EDU 931 Administrative Core II
The goals of this course are to have students become wise consumers of educational research, knowledgeable about the business functions of the school district and uses of computers to solve administration problems. Core II may be taken before core I.
Three credits

EDU 932 Curricular Concerns in Public School Administration
Offered on rotation
A study of curricular concerns and administrator decision-making. Major topics include: administering programmatic change, focus on individualized instruction, curriculum theory, instructional and curriculum issues.
Three credits.

EDU 933 School Business Administration
Offered on rotation
A study of the basic areas of responsibility of the school business administrator. Major topics include: the role of the school business administrator; budgeting; accounting; purchasing; insurance; operation and maintenance; transportation; and food service.
Three credits.

EDU 934 School Personnel Administration
Offered on rotation
A study of the skills, attitudes, and knowledge essential for effective school personnel administration. Areas of concentration include: recruitment; certification; selection; assignment; load and transfer; orientation; salaries and scheduling; leaves of absence; tenure; in-service education; personnel records; morale; retirement; professional associations; and collective bargaining.
Three credits.

EDU 935 School Law
Offered on rotation
A study of the major topics of law related to public schools. Areas of concentration include: sources of the law; scope of the law; law and the organization for public education; pupils, employees, and school law; school officers and the law; theory of governmental non-liability; liability and individual members of the board; and person liability of school employees.
Three credits.

EDU 936 Public School Finance
Offered on rotation
A study of public school finance. Major topics include: the development of public school finance in the United States; principles of school finance; revenues; expenditures and indebtedness; fiscal problems; the foundation program; fiscal control; and school support formulas.
Three credits.

EDU 937 The Supervisor in the School Setting
Offered on rotation
A study of the major components of the school supervisor. Areas of concentration include: the nature of the supervisory process; functions of the supervisor; principles of supervision; leadership styles of supervisor’s procedures used by the supervisor; the supervision of teachers; and evaluation of the supervisor.
Three credits.

EDU 940 Seminar in Youth Problems, Curricular Innovation and the Administration of Innovative Programs
Offered on rotation
A study of youth problems and innovation in the school setting. Major topics include: the central role of the child; methods for determining needs; analysis of data; cooperative planning of innovative programs; continuous evaluation and feedback; measurement of growth; special problems involved with innovative programs; and creativity and innovation.
Three credits.

EDU 941 School District Administration: Problems and Issues
Offered on rotation
A study of the role and responsibilities of the school district administrator in a school system. Major topics include: organizational, professional and legal issues in school district administration; the school district administrator and organizational decision making; emerging responsibilities in working relationships between school district administrators and the board and community; critical economic, political, and social issues confronting educational leadership.
Three credits.

EDU 943 School Plant Planning
Offered on rotation
An analysis of needs and program determination for educational facilities. Planning of functional and environmental aspects of school building design and utilization; demographic studies; financing of school buildings construction and school building renovations. Use of abandoned school buildings.
Three credits.

EDU 944 Collective Negotiations in Education
Offered on rotation
A study of the implementation and development of collective negotiations in the public schools. An analysis of principles and practices applied in public sector negotiations and the study of selected topics such as the bargaining process, impasse procedures, grievance machinery, the strike content of bargaining agreements, and the role of the administrator in negotiations.
Three credits.

EDU 946 Special Education Law for School Administrators
Offered on rotation
This course is designed to acquaint the student with those public laws pertaining to the education of handicapped youngsters. Specifically, PL 94-142, Section 504 Article 89 of the New York State Education Law, the concept of mainstreaming, least restrictive environment, due process rights, and the role of the impartial hearing officer will be discussed.
Three credits.

EDU 947 Administration of Educational Programs for Exceptional Children
Offered on rotation
An introduction to the organization, administration, and supervision of special education programs; assessment of exceptional children and youth; program options and support services; pupil referral assessment eligibility and placement process; individual educational program introduction to due process requirements; funding legislative and legal dimensions.
Three credits.

EDU 948 School Organization and Program Scheduling
Offered on rotation
This is a survey course focusing on selected aspects of the school organizational process up to and including the building of a master schedule. Topics include: school organizational patterns; personnel and staffing decisions; budgeting and programming as they relate to use of pupil personnel services; planning and building an organizational schedule; exploring some relationships that exist between curriculum and the programming/scheduling processes. Although the primary focus of this course is the middle, intermediate, junior and senior high school, attention will also be given to elementary school, especially where departmental patterns emerge.
Three credits.

EDU 949 Leadership and Administration in Multicultural School Settings
Offered on rotation
This course is designed to provide specific preparation for supervisors in the management of operational policies which apply particularly in multicultural school settings. Recent national and local policy trends will be explored for their effects upon traditional budget allocation practices, curriculum strategies, personnel management, program assessment, and shared management.
Three credits.

EDU 951 Internship in School Administration – Advanced Certificate
Prerequisite Core I
Offered on rotation
During the internship, the six major core areas will be reintroduced, thus providing a synthesizing experience for the student. Practical applications of systematic observation and participation in administrative and supervisory activities will be provided at the school district level. Registration by chairperson’s permission,
Department of Educational Leadership and Administration.
Six credits.

EDU 952 Seminar in School Business Office
Offered on rotation
This course will provide the student with an in-depth knowledge and understanding of the roles and responsibilities of the district school business official. Topics include an overview of the school business office, responsibilities of the internal and external auditors and the district treasurer. In addition, the course focuses on fund accounting principles, the uniform system of accounts, fund balanced management, extra classroom activity funds, and tax rates on the budget process.
Three credits.

EDU 953 Administration and Leadership at the Middle School Level
Offered on rotation
This course is a study of administrative leadership and decision-making at the middle school level. It will include a review of current educational research, theory and practice as they may apply to the operation of a middle school. Topics include understanding the middle school concept; examining administrative decision-making and the middle school curriculum; supervision at the middle school level; current issues in administering a middle school.
Three credits.