OM 522 - Issues in School Management and Operations

In this course the aspiring principals transition from the Summer Intensive to a year-long practicum in leadership tasks. To learn the operational and management strategies functioning at the school, aspiring principals shadow the mentor principal. As aspiring principals observe their mentor principals, they see the skills, strategies, and knowledge they have learned about school leadership during the previous four courses come to life in the context of a real school rather than the scenario school of the Summer Intensive. Topics include scheduling, student arrival and dismissal, transportation, food services, budgeting on an annual basis, and the preparation of compliance documents.

(Cr: 3