Politics and Current Issues

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This course examines the source of all education policy and frameworks to address emerging local, state, and national issues and trends in district administration and supervision that have the potential to significantly influence the future direction of education in the candidate's state. It describes how the educational leader can influence the larger political, social, and economic issues and trends. The candidates build necessary leadership competencies to create stakeholder coalitions to respond to current issues. Concepts studied include running a referendum and building a coalition group to support the advocacy of school district's vision and mission.