administrative credential
"The Kalmanovitz School of Education at SMC is exactly what you need in a professional graduate school: a balance between theory, research, and actual on-the-ground, day-to-day practical experience. The instructors are practicing administrators with extensive experience and tremendous backgrounds, which gives a great deal of credibility and coherence to the programs. Overall - an excellent experience with lots of intellectual interchange." - Abe Doctolero, Tier I Administrative Credential/Master's of Educational Leadership Program Graduate; Director, Curriculum & Instruction, Contra Costa County Office of Education
When all of the following courses are completed with a satisfactory grade you'll be eligible for recommendation to receive a certificate, which authorizes you to work as a school administrator in California.
Semesters I and II (aligned to the latest standards for California school administrators)
- Employee Management and Supervision, 3 units
- Leading Curriculum and Instruction, 3 units
- Introduction to Educational Leadership and Administration, 3 units
- Research to Lead an Educational Community, 1 unit
- Budgets, Resources and Facilities, Schedules, 2 units
- Education Law, Regulations and Policy, 3 units
- Special Needs Students: Leading and Managing Programs, 2 units
- Supervised Field Experience in Administration (completed over a semester and summer), 3 units
- Technology in Leading and Managing (Jan/Intersession), 1 unit
- Executive Communication Skills for Educators (summer), 3 units
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