Mission:
Wayland Baptist University exists to educate students in an academically
challenging and distinctively Christian environment for professional success,
lifelong learning and service to God and humankind.
COURSE
NUMBER AND TITLE: EDAD 5335 The Principalship
TERM AND DATES: Summer,
2009 (May 25 thru August 8)
OFFICE HOURS:
INSTRUCTOR’S NAME: Dr.
Jerry Price
OFFICE: WBU Room 161
PHONE NUMBER(S): Office Phone: (210) 826-7595 EXT. 243 Fax: (210)
826-5699
E-MAIL ADDRESS: jerry.price@wbusa.wbu.edu
CATALOG COURSE
DESCRIPTION:
Management of the internal organization of schools with respect
to scheduling, student grouping, staffing, curriculum, student
progress systems, special programs, and grading/reporting systems;
community relations at the school site; legal aspects of
school site management; and use of microcomputers.
PREREQUISITES: None
REQUIRED
RESOURCE MATERIALS:
Alvy,
Harvey B. and Pam Robbins, (1998). If
I Only Knew… Success Strategies for Navigating the Principalship. Corwin
Press, Inc.
Bowser,
John D. and Ross Sherman, (1996). The
Principals Companion: A Workbook for
Note: An internet account is required for
Blackboard access
REQUIRED FIELD EXPERIENCE
HOURS (minimum requirement): 0
COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
A. Two Exams
B. In-Basket Activities
C. Interview Questions
Exercise (pages 10 and 11) The Principal’s Companion
D. Professional Credentials
Exercise (pages 86-90 ): You are applying for an
administrative vacancy in your school district) The Principal’s Companion
E.
Attendance at
one school-board meeting (refer to pages 68-70) The Principal’s
Companion for requirements
F.
Student
Handbook Exercise (pages 33-34) The Principal’s Companion
(All
written exercises shall be typed).
Student Learning
Outcomes:
2. Define and illustrate the major
kinds of student grouping plans, their basic purposes, and research
regarding their effects, and legal restrictions on student
grouping.
3. Describe the major
staffing patterns that have been used in schools
and the research regarding their effects.
4. Describe the major
features of special programs, major problems in coordinating special
and mainstream programs, and solutions to those problems.
5. Discuss findings from
research relative to effective approaches for working with parents
for the improvement of student learning.
6. Name and define the common
types of secondary school schedules and discuss the advantages
and disadvantages of each.
7. Given the necessary
data, construct a class and teacher schedule for
a high school.
8. Given the necessary
data, design the internal organization of an elementary school
and defend the design from the perspective of research
and internal consistency.
9. Demonstrate knowledge
of each of the following legal issues in school
site management:
o
Student records
o
Child custody
and possession
o
Tort
liability of professional personnel
o
Student search
o
Student placement
in special education
o
Student publications
o
Religious
activities
o
Student suspensions
and expulsion
o
Other related topics
as identified
MEANS
FOR ASSESSING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT OF THE OUTCOME COMPETENCIES: (Additional
assessments MAY be added, but those listed MUST be utilized.)
1. Exams
(Outcomes 1 - 9)
2. Classroom
Discussion (Outcomes 1 - 9)
3. Exercises
(Outcomes 1 – 9)
ATTENDANCE POLICY:
1. Campus Attendance Policy
The University expects students to make class
attendance a priority. All absences must
be explained to the instructor who will determine whether omitted work may be
made up. When a student reaches the
number of absences considered by the instructor to be excessive, the instructor
will so advise the student and file an unsatisfactory progress report with the
dean at the campus where the course is offered.
Any student who misses 25% or more of the regularly scheduled class
meetings will receive a grade of “F” in the course. Student appeals should be addressed, in
writing, to the campus dean.
University Grading System:
A 90-100 Cr for Credit
B 80-89 NCR No Credit
C 70-79 I Incomplete*
D 60-69 W for withdrawal
F below 60 WP Withdrawal Passing
WF Withdrawal
Failing X No grade given
A grade of “CR” indicates that credit in semester hours was granted but no grade or grade points were recorded.
*A grade of incomplete is
changed if the work required is completed prior to the date indicated in the
official University calendar of the next long term, unless the instructor
designates an earlier date for completion.
If the work is not completed by the appropriate date, the I
is converted to the grade of F.
An incomplete notation cannot remain on the student’s permanent record
and must be replaced by the qualitative grade (A-F) by the date specified in
the official University calendar of the next regular term.
