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3.- Educational Administration (EDAD) Courses
5310 Introduction to Educational Administration (3-0)
An introduction to the roles and functions of the school administrator emphasizing administrative and organizational theory and practice; identifies the primary knowledge, skills, and competencies required to be an effective school administrator. Prerequisite: Department approval.
5312 Instructional Leadership and Supervision I (3-0)
An introduction to the roles and responsibilities of the supervisor or school administrator as an instructional leader; emphasizes systematic classroom observation, evaluation of teaching, and clinical supervision. Prerequisite: EDAD 5310 or department approval.
5314 School-Based Budgeting (3-0)
This course provides students with an overview of educational budgeting practices and issues, with a primary emphasis on school sites. The course includes an introduction to the planning, cost-effectiveness, and resource allocation issues that arise in the educational budgeting process. Students also have opportunities to consider the equity consequences of the budgeting process, as well as the relationship between educational goals and associated resource allocation decisions. Course readings, assignments, and activities encourage students to develop a conceptual understanding of site-based budgeting and practical skills to participate in the budget development process.
5340 Human Factors in Education (3-0)
Treats interpersonal relations and human variables in groups and formal organizations with special emphasis on schools and organizations; identifies strategies for the school principal to improve work group effectiveness. Prerequisites: EDRS 5306, EDAD 5310, EDAD 5312, TED 5301; or department approval.
5342 Educational Law (3-0)
An introduction to the federal and state legal systems including constitutional provisions, federal and state regulations, and court decisions affecting public education; includes student and employee rights and responsibilities, statutory and assumed authority of school boards, relations with employee organizations, civil liability of school personnel, and elements of due process. Prerequisites: EDRS 5306, EDAD 5310, EDAD 5312, TED 5301; or department approval.
5344 Instructional Leadership and Supervision II (3-0)
Opportunity to develop the knowledge, skills, and competencies required by the supervisor or school administrator to direct instructional improvement programs; emphasis on instructional management, staff development, in-service workshops, and working with groups. Prerequisite: EDAD 5312.
5345 Multicultural Issues in Educational Leadership (3-0)
An overview of issues associated with ethnic, racial, and other forms of cultural diversity that are to be understood as part of the responsibilities and professional world of the educational leader. Prerequisites: EDAD 5310, EDAD 5312, EDRS 5305, EDRS 5306, and TED 5301; or department approval.
5346 Educational Program Planning and Evaluation (3-0)
Opportunity to develop the knowledge, skills, and competencies required to plan and manage regular and special school programs; includes policy formulation, goal setting, and evaluation emphasizing data-based management systems; requires field-based component. Prerequisites: EDRS 5306, EDAD 5310, EDAD 5312, TED 5301; or department approval.
5348 Administration of School Personnel and Services (3-0)
Emphasizes school management tasks and responsibilities related to certified and non-certified staff including position descriptions, recruitment, selection, assignment, and compensation; treats EEO regulations, due process, grievance handling, and other legal requirements including collective bargaining. Prerequisites: EDRS 5306, EDAD 5310, EDAD 5312, TED 5301; or department approval.
5365 Directed Individual Study (0-0-3)
Area of study will be designated. May be repeated for credit when topic varies. Prerequisite: Department approval.
5370 Graduate Workshop in Educational Administration and Supervision (0-0-6)
Selected topics for graduate students, supervisors, and school administrators in such areas as grant writing, school discipline, computer utilization, and other special problems. May be repeated for credit when topic varies. Prerequisites: EDRS 5306, EDAD 5310, EDAD 5312, TED 5301; or department approval.
5373 School Supervision Internship I (1-0-4)
First half of a two-course sequence including planned field experience and seminars for the Professional Instructional Supervisor Certificate candidate; field experience includes working with a fully certified cooperating administrator under the supervision of a university professor; includes consideration of problems relating to assessment techniques, teacher review, consulting skills, and planning and evaluation of programs and materials. Prerequisites: Completion of all other course work required for the supervision certificate and department approval.
5374 School Supervision Internship II (1-0-4)
Continuation of EDAD 5373. Prerequisites: EDAD 5373 and department approval; EDAD 5373 may be taken concurrently with EDAD 5374.
