Educational Leadership (EDLDR)

Penn State Great Valley - The Lancaster Center

EDLDR 480 Introduction to Educational Leadership (3) Development of educational leadership. Relationships among local, state, and federal agencies. Introduction to current concepts and theories.

EDLDR 533 The Politics of Local School Districts (3) Theory and practice of the politics and governance of local school districts; issues and methods in studying political decision making.

EDLDR 540 Technical Applications in Leadership (3) Teaches the development and use of electronic spreadsheet models to analyze common problems faced by educational administrators. The models emphasize the organization, analysis, and presentation of data applied to such topics as salary schedules, budget preparation and analysis, expenditure control, cost projections, and data development.

EDLDR 551 - Curriculum Design: Theory and Practice (3) The analysis and use of the foundations which underlie models of curriculum design.

EDLDR 560 - Principles of Instructional Supervision (3) Social and institutional settings for instructional supervision; functions, activities, and practices of supervision; supervisory case studies.

EDLDR 568 The Principalship (3) Principles and practices of administration of elementary and secondary schools.

EDLDR 576 The Law and Education (3) Legal bases for education; rights and responsibilities of school board member, administrators, teachers, students and parents; due process.

EDLDR 579 Public School Business Administration (3) Resource management concepts and techniques for educational administrators, focusing on the district and school level budgeting process, budget preparation workshop, and budget management.

EDLDR 595 Internship (3) Guided experience in a school or other educational organization in which the student is not regularly employed, under supervision of a graduate faculty member.

EDLDR 597 Inclusive Practices in Leadership (3) This course focuses on the school leader’s role in developing and sustaining an inclusive learning environment for all students, with an emphasis on students with disabilities.

Educational Leadership Course Schedules

Education faculty
Faculty from a variety of fields integrate intellectual and practical perspectives into the study of educational administration. Students gain an outstanding education that relates real-world issues to fundamental theories.

Application process:
See the Principal Certification (Administrative Level I) Admissions Page.

Contact information:
Information Sessions are held throughout the year.
Phone: 610-648-3312
E-mail: gveduc@psu.edu
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