Graduate Programs
Educational Leadership

GE6010 Introduction to Research
This course is a comprehensive approach for anyone interested in conducting research. The students will develop competencies necessary to understand and evaluate the research of others, as well as plan and conduct their own research. The course will focus on the practical problems encountered in research beginning with the formulation of the question and continuing through the preparation of the final documents.
Prerequisite: None

GE6020 Communicating in Decision Making Groups and Interpersonal Relations
Individual and group behavior, communication theory, decision-making, conflict
resolution, and organizational dynamics as they relate to promoting education change, staff development, innovation and school improvement are studied and examined.
Prerequisite: None

GE6030 Theory and Application of Educational Administration
A comprehensive overview of the field of educational administration is presented. An examination of the tasks, processes, focuses, models of behavior, techniques of educational administration to assist the prospective school administrator in administrative leadership is the course’s focus.
Prerequisite: None

GE6040 Introduction to Statistical and Data Analysis
The course is an introductory course designed for individuals who will be conducting research activities. It will assist the student with the data collection and interpretation sections of the research. Students will be given exercises to practice the mathematical skills necessary to develop competence in statistics without needing to be a statistician.
Prerequisite: College level mathematics preparation

GE6050 Concepts in Human Development and Learning
The course is a comprehensive approach that explores the major theories of learning, traces their historical development, and considers how they relate to educational practice. The course describes learning from early childhood through adulthood using the concept of lifelong learning. The major learning theories are also applied to development, implementation and evaluation of curriculum as it applies to schools.
Prerequisite: None

GE6060 Organizational Development, Change Theory and Staff Development
An examination and study of individual and group behavior as they relate to structuring and managing educational organizations are made. The student will focus on issues and challenges of organizational dynamics, leadership, system theories, governance and decision-making, communication, change, problem solving, conflict management, and information systems as they are found in school settings and school improvement processes.
Prerequisite: GE6020

GE6070 Instructional Leadership and Supervision
Roles of contemporary leadership and supervision with respect to educational program design and management, quality assessment, interpersonal relations and catalytic role of the supervisor are examined and studied.
Prerequisite: GE6030

GE6080 Foundations of Instructional Technology for Teaching and Learning
An examination and study of instructional technology for classroom teaching and learning. The student will have hands-on experience with selected methods of instructional technology for classroom teaching and learning. The student will be introduced to the issues of copyright law and process and assessment of instructional technology. Students must be computer literate and will work with instructional design software.
Prerequisite: Computer literacy

GE6110 Principles, Curriculum, and Methods
The course is an introductory course for classroom teachers and administrators who are interested in understanding major American curriculum movements and their underlying philosophies. Coverage spans all major curriculum processes — development, classroom use, evaluation — emphasizing the importance of a clearly defined purpose of education as a first step in curriculum development or revision, and as a necessity for classroom use and evaluation.
Prerequisite: GE6050

GE6120 The Principalship
A comprehensive overview of the Principalship is presented. Topics will include examination of school organization and management, curriculum and instructional leadership, scheduling, facility management, public relations, school activities, student personnel services, forces affecting the Principalship, staff development and contract administration.
Prerequisite: GE6030

GE6130 School-Community Relations
An investigation and study of principles, skills, tasks, practices and communication media to maintain open communication systems between the school and the community. Public relations is treated as an element of administrative leadership.
Prerequisite: None

GE6140 School Personnel Administration
A broad, in-depth review of human resources in educational administration. Coverage presents how the function is planned, organized, led, and controlled in the interest of
organizational effectiveness. Quality of a school system’s human resource is given special consideration through how members are recruited, selected, inducted, developed, appraised, compensated and protected through justice and bargaining processes.
Prerequisite: GE6030

GE 6150 Design and Development of Instruction
The course is designed to develop a rationale and specific procedures for designing instruction that leads to positive outcomes. The course blends current instructional design trends with the latest cognitive psychology research including constructivism. Extensive treatment of instructional project management and evaluation will be provided, along with real-life examples, and a wealth of ideas for implementing the instructional design process.
Prerequisite: GE6050 and GE 6110

GE6210 Curriculum Auditing
The course is designed to provide a thorough understanding of the curriculum audit as a tool for improving learning and organizational effectiveness on every level. It is designed to present the audit process and the ways it can produce dramatic change in school system performance and student learning. Case histories will be discussed to reveal findings of major audits based upon state and federal litigation.
Prerequisite: GE6050, GE6110

GE6220 School Law and Labor Relations
An examination and study of American public school law as it impacts and defines the operations of public schools. Topic studies include the control of education, student rights, teacher rights, the instructional program, religion, certification, contracts and tenure, finance and collective bargaining.
Prerequisite: GE6030

GE6230 Assessment of Instructional Outcomes
The course is designed to develop a real-world framework for educational program evaluation. Some of the topics to be considered include the following: current methods, important decisions, planning tasks and ethical issues that face the evaluator. All major steps of planning and conducting an evaluation are presented sequentially to illustrate the mechanism for evaluation. Practical, research-based information, and clearly
stated guidelines will be presented to facilitate the evaluation.
Prerequisite: GE6040

GE6240 School Finance
The course presents a broad overview of school finance, school finance reform, and school resource management. Course is needed for New Jersey Principal’s Certification.
Prerequisite: GE6030

GE7010 Advanced Fieldwork: Supervision And
GE 7020 Advanced Fieldwork: Administration
These are field-based courses where students spend a significant amount of time (180 – 360 hours) engaged in a variety of curriculum and supervisory (GE 7010) or administrative (GE 7020) experiences. [NOTE: during prior coursework, students may accumulate up to 180 hours of Professional Performance. All students must have completed a total of 360 hours before they will be approved for certification/licensure.] Through activities in the workplace, the student has the opportunity to apply knowledge obtained through coursework and to develop and practice the skills associated with being a principal (GE 7010) or a supervisor of curriculum/instruction (GE 7020).

Included within the field experience is the development of a project that focuses on solving a problem identified by the Mentor and the student. With the guidance of the College Supervisor, the student will demonstrate his/her ability to apply course material, library research, and practical experiences to solve the problem.

The course is personalized in that both the activities and the project will be linked to the school setting in which the student is working. A written report, journal, or portfolio describing both the field experience activities and the project will be submitted to the Director of Graduate Programs and to the College Supervisor. The culminating activity will be a multi-media presentation describing the field experience activities and the project.
Prerequisite: Master’s degree coursework completed.