EDU 669 - Human Resource Leadership (3 )

GR

This course is aimed to provide building level administrators with the concepts, strategies, and assessment measures to evaluate and manage school personnel, as well as develop an understanding of the principles and issues of public school finance and facilities. Candidates will assess the current economic environment and its impact on schools; state, local and federal taxation; state school aid theory and practice; school district indebtedness; statutory school budget and fiscal controls; various cost-quality instruments; and the role of the school leader in school fiscal structure and decision making in relation to local, state and federal requirements. Candidates will apply their developing knowledge of the budget process in creating a fiscally responsive budget for a content area department and school site. Candidates will also explore policy, guidelines, procedures and ethics of administrative decisions; management and leadership of human resources and personnel practices and problems in current school