EAD 600 - Special Education Administration
Administration of Special Education provides an overview of the major concepts
involved in the education of children with exceptional needs. The major
emphasis is on developing a personal philosophy and acquiring the knowledge
and skill to administer special education programs at the school level
in New York State. While special education teachers may find the course
interesting due to its administrative focus, the primary audience is the
general education professional. 3sh
EAD 601 - Fundamentals of Administration
At the conclusion of this course, students will be able to: identify the
relationship between people's behavior and their belief structure; utilize
group process as a problem- solving device; identify various leadership
styles and their consequences; describe their own concept of Educational
Administration; demonstrate a commitment to their own continued professional
growth; and analyze a school district issue. Prerequisites: permanent teaching
certification and thirty graduate hours. 6sh
EAD 610 - School Principalship
At the conclusion of this course, students will be able to: develop an
organizational structure for the middle manager to facilitate the goals
and objectives of the unit; implement the management process for the middle
manager most appropriate to a specific middle manager's position, and predict
the consequences of that particular management process selected; verbalize
and demonstrate technical skills that are necessary to perform formative
and summative teacher evaluations; verbalize and demonstrate supervisory
skills. Prerequisite: EAD 601. 6sh
EAD 620 - School Business Management
At the conclusion of this course, students will be able to: identify a
specific school district and verbalize the budgetary responsibilities of
each of its administrative components; do an operating cost analysis of
a specified program after being given a specific program in a school and
a traditional line-item budget; compare the procedures and capabilities
of Planning Programming Budgeting System of budgeting with a traditional
budgeting model; develop an appropriate budgeting model and identify the
steps necessary for its implementation for an identified school district;
conceptualize the business management competencies necessary to function
as a business administrator or unit head in a specified school. Prerequisites:
EAD601 and 610. 3sh
EAD 621 - School Personnel Management
At the conclusion of this course, students will be able to: analyze a school's
staffing practice in relation to its goals and programs; develop a staffing
plan that is consistent with a school's goals and programs that identifies
appropriate procedures for the plan's implementation; identify and apply
a leadership theory that is appropriate to a given staffing plan; develop
and implement a data collection system that gives feedback related to the
effectiveness of a staffing plan; analyze and rewrite sections of a negotiated
contract to meet specified criteria. Prerequisites: EAD 601 and 610. 3sh
EAD 622 - School Law
At the conclusion of this course, students will be able to: use the resources
available in the library for analyzing and reporting legal problems; understand
procedures for analyzing case law and legislation. Prerequisites: EAD 601
and 610. 3sh
EAD 623 - Contract Administration
At the conclusion of this course, students will be able to: understand
the role of the school principal as it relates to the negotiated contract;
be acquainted with the scope and content of school contracts; be able to
determine the criteria for contract formula; be able to determine criteria
for contract administration; interpret contract language; understand the
impact of agreements on instruction; develop an opinion regarding management
rights; develop techniques for conflict resolutions. Prerequisites: EAD
601 and 610. 3sh
EAD 626 - Long Range Educational Planning
At the conclusion of this course, students will be able to: verbalize and
apply the preplanning steps that are necessary before the development of
a set of educational plans; verbalize and develop a set of plans which
will serve as a design to the planning process; verbalize and critique
through simulation the plans developed identifying the consequences inherent
in a specific set of plans. Prerequisites: EAD 601 and 610. 3sh
EAD 627 - Student Management at the Building Level
The student will obtain an overview of the field of student management
including the needs of special students and various models of student discipline.
Emphasis will be placed on the development of skill in assisting faculty
members to deal in a humane, consistent and effective manner with all students.
Each student will develop a statement of beliefs with which to guide the
action of those involved in management programs for all students in a school.
Prerequisite: EAD 610. 3sh
EAD 629 - Asessment for School Improvement
This course is designed to prepare school leaders to be critical consumers
of both traditional and emerging forms of assessment data, as well as informed
users and developers of authentic alternative assessment techniques. The
focus of the course is on both assessment literacy and assessment leadership.
