Earn these career-relevant skills in weeks, not years.
- Identify historic laws governing education and the effect of these laws on public schools.
- Analyze court system rulings on education and the significant legal and ethical implications that have resulted.
- Examine student rights and restrictions through the lens of a school administrator.
- Compare intentional and unintentional torts related to public education.
- Summarize the impact of FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act) on public schools.
- Analyze the legal and ethical issues of using the Internet in public schools.
- Analyze the issues around employment practices that administrators must adhere to when hiring staff.
- Explain teacher rights and freedoms through the lens of a school administrator.
- Describe the legal and ethical concerns regarding discrimination in employment.
- Summarize due process related to teacher evaluation and dismissal.
- Determine the legal and ethical stance on issues of compulsory attendance and truancy of students from a school administrator’s perspective.
- Explain the legal authority for defining curriculum for public schools.
- Analyze the administrator’s role involving levels of accountability required of public schools.
- Examine the jurisdiction of the USA PATRIOT Act on public schools.
- Define the administrator’s role regarding school safety and violence in schools.
- Explain zero tolerance and due process for public school administration.