This goal requires that students, through research, analysis, synthesis and decision-making, arrive at a hypothetical model of an effective secondary school administrator. Secondly, the course develops an understanding of the principles involved in being a successful secondary administrator. Secondly, the course will identify the principles of a good school public relations program, establishing a master public relations plan and working successfully with the media, parents and public groups. This course addresses legal rights and responsibilities in the operation of public and non-public schools that are pertinent to teachers, administrators, students, and parents. The legal process, structures of the law, current legislation, litigation, and practices to avoid legal infringements are addressed.
Primary emphasis is on the role and function of teachers and administrators at the building level.
School Finance and Economics 3 credits Principles of school finance, the economics of school finance, technical problems of budgeting, sources of income for schools, purchasing, accounting, debt service, forms and formulas used in Ohio for the funding of schools, local taxes, and financial reports are all discussed. This course concentrates on administration, curriculum instruction, leadership and management. The processes for conducting this course are both theoretical and field-based. The goals of the course are to merge educational administration knowledge bases with hands-on experiences in a supervised field participation that will actualize these knowledge bases. Through this blending approach of knowing and doing, students will enhance their effectiveness as educational leaders and managers.