Educational Leadership Certificate

This course examines federal and state court cases, statutes and regulations that affect students, teachers, administrators and other community members involved with schools.

Explore the principles, theories and realities of managing educational organizations and effectively leading an educational organization through change. This course highlights strategic planning, developing a vision and mission, and promoting continuous and sustained school improvement.

This course examines the components of educational leadership that relate to the supervisory process. Both theory and practice are emphasized. The clinical supervision process is highlighted along with a variety of different “walk-through” models of supervision.

Learn how the school business office roles and functions impact the fiscal management, instructional and non-instructional programs and services of schools and school districts. The course includes a study of revenues, expenses, local taxation, tax bases, and federal and state formulas, subsidies and equity issues surrounding the school budgeting process.

Gain the knowledge and skills to analyze student and school-based data for the purpose of creating an organizational vision and instructional environment that focuses on teaching and learning. The role data plays in standards-based reform also is discussed along with how data can guide the development of a strategic plan that focuses on higher student achievement.