| Course Code | Name | Course Description |
| ED7004-8 | School Law | In this course, students will address legal issues pertinent to teacher, administrator, and student legal rights and responsibilities in daily school activities. Students will also review legal process, structures of the law, legislation/ litigation, and practices to avoid. |
| ED7008-8 | Educating a Diversity of Learners | As the United States continues to experience increasing cultural diversity, today’s educators must appraise, assess, and argue the best means to reach diverse and exceptional students. Additionally, individuals differ in gender, sexual orientation, age, physical, and mental abilities. Learners will choose and compare different means to address the nature of cultural diversity, its sources, and its importance to educators. Finally, learners will organize, plan, prepare and write instructions that a district might use to meet the needs of diverse students, taking into consideration epistemological and axiological perspectives unique to each culture. |
| ED7012-8 | Educational Leadership | An examination of historical and contemporary theories, models, concepts, and practices for efficient approaches to leadership within organizations will be conducted in this Doctoral level course. Learners will also specifically study how to effectively apply these concepts to educational settings. |
| ED7013-8 | Financial Issues in Schools | This course is designed to introduce and explore concepts in school finance and school business management. Specifically, the course content will cover school finance and school business practices as it pertains to the national, state, and local practices. |
| ED7022-8 | Policies and Practices in Leadership | This course focuses on research, theory and philosophy in developing powerful schools that educate all children well, grades K through 12. Students will learn about various school reform efforts, policies and politics behind various local, states, and federal efforts, and be able to draw upon the educational change and leadership literature to develop their own process and design for better schools. |
| ED7030-8 | Development of Organizational Leadership | In this course, doctoral Learners will explore classic and contemporary approaches to organizational development. Learners will define authentic leadership and effectiveness, and will explore what it means to work mindfully while applying principles of authenticity, integrity, and purposefulness. Doctoral Learners will explore preferred communication styles, cultivate relationships, develop strategies, and evaluate optimal strategies for organizational growth. Learners will be introduced to the doctrines of organizational development, theory, and techniques. Attention will be given to these concepts within today’s fast paced working and educational environments. |
