Courses

EDUC 712 | (3 units)

Advanced Study of Motivation: Theory, Research and Application

Analyze motivational principles, diagnosis and solutions to motivation gaps in learning environments and understand motivation and efficacy theories and principles.

EDUC 714 | (3 units)

Measurement and Evaluation for Decision-Making

Collect, analyze and use quantitative data to solve problems of practice and evaluate educational institutions, programs and policies.

EDUC 713 | (3 units)

Human Lifespan Development

Examine issues related to the development of diverse students and the development of environments that promote motivated behavior.

EDUC 715 | (3 units)

Advanced Study of Learning and Instruction: Theory, Research, and Application

Review current research in the application of learning theories, and the applicability of this research across a variety of contexts.

EDUC 706| (3 units)

Higher Education Professional Seminar

Gain philosophical and historical understanding that will help you understand today’s higher education system as an educational leader.

EDUC 708 | (3 units)

Student Development Theory and Today’s Critical Issues

Engage and apply student development theory to contemporary issues and campus crises that arise within your educational context where student learning, growth and development are a fundamental objective of your leadership role.

EDUE 719 | (3 units)

Education Policy and Politics

Apply economic theory to the study of education. Gain an understanding of the application of market theory to education, partnerships, allocation of resources and the examination of educational enterprises.

Examine administrative issues in higher education, including academic leadership related to undergraduate and graduate education, quality standards and assessment and how administrators create efficiency, effectiveness, performance and change.

EDUC 709 | (3 units)

Financing and Assessing Colleges for Equity

Examine and understand the finance and assessment of higher education institutions and their effect institutional policies and practices.

EDUC 717 | (3 units)

Resourcing Schools for Equity and Excellence

Apply economic theory to understand how the public school system is financed and how to make decisions and allocate resources to achieve the goals of equity and excellence for all students.  

EDUE 719 | (3 units)

Education Policy and Politics

This course is designed to help urban educational leaders effectively engage with the policy environment to support school success, providing a set of concept, tools and frameworks to assist in understanding the policy process. The course views the public policy process through the lens of contemporary issues in K12 educational policy, including an overview of the important institutions and actors within the policy system, the tensions and conflicts among actors, and the role of power, racism, and other forms of oppression in shaping the adoption and implementation of policy. 

EDUE 718 | (3 units)

Leading for Instructional Excellence and Equity 

Improve your instructional leadership skills as a K-12 practitioner by addressing the challenges that schools face today, including the political, economic, and social dynamics that contribute to and sustain educational inequities for historically marginalized students.

EDUC 728 | (3 units)

Leading Site and System Organizational Learning 

The purpose of the course is to provide insight into the crucial role that organizational learning plays in the success of site and district administration over time to improve outcomes for students. Practical concerns for principals and superintendents are addressed. 

EDUE 722| (3 units)

Leading Transformational Learning

Prepare to enact leadership within urban PreK-20 teaching and learning environments by examining curriculum and instruction from historical, social and political standpoints.

EDUE 724 | (3 units)

Culturally Responsive Leadership

Prepare to enact culturally responsive change in order to transform teaching, learning and educational practices in their urban professional context.

EDUE 723| (3 units)

Curriculum and Instructional Leadership  

Explore social, political, economic and scholarly factors determining curriculum and instructional design and implementation and implications for formal and informal leaders in PreK-20 contexts.

EDUE 725 | (3 units)

Interdisciplinary Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment

Use spatial data and technologies to study your leadership trajectory across urban PreK-20 settings and bring interdisciplinary approaches to curriculum, instruction and assessment.