Educational administration offers course sequences that lead to
the educational specialist certificate and to the Master of Education
and Doctor of Philosophy degrees. If you are seeking certification,
you may work toward the following administrative certificates:
You can earn an administrative certificate only if you have a valid Ohio teaching certificate and have taught under it for three years. A superintendent's certificate requires a valid administrator's or supervisor's certificate and three years of employment under it.
601 Introduction to Educational Administration (4)
Nature and critical tasks of educational administration, problems and
issues, purposes, situational factors, processes; qualifications for
the job, personal assessment, preparation, in-service training,
professional opportunity, and challenge.
Staff; F, Su.
602 Organizational Structure in Education (4)
Considers general organizational theory as applied to the existing
structure of schools and other educational agencies such as colleges,
universities, private, and alternative schools.
Staff; W, Su.
603 Human Behavior in Educational Organizations (4)
Provides potential leaders of educational institutions with the
theoretical knowledge and skills necessary to function effectively
within the human element of educational organizations.
Staff; Sp, Su.
611 Educational Law (5)
Prereq: 601. Selected principles of constitutional, statutory, case,
and common law affecting schools and school personnel with special
reference to Ohio school law.
Staff; Sp.
621 Educational Finance (5)
Examines economics and education; educational finance as type of
public finance; theories, concepts, and issues related to programs
designed to achieve equalization of educational opportunities; local,
state, and federal programs of financial support for education.
Staff; F.
631 Personnel Administration in Education (4)
Prereq: 601. Organization and implementation of personnel functions.
Covers organizational structure, staff procurement, staff selection,
staff development, and conditions of service for people in the
organization. Competencies in course conceptually oriented to provide
understanding of personnel process.
Staff; F.
640 The Principalship (4)
Prereq: 9 hrs incl 601. Leadership theories and practices. School/
community organization; social-political forces; instructional
leadership; teacher appraisal; elementary, middle, and secondary
school administration.
Staff; F.
641 The Principalship--Skill Competencies (4)
Prereq: 9 hrs incl 601. Designed for persons aspiring to become
administrators. Individualized approach to developing job skills for
specific tasks in elementary, middle, and secondary schools in actual
job setting and simulated settings.
Staff; W.
661 Public Relations in Education (4)
Principles, program organization, agents, and media in effective
public relations; models of communication; attitude change;
development of problem situations and simulations of practical
problem-solving techniques; examples from public school
administration, higher education administration, and sports
administration.
Staff; F.
671 Community Education (4)
Introduction to philosophy of community education with emphasis on
role of school administrator in conceptualizing philosophy and then
taking leadership in developing and implementing community education
programs.
Staff.
690 Research in Educational Administration (1-6)
Prereq: 601. Individual research studies.
Staff; F, W, Sp, Su.
691 Seminar in Education (4)
Prereq: 35 grad. hrs., EDRE 501. Student chooses area of study,
engages in library research, interviews, questionnaires, etc., and
writes a substantial, scholarly paper. Students must submit a
proposal to the instructor by the ninth week of the quarter prior to
the quarter of enrollment.
Staff; F, W, Sp, Su.
695 Thesis (2-10)
Staff; D.
702 State and National Administration of Education (4)
Prereq: 601. State program of education, state responsibility,
educational organization, certification and tenure, national problems
in education.
Staff.
703 Administration of Education in Other Countries (4)
Prereq: 601. Programs, organizational structure, and control of
education in other countries. U.S. assistance programs for
educational administration in developing nations.
Staff.
731 Conflict Management in Educational Administration
(4)
Theories, attitudes, techniques, and strategies for managing
conflict, solving problems, negotiating, and decision making in
educational organizations. Focuses on understanding conflict and
persons involved. Practice for third party mediators, as well as
conflict participants.
Staff; W.
734 Competency Development in Personnel Administration
(5)
Prereq: 631. Practicum designed to develop competency to perform
effectively in area of personnel administration. Includes all aspects
of personnel administration as a team concept. Specific competencies
developed include writing policy, staff selection, staff evaluation,
establishing record systems, career counseling, salary
administration, and meeting organizational and staff needs.
