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  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Master of Education in Higher Education Leadership program, or permission of the graduate program director.. Examines legal frameworks, liability, compliance, constitutional and civil rights, competing rights of institutions, faculty, staff, and students, and contractual obligations in higher education. Explores the legal, ethical, institutional, and political processes that influence higher education and the relationship between law and the system of higher education. Critiques legal issues as a way to define the role and meaning of higher education in today's society.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Master of Education in Higher Education Leadership program, or permission of the graduate program director.. Examines the principles and practices of strategic planning, evaluation, accountability, and financial management in higher education institutions, operating units, and academic programs.
  • 1.00 Credits

    Prerequisite(s): Admission to Master Education Higher Education Leadership program. Addresses the three phases of capstone project development. Provides instruction on writing the literature review. Examines the development of the capstone proposal and presentation. Incorporates feedback and reflection on proposal presentations.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisite(s): Admission to Master of Education in K-12 Education Leadership or Graduate Certificate leading to USBE K-12 Education Leadership License Area of Concentration, or permission of the graduate program director.. Introduces students to critical concepts about leadership theories and practice. Provides both historical perspective and current understanding to approaches, methods, and practices of leaders. Provides insight into how leadership skills and organization strategies produce increased productivity and better learning/working environments for P-12 students' academic success and well-being. Provides opportunity for class members to examine their own beliefs and develop a personal model of leadership. Emphasizes attributes that promote integrity, fairness, transparency and trust.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Master of Education in K-12 Education Leadership program, the Graduate Certificate in Educational Leadership program, or permission of the graduate program director.. Explores school finance, law, and safety as primary themes in school management and operations. Provides an overview of current K-12 management conditions and theory. Discusses these themes 1) best management theories and practices for not-for-profit organizations, 2) rules and regulations that govern school finance, 3) court rulings in areas of student speech, discipline, and other points of tensions in public schools, and 4) school organization to keep students physically and emotional safe.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Master of Education in K-12 Education Leadership program, the Graduate Certificate in Educational Leadership program, or permission of the graduate program director.. Advances student understanding, skill, and capacity to facilitate coherent systems of curriculum development, impactful instruction, valid assessment. Builds professional capacity for data interpretation and decision making for the success and well-being of students and faculty.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Master of Education in K-12 Education Leadership program, the Graduate Certificate in Educational Leadership program, or permission of the graduate program director.. Explores school communication, planning, human resources, and evaluation as primary themes in school management and operations. Provides an overview of current K-12 management conditions and theory. Reviews the role of legislation, policy, and leadership on the primary themes. Prepares students to communicate with stakeholders, strategically plan for school improvement, know best practices in the hiring and retention of public school staff.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Master of Education in K-12 Education Leadership program, the Graduate Certificate in Educational Leadership program, or permission of the graduate program director.. Introduces students to critical concepts about building a school culture that leverages the strengths of collective solutions. Identifies leadership skills required to effectively manage change within the school setting. Introduces assessments to use in identifying challenges and summarizing impact of PLC fairness, transparency and trust.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Master of Education in K-12 Education Leadership program, the Graduate Certificate in Educational Leadership program, or permission of the graduate program director.. Introduces critical concepts of school change. Addresses strategies to encourage and manage innovation and entrepreneurship. Prepares students to aid learners in developing deeper abilities to create, critique, and collaborate to solve complex challenges facing society. Prepares students to successfully manage change and innovation in teaching and learning in the 21st century. Guides students in learning to anticipate needed changes and to develop skills to effectively lead innovation in their school settings.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisite(s): Admission to Master Education Leadership program leading to USBE Professional Education Leadership License Area in K-12 Education Leadership Concentration.. Examines current research in education leadership through reading, discussion, analysis, and writing. Includes reviews of research literature related to K-12 education. Emphasizes connections to state board professional requirements.