5375 School Management Internship I (1-0-4)
First half of a two-course sequence including planned field experience and seminars for the professional Mid-Management School Administrator Certification candidate; field experience includes working with a fully certified cooperating administrator in elementary, middle, and high school setting under the supervision of a university professor; includes administration of special programs, community education programs, student services, discipline management, scheduling, budgeting, and school business management; offered Fall Semester only. Prerequisites: Completion of all other course work required for the mid-management certificate and department approval.
5376 School Management Internship II (1-0-4)
Continuation of EDAD 5375; offered Spring Semester only. Prerequisites: EDAD 5375 and department approval; EDAD 5375 may be taken concurrently with EDAD 5376.
5380 Organizational Development in Education (3-0)
Describes the systems approach to the renewal of educational organizations; emphasizes institutionalization of organization development in school districts and essential competencies for organization renewal. Prerequisite: Department approval.
5382 Educational Finance (3-0)
Basic concepts of the economics of education; uses the systems approach to analyze the issues of equity and equality in educational resource allocation and distribution; includes current Texas state funding policies. Prerequisite: Department approval.
5384 Educational Facilities Management (3-0)
Identifies the knowledge, skills, and competencies required of the school administrator to manage educational facilities; includes population projections and needs assessments, planning developing educational specifications, site selection, capital outlay, and costs; covers rehabilitating existing buildings, maintenance and operations, and equipment management. Prerequisite: Department approval.
5386 Educational Policy Development (3-0)
Treats the techniques of describing and selecting among alternative problem solutions based on quantifiable predictions; application to both general and specific educational issues including socio-political factors. Prerequisite: Department approval.
5388 Central Office Administration (2-0-2)
Critical aspects of central office administration including personnel, programs, budget, planning, evaluation, school board relations, state and federal influences, and general administration of a school district; field experience required. Prerequisite: Department approval.
5389 School Superintendent Internship (1-0-4)
Planned field experience and seminars for the Professional School Superintendent Certificate candidate; field experience includes working with a fully certified cooperating administrator in school and central office settings under the supervision of a university professor; includes consideration of problems relating to overall school district operations. Prerequisites: Completion of all other course work required for the superintendent certificate and department approval.
6301 Historic and Philosophical Foundations of Education (3-0)
This course is organized around four central themes: 1) the moral dimensions of teaching and enculturation of the young in a democracy; 2) problems of access to knowledge; 3) the notion of pedagogical nurturing; and 4) the stewardship of schools in educative communities. Key readings include selections from Plato, Rousseau, Dewey, and Goodlad. Corequisites: EDAD 6303, EDAD 6304, and POLS 6303. Prerequisite: Department approval.
6302 Advanced Research Design and Data Analysis (3-0)
This course focuses on the use of quantitative research, data analysis, and inferential statistics in problem-solving in educational leadership. Applications of experimental or non-experimental research design, operational definitions, instrumentation, sampling methodology, hypothesis testing, and management and statistical analysis of large scale databases will be examined. Data collection and analysis methods will include interviews, focus group questions, surveys, regression, path analysis, and analysis of variance. Prerequisites: EDAD 6301, EDAD 6303, EDAD 6304, and POLS 6303.
6303 Seminar in Decision-Making and Problem Solving in Education (3-0)
Students will examine and conduct research about decision-making processes from the perspectives of educational institutions at local, state, and national levels. Corequisites: EDAD 6301, EDAD 6303, EDAD 6304, and POLS 6303.
Prerequisite: Department approval.
6304 Organizational Theory and Development (3-0)
This course focuses on change and reform in education and the theories and professional practices used to create organizational change. Corequisites: EDAD 6301, EDAD 6303, and POLS 6303. Prerequisite: Department approval.
6307 Advanced Legal and Ethical Aspects of Leadership (3-0)
This course examines the legal and ethical issues that face educational leaders, including responsibilities, accountability, the public interests, and professionalism. Students will also analyze and synthesize the judicial interpretations of constitutions, statutes, rules, and regulations, and the common law with special focus on individual student's interests. Prerequisites: EDAD 6301, EDAD 6302, EDAD 6303, EDAD 6304, and POLS 6303; or department approval.
