Includes presentation of theories regarding changes in education. Forces affecting change in education are studied in detail through a case study approach. Special attention is given to the role of administrators and to methods for improving the process of change in education.
Traces major theories through the evolution of organizational thought, and examines recent trends in the study of organizations. A variety of schools of thought are investigated and utilized as perspectives from which to view educational organizations. The content is designed to provide a basis for further in-depth study of concepts and processes in educational settings.
Financing public education; educational revenues and expenditures; principles underlying grants systems for education; alternative models for financing public education; taxation and principles of taxation; financial administration in local school systems; cost-quality relations in education; trends in educational finance; financial planning in times of retrenchment.
Designed to provide individuals with a knowledge of educational planning at the Board of Education level. Includes such theoretical aspects as the nature of educational planning, planning concepts, and approaches and models. Investigates applied aspects such as data collection, demographic analysis and enrolment forecasting, school facilities, master plans, and new planning techniques.
Focuses on the formal and informal organization of the school. The leadership styles of principals and vice-principals, as they affect curriculum development, implementation and evaluation, will be studied. Emphasis will be placed on organizational development strategies.
Deals with the development of supervisory skills through the process of clinical supervision. Attention will be given to the role expectations of personnel involved in the supervisory process and the nature of the supervisory process as it involves classroom teachers and principals.
Focuses on First Nation educational governance, community leadership roles in Indian Control of Indian Education and exam band operated school governance across Canada. New directions in First Nation educational governance as evidenced in the Mi’Kmaq Education Act and emerging administrative mechanisms will form a major concentration of the course.
Examines the roles of various educational administrators: vice-principal, principal, assistant director and director. The relationships and functions associated with each of these roles will be examined from several perspectives - legislation, theoretical models, role theory, and research findings. The specific content will address means by which these roles can lead to effective administrative practice.
Focuses on behaviour within the formal and informal contexts of the educational system. It includes such topics as motivation, group processes, communication, decision making, conflict management, leadership, power and authority.
Concepts fundamental to an analysis of education from an economic perspective; relationships between education and the economy, and education and personal income; human capital; cost-benefit analysis in education; the planning of human resources development.