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3.00 Credits
Topics include: observation, communication, supervising and mentoring skills; adult development and learning; knowledge about teaching, learning and curriculum; and societal changes. Examines issues such as selecting and assigning mentors, differentiating teacher roles, empowering teachers, evaluation responsibilities, resource and time allocation and coordination for mentoring. Prerequisite: two or more years of teaching experience in grades N-6.
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3.00 Credits
Skills required to practice reflective, supportive supervision are learned and practiced. Included are observing and recording methods; strategies for organizing, analyzing and discussing observations; and effective conferencing skills. Topics include adult development, interpersonal communication, models and experience exposes students to advocacy practices in a community setting. Prerequisites: JJA 301 and JJA 302.
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3.00 Credits
Financial management of early childhood and other human services programs is introduced. Focuses on budgeting and its impact on programs and policies. Financial management tools are discussed. Emphasis on practical problems and the decisions that administrators face.
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3.00 Credits
This is a two-semester seminar that distinguishes between bureaucratic and democratic models of organization. Students are asked to apply theories of organization to the problems in case studies and field experiences. A major project is undertaken to explore approaches to leading efforts for systematic change in educational settings. (Limited to students enrolled in the School Leadership program. Must be taken prior to, or concurrently with, PRA 697 or PRA 695. LPA 720 offered in the fall. LPA 721 offered in the spring.)
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3.00 Credits
A learning environment - classroom, school, hospital, agency, or other organizational entity, should infuse technology to successfully affect learning and enable administrative processes. Focus on key components of a learning environment that require technology planning, including: infrastructure; network, hardware and software acquisition, access and use; budgeting; information management. Students will develop a knowledge base of the learning, communication, collaboration and marketing possibilities available to plan effectively and affect learning through technology. development. Priority is given to applicants already employed in child care resource and referral organizations.
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3.00 Credits
An overview of the child care field, its forms of child care, different auspices and systems of child care in America. Explores the relationship of child care to the family, employers and the community, value conflicts, standards and costs, sources of funding, licensing, the political process, and other relevant topics.
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3.00 Credits
Analysis of comprehensive services for children and families given current trends in social policy and community collaboration. Provides leaders in care and education, human service and health agencies opportunities to examine and create models of service integration. Review reform initiatives from multiple perspectives and current bills under legislative consideration.
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3.00 Credits
Explores sources of personal power to promote effective learning communities. Use of writing about why they became teachers and reflecting on past experiences to surface their values and leadership styles. Consideration of leadership styles on building small teams and the larger organization as part of self-exploration journey toward leadership.
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2.00 Credits
For government officials, members of child advocacy groups, faculty, child care administrators, child development professionals and individuals seeking an effective voice in policy. Topics include a conceptual framework for policy making, the role of public schools, social service agencies and employers. An overview of current regulations and state licensing methods, and the "child care trilemma" of wages, qualityand affordability. (May be substituted for LPA 732 if an additional credit of CTA 900 Independent Study is taken concurrently.) styles of teaching and learning and evaluation as components of supervision. Co-requisite: A supervisory field experience is a requited component of the course.
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2.00 Credits
Planning a new child care program requires a wide range of skills and information. Designed for planners in child care, government, and business, this seminar addresses budgeting, basic regulatory and tax information, fee-setting, staffing, marketing, personnel management and supervision for beginning and operating a new child care program.
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