School Business Administration Degree Program (Option II)

Course Requirements

School Business Administration (36 credits)

The Master of Arts in Educational Administration, Option II, is a program designed for candidates who aspire to a leadership position as a School Business Administrator.  The framework for the program has been established to meet preparatory requirements as established in the New Jersey Administrative Code (6A:9-12.7) as well as the challenges, responsibilities, and opportunities inherent in educational leadership.

Candidates are expected to have completed state required coursework (undergraduate or graduate) in economics and accounting prior to acceptance into the degree program.  A conditional acceptance into the program can be given, requiring applicants without these two courses to complete them before beginning matriculation.  The complete internship experience begins with and is documented from the first course and concludes with the capstone internship experience (EDAD 591).

Group I:  Administration (18 credits)

EDAD 501:  Introduction to Educational Leadership and Organizational Theory into Practice EDAD 507:  Educational Issues and the Law EDAD 513:  Human Resources Leadership in Educational Settings

EDAD 514:  Issues in Financing Education and Fiscal Operations EDAD 521:  Research Strategies and Data-Based Decision Making for Educational Leaders EDAD 591:  Seminar/Practicum in Educational Leadership

Group II:  Supervision and Curriculum (6 credits)

• CURR 532:  Strategies of Curriculum Change
• EDAD 511:  Applying Group Processes in Supervision

Group III:  School Business Administration (9 credits)

• EDAD 508:  Educational Leadership in School Business Administration
• EDAD 509:  Financial Management and Accounting in Schools
• EDAD 512:  Facility Planning and Development in School Communities

Group IV:  Foundations (3 credits)

• EDUC 515:  Issues in American School and Society

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Degree Requirements

1. Meet general Master degree requirements.
2. Candidates will demonstrate course understandings through actual classroom and school applications that are referenced to state adopted core curriculum content standards and professional development standards, the Standards for School Leaders of the Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium, and the candidate proficiencies developed by the Educational Leadership Constituent Council.
3. Reference the ISLLC and ELCC Standards throughout the program;
4. Develop and refine the personal leadership platform statement throughout the program.
5. Complete a 9-12 hour standards and outcome-based growth project in each class and a 150 hour “capstone internship” in the Seminar/Practicum in Educational Leadership.
6. Satisfy matriculation requirements in accordance with established procedures;
7. Submit the Leadership Growth Portfolio Project.
8. Pass the required comprehensive examination in educational administration;
9. Complete a comprehensive standardsbased self-assessment.

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