Advanced Graduate Certificate Program

This course will provide students opportunities to learn and to utilize technology for pursuit of information, providing transformational instruction, 与所有利益相关者进行有效沟通, 并培养一种拥抱不断改进的技术的组织文化. The course covers a wide spectrum of available technological resources to help leaders better understand student achievement as well as contextual factors (ex. 学校氛围，家长满意度，教师满意度). Specific emphasis will be given to exploration of potential applications of technological resources in a current organizational setting for becoming an integral component of leadership and school culture, performance monitoring, 并为学生和教职员工提供更多的学习选择.

This course will provide students with the knowledge and skills to effectively manage human resources in a sustainable way that supports learning for all students, fosters a professional work environment, upholds contractual agreements, 公平、道德地发展员工的能力. Specific emphasis will be focused upon promoting a learning organization through effective and collaborative performance reviews, legal compliance, and strategic placement of resources to maximize organizational effectiveness toward student learning.

This course provides students with an overview of successful fiscal leadership in schools by surveying the dynamic landscape of school funding from federal, state, and local levels. 本课程将提供学生有效领导安全的能力, efficient, and effective organizations through meaningful and compliant fiscal management of organizational components, operations, and resources. Specific emphasis will be given to the study of the major responsibilities of a fiscal leader and the utilization of resources in effective and transformative ways.

This course focuses on innovation and change in organizations in response to environmental and technological induced disruptions they bring to organizations or systems. Organizational change theories and models, futurist literature, 以及影响教育可持续变革努力的主要世界创新趋势, health care, social enterprises, for- profit and not-for-profit organizations, and related disciplines are examined. 主题包括预测的模型和策略, creating, and managing change; collaboration; overcoming resistance to change; and creativity and innovations. Students will investigate applications and practices of organizational change relevant to their academic and professional interests.

新的创业，理论，战略和实践的组织领导人进行了探讨. Students will conduct a comprehensive study of the process of shepherding an entrepreneurial idea from formulation to fruition by forming new ventures in for-profit, not-for-profit, and philanthropic organizations.

学生将他们的知识、技能和价值观应用到现实世界的问题中. 学生将与外部公司合作，作为他们的客户，并确定一个基于项目的问题, concern, or problem; identify a set of strategies to meet the projected goals; seek the assistance of a mentor in achieving the goals; and begin to implement strategies to achieve a solution to the issue or problem. 咨询课程为期一个学期，包括计划准备和批准, implementation of the plan, presentation of results to clients, and an evaluation of the projects.