IMAGE: Graduate Certificate Program in Survey Design and Data Analysis
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EDUC 237 Instructional Needs Analysis

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EDUC 242 Fundamentals of Educational Leadership and the Change Process

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EDUC 246 Administrative Issues in Education

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EDUC 248 Supervision and Evaluation of Instruction
The roles and functions of educational leaders in the areas of curriculum, staff development, instructional supervision, and evaluation of personnel.Theory and practice to increase teacher effectiveness and improve student learning through supervisory strategies.

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EDUC 259 Site-Based Leadership: Kñ12
A general introduction to the principalship. Stresses leadership theory, roles, and management tasks in instruction, curriculum, budget, staff development, supervision, interagency services, student learning, and policy considerations. Site-based management and communication within a changing and diverse school environment.

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EDUC 276 SchoolñCommunity Relations
The purpose, scope, essential elements, and impact of a successful schoolñcommunity relations program. Community power structures, the roles of policy and leadership, communication techniques for interacting with various audiences and the media, evaluation of public relations and marketing for educational institutions.

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EDUC 278 School Law and Policy
The legal basis of education and public schools in the United States. Constitutional provisions and federal statutes that guide school law. Legal factors that influence school policy. Consideration of practical school situations for legal implications, development of skills to research legal issues affecting schools, and preventive law measures.

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EDUC 295 Quantitative Methods II: Research Design and Data Analysis
Required of all GSEHD masterís students. Social science research methods. Emphasis on research design and descriptive and inferential data analysis. Prerequisite: Educ 212 or equivalent.

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EDUC 355 Seminar: Applied Educational Administration
Application of the theories and principles of administration to public and private schools. Field experience in a phase of administration and supervision. Admission by permission of instructor.

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EDUC 387 Internship: Administration
Service in an educational institution or education-related program directed by the Universityís faculty.

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SPED 201 Overview of Special Education
Survey course to acquaint prospective teachers with special education and to help them become aware of the various educational modifications necessary to accommodate children with special needs in a school program.

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TRED 205 Foundations of Curriculum Development: Kñ12
For experienced teachers. Examination of the educational ideas of individuals and groups that have influenced American curriculum theory and practice from the Progressive era through the twentieth century. Comparisons of the issues, models, and principles that have guided curricular thought, development, and innovation.

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Note: Semester scheduling subject to change.