School Law, School wide Discipline and Safety

Catalog description

This course will explore federal, state, and local laws, regulations and guidelines relating to public schools and the educational process. Constitutional and related legal rights and protections for students and staff and the administrator’s role in monitoring and ensuring compliance with these rights and protections are also covered. The importance of ensuring that school practices and procedures promote equity and access, meet legal, health and safety requirements are included in this course. An emphasis is placed on research-based, student-centered classroom management and positive behavior interventions and supports (PBIS), conflict-resolution and restorative justice. A minimum of 25 hours of embedded clinical practice/fieldwork is required for this course.