School, Family, and Community Relations provides aspiring administrators with knowledge, skills, and demonstrated performances to engage parents, families, and communities in supporting student achievement. The candidates will develop an action plan for increased parent/family/community engagement that addresses student learning. Restricted to IA PRIN students only.

Provides aspiring administrators with an understanding of the legal aspects of education with a focus on administration-related applications. Knowledge is acquired in the areas of education and the legal system, employee rights and obligations, student rights and discipline, tort liability, and public-private school-related legal issues. A particular emphasis will be placed upon the federal and state mandates in special education. Restricted to IA PRIN students only.

Provides aspiring administrators with knowledge, skills, and demonstrated performances in the evaluation of teachers based on the Iowa Teaching Standards. Successful completion of this course completes the requirements for the evaluator approval certification, required for principals by the Iowa Department of Education. Restricted to IA PRIN students only.

This clinical internship will, in the least, include experiences in leadership philosophy, theories of motivation and change, and the developmental needs of PK-12 students and adult learners. 50 hours of clinical experience will be completed during this course. May be repeated for credit.

Students will intern in a K-12 reading program, working with a certified reading specialist. Students will gain experience in a broad range of activities required of a reading specialist, to include staff development, supervision, and communications. A completed fieldwork portfolio must be submitted and scored before licensure is given. The portfolio must be scored "basic" or "proficient" in each section. The instructor will give fill details concerning the requirement. Prerequisite: EDUC 639, 801.

A course is offered on a special topic in education on the basis of need, interest or time lines. May be repeated for credit.

A course, on a special topic in the discipline at the post-baccalaureate or master degree level, offered on the basis of need, interest, or time lines. May be repeated for credit. See registrars office current class schedules Web page for specific semester description.

This course provides independent reading and/or research, at the post-baccalaureate or master degree level, under the direction of a faculty member. Refer to the academic policy section for independent study policy. May be repeated for credit.

Provides aspiring administrators with an understanding of their leadership style through self-assessment; leadership theory and its application to the principal; its impact on achievement; leading in a culture of change; decision processing, decision making and systematic planning; and ethical practices.

Provides aspiring administrators with knowledge, skills, and demonstrated performances around the learning needs of young learners, adolescent learners, high school learners, and adult learners. Emphasis will be placed on factors impacting motivation, types of organizational change, research-based change models, and components of effective change leadership. Restricted to IA PRIN students only.