School Finance

Catalog description

A course covering the organizational development of financial and nonfinancial budgets, interaction among performance measurement systems and human behavior, and advanced topics in uses of information for decision-making related to schools. Foundations and ethics of supervision. Three semester hours. EDUC 738/738M. Teaching for English Language Learners - A study of the characteristics of English language learners for instructional leaders. Topics include how to provide school and district level supports for language acquisition, assessment practices, and intervention strategies. Emphasis is also placed on culturally responsive practices when working with children and parents from diverse backgrounds. Three semester hours. EDUC 741/741M. Parental Engagement and Collaboration – An in- depth study of the role of instructional leaders in cultivating community and family involvement at the school and district levels. The course includes a review of research on the relationship between family involvement and school achievement; the reasons for developing school, family, and community partnerships; methods for determining parents’ needs and interests; selecting and implementing different types of parent involvement; and the effectiveness of current national and school level parent education and involvement programs. An emphasis on how to create plans to increase parent and community involvement is also included. Three semester hours. EDUC 750/750M. Data Analysis and School Improvement - This course provides an overview of how to use school data to plan for programmatic change. Students will gain knowledge of how to locate, organize, and analyze school data. Students will then learn how to examine data and identify areas for change. One of the learning outcomes for this course will involve how to locate and apply evidence-based interventions or learning supports. Successful…