Policy, Planning & Administration

• SED AP 758: School Governance, Finance, and Operations
  Focuses on the economics, politics, and administration of school finance from both theoretical and practical perspectives. Emphasis is placed on the planning, policy, and procedural aspects of school funding, resource allocation, and school plant management. 4cr, 1st sem.
• SED AP 761: Organizational Analysis
  Students define and document organizational problems, identify positive and negative stakeholders, analyze possible problem causes using a range of theoretical frameworks, and examine alternative strategies for resolving or ameliorating the problem. Students should come to the first class with a specific organizational problem in mind and with sufficient knowledge of the organization to perform thorough and detailed analyses. Advanced copies of the syllabus are generally available several weeks in advance. 4cr, 2nd sem.
• SED AP 771: Advanced Policy Seminar
  Students use appropriate theories and methods to examine critically important policy issues in public and private education and in corporate training and development. Includes preparation for departmental comprehensive examination. 4cr, 1st sem.
• SED AP 801: Internship
  Part-time unpaid assignment in approved educational or community agency. 4cr.
• SED AP 802: Practicum/Apprenticeship/Internship: Principals (Pre-K-6)
  Open only to matriculated graduate students who have completed prerequisites. Supervised field placement to demonstrate competencies in the principal's role. The internship requires 300 hours of supervised field placement. Open only to candidates for Massachusetts licensure as principals who have passed the School of Education Literacy Test. 4cr, either sem.
• SED AP 803: Practicum/Apprenticeship/Internship: Principals (5-8)
  Open only to matriculated graduate students who have completed prerequisites. Supervised field placement to demonstrate competencies in the principal's role. The internship requires 300 hours of supervised field placement. Open only to candidates for Massachusetts licensure as principals who have passed the School of Education Literacy Test. 4cr, either sem.
• SED AP 804: Practicum/Apprenticeship/Internship: Principals (9-12)
  Open only to matriculated graduate students who have completed prerequisites. Supervised field placement to demonstrate competencies in the principal's role. The internship requires 300 hours of supervised field placement. Open only to candidates for Massachusetts licensure as principals who have passed the School of Education Literacy Test. 4cr, either sem.
• SED AP 805: Practicum/Apprenticeship/Internship: Superintendent/Assistant Superintendent
  Open only to matriculated graduate students who have completed prerequisites. Supervised field placement to demonstrate competencies in the superintendent/assistant superintendent role. Required of and open only to candidates for Massachusetts licensure as superintendents/assistant superintendents who have passed the School of Education Literacy Test. 4cr, 1st sem.
• SED AP 900: Independent Study
  Outline of proposed study must be submitted in advance of registration on a form obtained from the department office. Variable cr.
• SED AP 999: Dissertation Advisement
  Students must obtain approval of their advisors and the faculty member who is to supervise the study. Variable cr.

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