2016-2017 Academic Catalog 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
2016-2017 Academic Catalog [Archived Catalog]

EDL 613 - Understanding Environments: Legal,Social, Financial and Political


Credits: Three (3)
Corequisite: EDL-612

This course is an integrated approach to examining the external environment in which schools exist. As a systems approach to studying schools and their environments are inseparable and interactive, the course offers prospective school leaders with the basic knowledge of the legal, social, financial, and political realities in which their school will operate. Emphasis in the course is upon acquiring an understanding of the legal process and its’ ramifications, the fiscal responsibilities associated with being a principal, and the effects of decisions in the school on the community’s social and political environment.