Examines national, state and local policies of educational financing, measurement of equity, state aid to schools, taxation, school finance litigation and cost-effectiveness analysis. Prerequisite: Twelve hours in education or Instructor permission.

Supervisory roles, behavior, responsibilities, and relationships in educational and social service organizations; processes for evaluating the performance, promoting the development of staff, and increasing organization effectiveness.

Approaches to coordinating and managing curriculum or programs at the classroom, department, or organizational level; examination of factors effecting design and delivery of curriculum; developing curriculum guides and assessment methods. Prerequisite: Eighteen hours of education and related areas or appropriate professional certification.

Improvement science is a framework to facilitate educational and organizational improvements through applied research. Provides a comprehensive overview of improvement science philosophies, research designs, methods that center equitable outcomes for learning communities. Students will develop skills to evaluate institutional problems of practice, identify possible interventions, and operationalize planned improvements.

Designed for Graduate students working on their dissertation proposals or dissertations.

Research for the Doctoral Dissertation.