6308 State and Local Educational Finance Policies (3-0)
Examination of research, as well as theoretical and practical foundations of economic and social accountability in educational organizations. Students will conduct comparative analyses of state educational finance policies, with emphasis on the relationships between the principles of accountability, adequacy, equity, and quality. Prerequisites: EDAD 6301, EDAD 6302, EDAD 6303, and EDAD 6304; or department approval.
6309 Seminar in Educational Leadership (3-0)
Focus on alternative leadership styles and theories of leadership. Students will learn how to assess their own basic and preferred leadership styles. Each student will be encouraged to develop a personal growth plan in educational leadership. Prerequisites: EDAD 6301, EDAD 6302, EDAD 6303, and EDAD 6304; or department approval.
6310 Evaluation, Accountability, and Policy Analysis Models (3-0)
Students will learn to use appropriate multiple indicators and analytic frameworks for documenting, measuring, and evaluating changes in educational policy and practice. Prerequisites: EDAD 6301, EDAD 6302, EDAD 6303, and EDAD 6304; or department approval.
6312 Educational Leadership in Metropolitan Areas (3-0)
This course examines the social, economic, and political characteristics of urban communities and the relationship of education to social settings. The role of leadership, interest groups, and pressure groups are examined, as is the conversion processes and conflict resolution in a context of large, complex urban/minority school districts and the creation of alternative delivery systems. Prerequisites: EDAD 6301, EDAD 6302, EDAD 6303, EDAD 6304, and department approval.
6313 Administration of Categorical Programs (3-0)
This course examines the leadership roles in securing, administering, and evaluating categorical programs, sponsored projects, and grants. Guest lecturers will include directors of large projects. Team-taught. Prerequisites: EDAD 6301, EDAD 6302, EDAD 6303, and EDAD 6304; or department approval.
6315 Qualitative Research Methodology (3-0)
Students will examine qualitative and ethnographic research methods, including participant observation and open-ended interviewing to address problems of educational organizations. Prerequisites: EDAD 6301, EDAD 6302, EDAD 6303, and EDAD 6304; or department approval.
6319 Seminar in Special Services Administration (3-0)
Students will examine the models of special services program administration in various educational organizations. Emphasis will be placed on the view of change in educational organizations that emerge from various perspectives on the education and management of special populations. Prerequisites: EDAD 6301, EDAD 6302, EDAD 6303, and EDAD 6304; or department approval.
6321 Multicultural Diversity in Educational Leadership (3-0)
Students will examine the impact of multicultural pluralism and diversity and how these concepts and practices impact leadership and administration in educational settings. Prerequisites: EDAD 6301, EDAD 6302, EDAD 6303, and EDAD 6304; or department approval.
6340 Administrative Implications from Cognitive Psychology and Learning Theory
(3-0)
Implications from cognitive psychology and learning theory for students learning in multicultural diverse urban contexts of schooling. The course examines classical and contemporary learning theories as they affect program changes in schools and other educational settings. Prerequisites: EDAD 6301, EDAD 6302, EDAD 6303, and EDAD 6304; or department approval.
6350 Internship in Leadership (0-0-3)
With the joint guidance of a university faculty member and a practicing leader/administrator in an educational setting, students will be provided opportunities for supervised research and decision-making in a professional setting. Prerequisite: Permission of the graduate advisor.
6351 Internship in Leadership II (0-0-3)
The second semester of internship will provide continuation of supervised research and decision-making in a professional setting. Prerequisite: EDAD 6350 or permission of the graduate advisor.
6398 Dissertation Research (0-0-3)
Under the direction of their dissertation committee chair, students will prepare a dissertation proposal. Continuous registration is required until the proposal is approved by the doctoral committee. Prerequisites: Admission to doctoral candidacy and permission of Doctoral Committee Chair.
6399 Dissertation Writing (0-0-3)
Students, under the direction of the dissertation committee chair, will write a dissertation. Continuous registration in EDAD 6399 is required until the dissertation has been successfully defended and is accepted by the dissertation committee. Prerequisites: EDAD 6398 and department approval.
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