Considerable emphasis is placed on most recent developments. Students examine major issues, court decisions, and trends in specific topics related to educational law. Reviews of constitutional law, statutory law, and case law are conducted for the purpose of updating student and teacher topics. An introduction to the policy adoption process at the local school system level. Social, economic, and political factors are studied as they influence the decisions reflected in board of education policies.
Participants gain practical skills in several different approaches to supervisory practice.
Establishing appropriate supervisor-supervisee relationships, systematic observation of behavior, design of appropriate interventions, and case practice are included. Students explore basic assumptions of educational finance and theories of financing the public schools at the state and local levels. Specific emphasis is given to several models of financing education. The state financial plan of Georgia is included as one of these models. Students learn through a participatory small-group experience.