Course grading
criteria:
·
2 Exams 200
·
In-Basket
Activities 200
·
Interview Questions
Exercise 100
·
Professional
Credentials Exercise 100
·
Attendance at
School Board Meeting 100
·
Student
Handbook Exercise 100
Total 800
ACADEMIC HONESTY:
Wayland “expects students to
be honest in all of their academic work. By enrolling, students agree to adhere
to the high standards of academic honesty and integrity and understand that
failure to comply with this pledge may result in academic and disciplinary
action.”
Plagiarism
“Plagiarism — The attempt to
represent the work of another, as it may relate to written or oral works,
computer-based work, mode of creative expression (i.e. music, media or the
visual arts), as the product of one's own thought, whether the other's work is
published or unpublished, or simply the work of a fellow student.
Source:
http://www.spjc.cc.fl.us/webcentral/admit/honesty.htm#plag
Disciplinary action for
academic misconduct is the responsibility of the faculty members assigned to
the course. The faculty member is
charged with assessing the gravity of any case of academic dishonesty, and with
giving sanctions to any student involved.
Penalties may be applied to individual cases of academic dishonesty see
catalog for more information about academic dishonesty.
NOTE: It is
University policy that no otherwise qualified person with disabilities
be excluded from participation
in, be denied the benefits of, or be subject
to discrimination under any educational program or activity in the
University. It is the
responsibility of the student to disclose and to provide
documentation pertaining to the disability so that appropriate
modifications may be made.
COURSE
SCHEDULE:
May
26:
·
Introduction
·
Effective Leaders
and Characteristics of Effective Principals
·
In-Basket
Simulation (Decision making/problem solving model and performance skills)
o
Good Morning M.
Principal (page 113) The Principal’s Companion
o
Surprise
Package (page 114) The Principal’s Companion
o
Barbara Shouldn’t
Be Promoted (page 145) The Principal’s Companion
June
2:
·
In-Basket
Simulations
o
Complaint
From Teachers (page 115) The Principal’s Companion
o
Breaking the Sound Barrier (page
116) The
Principal’s Companion
o
The Concerned Mother (page
117)
The Principal’s Companion
·
If I Only Knew …Chapters 1 and 2.
June
9:
·
Interview Questions Exercise Due The
Principal’s Companion (pages 10 and 11)
·
In-Basket
Simulations
o
The Unhappy
Foreign Student (page 118) The Principal’s Companion
o
Letter
from Mother (page 119) The Principal’s Companion
o
The
Lunch Bunch (page 121) The Principal’s Companion
·
If I only Knew …Chapters 3 and 4.
June
16:
·
In-Basket
Simulations
o
Phone
Call from Board Member (page 122) The Principal’s Companion
o
The Disappearing Food (page123)
o
Teacher
accolade (page 124) The Principal’s Companion
·
If I Only Knew …Chapters 5 and 6.
June
23:
·
In-Basket
Simulations
o
Help!
(page126) The Principal’s Companion
o
The Spit
wads (page127) The Principal’s Companion
o
The Belligerent
Student (page 128) The Principal’s Companion
·
If I Only Knew …Chapters 7 and 8.
June
30:
·
Midterm Exam
·
School Board Exercise The Principal’s Companion
(pages 68 – 70).
·
Class will not meet on
this night.
July
7:
·
Professional Credentials Exercise Due:
You are applying for an administrative vacancy in your school
district) The Principal’s Companion (pages 86-90)
·
In-Basket
Simulations
o
The Out
of Control Student (page 132) The Principal’s Companion
o
To Teach
or Not To Teach? (page 136) The Principal’s Companion
o
Let’s
Do Lunch (page 137) The Principal’s Companion
·
If I Only Knew …Chapters 9 and 10.
July
14:
·
In-Basket
Simulations
o
The CPS
Dilemma (page 138) The Principal’s Companion
o
The Shooting (page
139) The
Principal’s Companion
o
Health
Hazard (page 140) The Principal’s Companion
·
If I Only Knew …Chapters 11 and 12.
July
21:
·
Student
Handbook Exercise Due The Principal’s Companion(pages
33-34)
·
In-Basket
Simulations
o
What’s
The Matter with Craig? (page 143) The Principal’s Companion
o
Teacher In
A Rut (page 144) The Principal’s Companion
o
The Heat is
On (page 146) The Principal’s Companion
July
28:
·
In-Basket
Simulations
o
Taxpayer Rights
or Abuse? (page 129) The Principal’s Companion
o
The Physical
History Teachers (page 130) The Principal’s Companion
o
Child Abuse or
Child Shenanigans? (page 131) The Principal’s Companion
·
If I only Knew …Chapters 13 and 14.
August
4:
·
Final Exam
(I reserve the right
to amend the tentative course calendar as needed.)