The business administration of a school district, including accounting, budgeting, payroll, purchasing procedures, capital outlay, management information systems, risk management, food service, transportation, personnel records, equipment, and facilities.

Analysis of the political basis for community support to schools and the influence of community groups on the role of the school administrator.

Facilitates a field application of community analysis and relations programs; analysis carried out through the use of a varied political, theoretical, and practical base.

Impact of the legal system on education; emphasizes issues arising from conflicts between public policy and individual rights; study of federal and state constitutions, statutes, regulations, and court decisions.

Problems of organization, supervision, and administration of the elementary and secondary schools.

Administration of personnel policies, methods, and techniques employed in the public sector, including environmental influences, relevance to organizational structure, collective bargaining, tenure, affirmative action, recruitment, selection, induction, development, appraisal, termination, and legal parameters.

State and federal directives on school finance and educational equity; economic principles and national income measures related to public education; calculation of property taxes and bond issues; local, state, and federal methods of financing public education; overview of cost efficiency and effectiveness measures; investments; the basic accounting structure of state and local governments; and the budget system and comprehensive annual reports used by school districts in New Jersey.

Aspects of supervision, such as definition and scope; philosophy, issues, principles, and techniques; understanding and improving the learning situation; and evaluation of supervision.

Introduction to decision making in organizations; focuses on organizational missions, goals, and practical techniques for developing decision-making strategies; emphasizes use of microcomputers for quantitative decision making.

Firsthand, on-the-job administrator or supervisor training under an able educational leader. May or may not involve part-time status and payment to the intern by the organization in whose system the student is placed.

Selected issues and policies pertinent to the administration and supervision of education. Topics may differ each time the course is offered.

The case-conference method provides an opportunity for analysis of individual administrative problems.

Provides opportunities for advanced students to do special research on a professional problem in the field under supervision of the Graduate School of Education staff; the problem may involve any phase of local school administration; application of research in the field to local conditions and local facilities.

Administrative/supervisory cases identifying and diagnosing concrete issues and problems in educational organizations; examples of administering and supervising school improvement, with emphasis given to development and presentation of solutions and practical leadership strategies.

Problem areas in educational administration and supervision and examination of relevant potential research topics and appropriate methodologies of study; practical experiences in the research process as a way of integrating course work experiences; and the preparation of a doctoral dissertation.