EDLD 8634 - Managing Operations and Processes (3 Credit Hours)

Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
This course will provide candidates with an in-depth look at the essential day-to-day operational management of the school/system, as well as features of day-to-day processes that impact teaching and learning, such as attendance, parent volunteer programs, professional learning programs, the hiring process, staff scheduling, etc. Fiscal policies and procedures will be analyzed from the perspective of aligning resources with instructional priorities. The physical site, including grounds and buildings, will be analyzed from the perspective of state, system, and local school rules, policies, and procedures, as well as aligning the use of facilities with instructional priorities. The course will provide an overview of the safe, orderly and engaging learning environment, as it relates to day-to-day operations. Working conditions will be examined from a best practices perspective. The beginning principal/district office administrator will understand, practice, and implement strategies to facilitate professional learning in a high performing school, where teaching and learning needs define facilities and resource needs. Candidates will identify barriers and interventions to professional learning and development, especially as professional learning relates to operational procedures. The course will emphasize current problems in the management of the learning organization, including, but not limited to, diversity, ethical leadership, politics, and policy in today’s global society. The course is designed to be 1/3 knowledge-based, 1/3 lab-based, and 1/3 performance-based at the district or school level. This course is primarily aligned to Georgia Board of Regents Principles (8) Managing Operations and Processes and ELCC Standards 2, 3, 5.

Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of “C” in EDLD 8630, EDLD 8631, and EDLD 8632.
Corequisite(s): EDLD 8633 and EDLD 8738.
Restriction(s): NO Undergraduate Level Students