and evaluation of instruction, professional development, and the management of administrative services and school community relations augmented by a series of practicum experiences. Extensive field experiences are arranged pairing students with local school administrators.
EDAS 6113. School Finance. This course is an overview of school finance with emphasis on the relationships of economics and local, state, and federal revenues, and state and federal financial regulations and models in relation to financing the educational enterprise. Extensive budgeting and practicum experiences are included.
EDAS 6123. The Superintendency. This course provides an in-depth view of the responsibilities of the school superintendent. Field-based applications are used to study the unique roles and responsibilities of the superintendency. The development of skills is emphasized in strategic planning, collaborative decision-making, public information, student activities, community relations, human resource management, instructional leadership, financial management, board relations, school governance, and other areas relevant to the superintendency.
EDAS 6133. Governance Groups. This course investigates the various federal, state, and local groups and agencies that significantly influence the conduct of the public education. Participants engage in collecting information from a variety of these sources in order to understand current influences, requirements, and constraints placed on local school districts that impact their operations.
EDAS 6143. Management of Human Resources. This course studies the theoretical and legal issues associated with management of human resources in school systems, including the relationship of the individual to the organization, organizational health, staffing, remuneration, personal appraisal, training, contracts and negotiations, and other pertinent laws and regulations. Practicum experiences are arranged with local school systems.
EDAS 6153. Practicum in Educational Facilities. This course is a practicum that examines the roles of the superintendent and school board in developing and implementing the requirements necessary for the construction and maintenance of educational facilities. Participants collaborate with an architect currently engaged in a building project to understand the conduct of needs assessments and planning new facilities, developing educational specifications, selecting and working with an architect, financing and bidding procedures, construction management, school facilities maintenance, and pertinent state law.
EDAS 6163. Superintendency Internship. As an extension of practicum in the curriculum, the internship provides the prospective superintendent with the opportunity to gain on-the-job experience in the roles and responsibilities of the position under the direction of an experienced, accomplished superintendent.
EDAS 6173. Administration and Assessment of Curricular Programs. This course provides prospective central office administrators and superintendents with the tools necessary to administer the curriculum and instruction functions of a school district. Emphasis is placed on establishing and evaluating systems to audit, design, deliver, assess, and evaluate curriculum, and other instructionally related services and professional development through a series of field-based projects in a school system.
EDAS 6183. Educational Leadership Seminar. This course is designed to introduce the prospective district-level administrator to a broad range of issues at the forefront of current educational decision-making. Special emphasis is placed on analyzing, synthesizing, and critically examining topics that are pertinent to an individual student’s plan of study and career goals.
EDAS 6193. School Organization and Administration. This course is an introduction to administrative and organizational theory and its applications to educational institutions. Extensive school-based research is conducted to integrate organizational theory and the actual practice of administration in a school based on standards of administrative dispositions and performance.
EDAS 6200. Educational Leadership Portfolio. This non-credit course documents the successful completion of the portfolio requirement for those enrolled in a program leading to licensure as a principal (building level) or curriculum administrator.
EDAS 6210. Superintendent Portfolio. This non-credit course documents the successful completion of the portfolio requirement for those enrolled in a program leading to licensure as a superintendent (district level).
