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Eligibility Criteria

Bachelor's degree, or equiv. International Education

Credit Hours

30 Hours

Course Duration

6 Months (Self-Paced) Program

Courses Offered

5

Courses Offered In GRADUATE DIPLOMA

  • Courses Name

  • Courses Description

  • Credit Hours

  • Introduction to Educational Administration

  • This course is designed to provide a basic understanding of the concepts, practices, and issues relating to educational administration. It presents a survey of basic principles of administration, the conceptual and structural organization of public education, and the educational governance at the federal, state and local levels.

  • 6 Credits

  • Introduction to School Finance

  • This course introduces you to the finance practices in schools. The topics of this course include Legal Aspects of Educational Finance, Taxation for Public Schools, Structure of State Systems of School Finance, The Politics of School Finance, and the Federal Role In Financing Education.

  • 6 Credits

  • Ethics in Educational Leadership

  • This course introduces connection between leadership and ethics. The course compares and contrasts one's own code of ethics with that of a professional code of ethics, explores approaches to moral and ethical reasoning and uses these approaches to work through ethical dilemmas related to the practice of educational administration.

  • 6 Credits

  • Administration and Education Policy

  • This course examines theories and models of educational policy, policy-making and the contribution of policy analysis to the policy-making and change processes. The course contains an introduction to philosophical, ethical, moral, and legal bases of educational administration, policy decision making, and formulation.

  • 6 Credits

  • Law in Educational Administration

  • This course explores the legal aspects of education. It emphasizes on a variety of school law issues faced by school administrators today and expands on the legal implications of recognizing diversity in a multi-cultural society.

  • 6 Credits
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Introduction to Educational Administration

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Evidence based leadership in school district governance.
    Evidence based leadership in school and school district leadership.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The learning community from an evidence based approach.
    Developing best practice through research.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Assessment and interpreting evidence.
    Leading the learning-instructional program.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Leading the pupil services program.
    Financial considerations in evidence based leadership.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Human resources administration and supervision in evidence based leadership.
    Ethical considerations in evidence based leadership.
    Legal considerations in evidence based leadership.

Introduction to School Finance

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The nature of the public school system.
    Legal aspects of educational finance.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Education as an investment in human capital.
    Trends in demand and support for the public schools.
    Taxation for public schools.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Tax revenues and fairness of burden.
    Inequality in educational opportunity.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Fiscal capacity and effort to support public schools.
    Structure of state systems of school finance.
    The measurement of equity.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The politics of school finance.
    The federal role in financing education.
    Personnel policies and teachers salaries.
    Financing capital outlay.
    Management of resources.
    Education production functions and whether money matters.

Ethics in Educational Leadership

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The purpose and structure of the book.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Developing a personal approach to ethics.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    The ethics of power and duty in educational leadership.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Ethical considerations in leadership at the school-district level.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Ethical considerations in school-building leadership.
    The issue of gender and educational leadership.
    Pluralism, justice, discourse ethics, and educational leadership.

Administration and Education Policy

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Policywhat it is and where it comes from.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Power and education policy.
    The economy and demographics.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    The political system and political culture.
    Values and ideology.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The major education policy actors.
    Setting the stage and getting on it: issue definition and agenda setting.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Getting the words and the money: policy formulation and policy adoption.
    Looking at policies: policy instruments and cost effectiveness.
    Policy implementation: getting people to carry out a policy.
    Policy evaluation: determining if the policy works.
    Education policy in the united states: retrospective and prospective.

Law in Educational Administration

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Education under the american legal system.
    Public schools: programs and services.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Public schools: religious controversies.
    Tort liability under state law.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Professional employees: employment rights and obligations.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Professional employees: civil rights.
    Student rights and discipline.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The pyramid of discrimination remedies.
    Private education: alternatives to public schools.