COURSE SYLLABUS

DEPARTMENT: Educational Leadership and Counseling

COURSE NUMBER: ADM 600 CREDIT HOURS: 3

I.TITLE: Introduction to Educational Leadership

  1. CATALOG DESCRIPTION: This introductory course examines the theoretical concepts and the organizational patterns of governance and management of schools within the social and philosophical structure of our culture. Note: This is the initial course in School Administration.
  1. PURPOSE: The purpose of this course is to provide an overview of all aspects of school administration. It is an exploratory course that allows students to examine school administration as a career and build upon and extend prior knowledge and experiences. This includes a core understanding of learning and practices that support learning. Various administrative processes and tasks are covered. Students are given opportunities for self-examination. Ethical and moral issues involved in the profession are imbedded in the course. Principles, attitudes, skills and KERA qualities critical to the professional administrator are incorporated into this course and fully comply with NCATE expectations, as well as ISLLC Standards. Predicated on the nature of the course along with student readiness, provision is made for the acquisition of knowledge along with the extension and refinement of learning. These are provided with specific applications of information and skills. The advanced student is prepared through reflection to integrate this ongoing preparation into a professional operating gestalt with a foundation of professional ethics.
  1. COURSE OBJECTIVES: The student will be able to:
  2. Discuss educational administration and the context in which it operates (ISLLC Standards I, II, III, IV, V, VI)
  3. Describe the scope and nature of the process and tasks involved in educational administration (ISLLC Standards I, II, III, IV, V, VI)
  4. Explain fundamental administrative theories and concepts, and their application to practice (ISLLC Standards I, II, III, IV, V, VI)
  5. Analyze organizational roles and relationships in educational enterprises (ISLLC Standards I, II, III, IV, V, VI)
  6. Evaluate the expectations and challenges involved in educational administrative positions (ISLLC Standards I, II, III, IV, V, VI)
  7. Assess students’ strengths and weaknesses for a successful career in educational administration (ISLLC Standards I, II, III, IV, V, VI)
  8. Develop skill in personnel management in an educational setting (ISLLC Standards I, II, III, IV, V, VI)
  9. Utilize basic information sources in the field of educational administration (ISLLC Standards I, II, III, IV, V, VI).
  1. CONTENT OUTLINE:
  2. Reflections – Prompts will be answered by students based upon the assigned reading and the essential questions that allow students to analyze and synthesize content relative to their administrative philosophy. (ISLLC Standards I, II, III, IV, V, VI)
  3. Article Summaries - Professional journal articles and publications relative to leadership and/or educational issues from a leadership perspective will be read, summarized and presented for live class discussion or on the discussion board. (ISLLC Standards I, II, III, IV, V, VI)
  4. Field Experience – A ten (10) hour field experience will be completed. (ISLLC Standards I, II, III, IV, V, VI)
  5. Web-based Actvities– Blackboard will be used to enhance the course, with some class meeting devoted entirely to web-based activities. Students are expected to prepare and participate in class discussions and web-based activities. (ISLLC Standards I, II, III, IV, V, VI)
  1. INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES - Instructional activities will be a mixture of instructor presentation, group discussion, group collaboration, field experiences, independent reading and professional reflection. Activities are intended to provide students with a cognitive and attitudinal basis that will move them toward successful administrative careers
  1. FIELD AND CLINICAL EXPERIENCES: Students will complete an approved field experience project.

VIII.RESOURCES:Professional journals and related leadership assessments.

  1. GRADING PROCEDURES:

Assignments and relative weight

  1. Reflections……………………………………………………………………………………25%
  2. Field and Clinical Experiences/ Projects………25%
  3. Article Summaries………………………………………………………………..25%
  4. Exams………………………………………………………………………………………………..25%

Grading Scale:

A = 92% to 100%

B = 80% to 91%

C = 70% to 79%

Other grades do not meet graduate school requirements.

  1. ATTENDANCE POLICY – This course adheres to the policy published in the MSU Graduate Bulletin.
  1. ACADEMIC HONESTY POLICY - Cheating, plagiarism (submitting another person’s materials as one’s own), or doing work for another person which will receive academic credit are all impermissible. This includes the use of unauthorized books, notebooks, or other sources in order to secure or give help during an examination, the unauthorized copying of examinations, assignments, reports, or term papers, or the presentation of unacknowledged materials as if it were the student’s own work. Disciplinary action may be taken beyond the academic discipline administered by the faculty member who teaches the course in which the cheating took place.

  1. TEXT AND REFERENCES – Lunenburg, P. C., & Ornstein, A. C. (2000). Educational administration: Concepts and practices (3rd ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thompson Learning.
  1. PREREQUISITES: None

10/06/2018