Prerequisites: EAD 601 and 610. 3sh
EAD 641 - Supervision: Improvement of Instruction
At the conclusion of this course, students will be able to: develop and
implement a plan indicating a process for the systematic collection of
data and its use for the formative evaluation of a staff member; develop
and implement a plan indicating a process for the systematic collection
of data and its use for summative evaluation of a staff member. Prerequisites:
EAD 601 and 610. 3sh
EAD 642 - Advanced Supervision
This course is designed to extend skills in data gathering in classroom
observations, feedback in supervisory conferences, mutual goal setting
for professional development and summative evaluation. Prerequisite: EAD
641 or experience in supervision of professionals. 3sh
EAD 650 - Curriculum Theory
At the conclusion of this course, students will be able to: identify a
particular set of personal and professional assumptions or generalizations
which can be supported by related philosophical assumptions and/or scientific
principles, which, in turn, will serve as a basis for projecting hypotheses
for action testing; develop a process for understanding and building curriculum
theory. Prerequisites: EAD 601 and 610. 3sh
EAD 651 - Curriculum Facilitation
At the conclusion of this course, students will be able to: develop a personal
theory of curriculum; complete analysis of a curricula design; complete
analysis of a curricula implementation plan; verbalize the substance of
the curriculum content and method; identify the consequences of curriculum
facilitation; verbalize a plan for staff development and the principles
of curriculum facilitation. Prerequisites: EAD 601 and 610. 3sh
EAD 652 - Curriculum Administration
At the conclusion of this course, students will be able to: demonstrate
knowledge and ability to apply skills of social research including problem
identification and the collection and analysis of data in program planning;
assist the staff development program with specific regard to curricular
content areas; demonstrate abilities to prioritize, in relation to district,
state, and national goals, and to demonstrate decision making skills within
a framework of sound human expertise. Prerequisites: EAD 601 and 610. 3sh
EAD 660 - Organizational Change
At the end of this course, students will be able to: identify various models
for understanding the dynamics of school improvement, identify appropriate
change strategies; discuss the phenomenon of school as a culture; analyze
change process; and describe their own concept of change agentry. Prerequisite:
EAD 601. 3sh
EAD 661 - Professional Adults as Learners
This course is a laboratory in understanding the professional adult as
a learner. Students reflect on their own professional learning; develop
questions related to adult professional learning; identify and use resources
to frame responses to their questions and share their activities; students
gather, analyze and report data related to staff develpment and professional
learning environment in the course. Prerequisite: EAD 601. 3sh
EAD 662 - Staff Development Administration
As a result of this course, students will be able to: identify the need
for staff development in a district; design an appropriate staff development
program; identify the elements of effective program evaluation; identify
marketing strategies and describe their own concept of excellence in staff
development. Prerequisite: EAD 661. 3sh
EAD 663 - Shared Decision Making in Schools
As a result of this course, students will be able to: identify the perspective
of various role players in shared decision making; critique several models
of shared decision making; and exhibit skill in working in a group to solve
school-related problems. 3sh
EAD 664 - Readings in Educational Administration
The purpose of this course is to develop students' ability to adapt notions
from a wide variety of sources to the leadership of schools. Students read
and discuss common fiction and non-fictional materials and view common
media performances as well. Papers are written and discussions occur.
3sh
EAD 691 Superintendent Development Part A
This is the first course in a three-course sequence to assist middle-level
school administrators (principals, directors, coordinators, assistant superintendents)
in understanding and preparing for the school superintendency. In this
first course students are introduced to a conceptual model that presents
four types of leadership the successful superintendent must exhibit (instructional,
political, organizational, strategic) in both the district and community
environment. The model also incorporates the impact of the superintendency
on ones personal life. In addition, students develop a first draft of
their educational platform (beliefs) as a superintendent and will begin
to examine superintendent-level thinking about issues of practice by working
in cohort team with two local superintendents on real problems of practice.
3sh Prerequisite: Departmental Approval.
EAD 692 Superintendent Development Part B
This is the second course in a three-course sequence to assist middle-level
school administrators (principals, directors, coordinators, assistant superintendents)
in understanding and preparing for the school superintendency. In this
second course students explore the conceptual model that presents four
types of leadership the successful superintendent must exhibit (instructional,
political, organizational, strategic) in both the district and community
environment. They also reflect on how a superintendency might impact their
personal life. In addition, students participate in workshops and seminars
on various aspects of the superintendency, work on a team to analyze real
problems of practice, and read about/discuss the superintendency. 3sh Prerequisite:
Departmental Approval and successful completion of EAD 691.
EAD 693 Superintendent Development Part C
This is the third course in a three-course sequence to assist middle-level
school administrators (principals, directors, coordinators, assistant superintendents)
in understanding and preparing for the school superintendency. In
this third course students will assess themselves against the conceptual
model that presents four types of leadership the successful superintendent
must exhibit (instructional, political, organizational, strategic) in both
the district and community environment. The students also evaluate the
impact of the superintendency on their personal lives and assess whether
this is the appropriate career path. Also, students participate in workshops
and seminars on various aspects of the superintendency, work on a team
to analyze real problems of practice, and read about/discuss the superintendency.
3sh Prerequisite: Departmental Approval and successful completion
of EAD 692.
EAD 695 - Internship
At the conclusion of the internship, students will be able to: demonstrate
the development of professional competency program related to the student's
concentration and the internship experience; demonstrate the evaluation
of a professional competency program in the internship experience, supplying
documented validation of competency demonstration. Prerequisites: EAD 601
and 610. 9sh
EAD 696 - Research and Evaluation Methods in Education
This course is designed as an introduction to research and evaluation in
education. The intent of this course is to prepare consumers for the intelligent
use of educational research. Instruction on statistical concepts and methodology
will emphasize conceptual understanding rather than computational expertise
-- facility with mathematics will be neither assumed nor required. Class
activities will acquaint the student with "real world" problems and concerns
relating to educational research and evaluation applications in schools.
Prerequisite: EAD 601. 3sh
EAD 699 - Independent Study
At the conclusion of this course, students will be able to: gain a specific
and individual knowledge, skills and competency in an area where the student
desires work beyond that offered in structured program courses. Prerequisites:
EAD 601 and 610. 1 to 6 sh