School Administration & Supervision: Admissions Details

What to Expect

Our program objectives converge around three compelling expectations. First, we want candidates to express knowledge of the prevailing systems within the administrative structure to give teacher-leaders insight into supporting the district’s core challenges. Next, candidates should have access to more seasoned district leaders who can share a wealth of experience to help nascent school administrators develop sustainable plans of action. Finally, we expect to support the capacity to integrate new ideas into an existing organizational framework.

Graduates of the program will be able to:

• Gain a deep understanding of school budgets, general principles of budget development, and strategies for communicating budgetary issues to their constituencies
• Develop budgets for their schools that support faculty and staff in meeting their instructional goals
• Communicate effectively to various stakeholders, including boards of directors, families, and staff
• Become more proficient supervisors and professional developers with teachers and staff
• Become more competent consumers and producers of research that is relevant to their jobs
• Function more effectively and sensitively with faculty, students, staff, parents, and communities of diverse cultures and socioeconomic status
• Enhance and refine their management skills, including supervision of personnel, strategic planning, conflict management, and fundraising
• Improve their application of policy and laws to problems or issues that emerge
• Become competent instructional leaders through the analysis and use of data about their schools and their communities
• Build proficiency in the use of technology for instruction and administration
• Become effective mentors and supervisors for their faculty and staff
• Work effectively as part of a team and develop teams of teachers who provide participatory and democratic leadership to the school

Certification

This program is approved by the Maryland State Department of Education for Administrator I certification in Maryland. While the program meets the certification requirements for Maryland, the School of Education cannot guarantee that the coursework will meet state credentialing requirements outside of Maryland. It is the responsibility of candidates who are employed in states other than Maryland to confirm with their state credentialing agency what the certification requirements are for their state and whether there is reciprocity with Maryland.