Competencies developed in terms of actual situation.
Staff.
740 Special Problems of the Principalship (2-6)
Prereq: master's degree; practicing principal. Critical appraisal of
major problems and issues in elementary, middle, and secondary school
administration. Individual and group study procedures.
Staff.
742 Planning Educational Facilities (5)
Prereq: 601. Helps student to gain an appreciation for importance of
facilities to educational enterprises. Acquaints student with
principles, processes, and problems involved in identification of
need for planning and acquisition of new facilities and for
improvements to existing facilities.
Staff; Sp.
751 Business Administration in Education (4)
Prereq: 601. Helps student develop increased awareness of and
appreciation for role and function of business administration in
total educational enterprise. Promotes understanding of major task
areas and competencies required to become knowledgeable about current
theories and recommended practices in administration of business
affairs in education.
Staff; W.
752 Problems in Administration of Education (1-6)
Intensive course or workshop for practicing educational
administrators. Content of each offering specially selected to meet
needs of particular group being served. Amount of credit will depend
upon length of course.
780 Politics and Local School Administration (4)
Examines ideas related to political power and educational decision
making, community power structure, school board member nomination and
election, politics and innovations, and administrator's base of
influence in community.
Staff; Sp.
784 Educational Planning and Evaluation (5)
Intended to help advanced graduate students gain better understanding
of theories related to and systems and techniques employed in
comprehensive planning and evaluation in educational enterprises of
all types and levels, and help students gain some competence in
application of those theories, systems, and techniques.
Staff; Sp.
791 Leadership Project--Problem Identification (4)
Individualized field-oriented course designed to assist
practicing educator in conducting systematic, in-depth studies to
identify critical problem areas in selected phase of school system
operation.
Staff; F, W, Sp, Su.
792 Leadership Project--Implementation (4)
Individualized field-oriented course to assist practicing educator in
developing skills in identifying techniques and strategies for
implementing change related to critical problem areas identified in
791.
Staff; F, W, Sp, Su.
793 Leadership Project--Analysis and Evaluation (4)
Individualized field-oriented course to assist practicing educators
in identifying and using techniques for analyzing their practices in
implementing change. Complete leadership project (791, 792, and 793)
culminates in a written analysis and evaluation under direction of
advisor.
Staff; F, W, Sp, Su.
811 Legal Aspects of Educational Administration (4)
Prereq: 611. Intensive study of selected aspects of both case and
statutory law, constitutional basis for education, schools in their
legal setting, school legislation, and relevant court decisions.
Extensive reading in an approved law library required.
Staff.
824 Seminar in Educational Finance (5)
Helps students gain greater depth of understanding of theories,
practices, problems, and issues to foster an increased competence in
financing educational enterprises.
Staff.
831 Seminar in Collective Bargaining in Education (4)
Gives students understanding of collective bargaining movement in
education through simulation, readings, guest lectures, media
presentations, and discussions. Each student assigned a bargaining
team which has responsibility for negotiating a contract. Attention
given to analyzing contracts between selected employee groups and
boards of education, impasse resolution, and contract
administration.
Staff; W, Su.
844 Seminar in Educational Facilities (5)
Helps students gain greater depth of understanding of and competence
in planning of educational facilities and administration of building
programs.
Staff.
854 Seminar in Business Administration in Education (5)
Helps students gain understanding of and competence in administration
of business affairs in education.
Staff.
864 Seminar in Public Relations (5)
Prereq: 661. Special topics, new concepts, and specific techniques
for public relations in public, private, higher education, and sports
administration; in-depth investigation of problems of specific
interest.
Staff.
881 Organization in Educational Systems (4)
Study of organizational and systems theories and analysis of
organizational systems. Study of implications of such theories and
systems for educational administration.
Staff.
890 Research in Educational Administration (1-6)
Individual research studies.
Staff; F, W, Sp, Su.
895 Dissertation (2-15)
Staff; F, W, Sp, Su.
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