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ADM/516

Ethical and Legal Issues for Administrators

Course level: Continuing Teacher Education

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Continuing Education for Teachers

Online

Format

$525

Estimated Tuition

3 credits

Total credits

4 weeks

Course length

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University of Phoenix reserves the right to modify courses. While widely available, not all programs are available to residents of all states. Please check with a University Enrollment Representative.

This course examines the legal and ethical principles for an educational administrator. Participants will develop and refine the skills necessary to analyze and integrate constructive legal and ethical principles into their practice. Emphasis is placed on the understanding and history of law and ethics needed in the educational setting for a school administrator. Current issues for school administrators featured in this course include curriculum and instruction, assessment and accountability, attendance and truancy, laws and liability, hiring and evaluating, Internet usage, and school safety and security.

This course is not available for enrollment to residents of Alabama, Arkansas, and Kentucky.

Prerequisites

None

Required materials

The materials required for this course are covered in your resource fees.

Please Note: Attendance and participation are mandatory in all University courses, and specific requirements may differ by course. If attendance requirements are not met, a student may be removed from the course. Please review the Course Attendance Policy in the Catalog for more information.

University of Phoenix reserves the right to modify courses. While widely available, not all programs are available to residents of all states. Please check with a University Enrollment Representative.

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.

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We’ve been accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (hlcommission.org) for more than 40 years.

Real-world instructors

Learn from instructors who bring an average of 25 years of working experience to the classroom.

Affordable and potentially reimbursable

Our tuition and fees are competitive and fixed. Also, check to see if your employer will cover you for this course.

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Before you enroll in a course, check with your school of choice to make sure they will accept your transfer credits and to understand any requirements or limitations. Then you can request your transcripts.

Transferability of credit is at the discretion of the receiving institution. It is the student’s responsibility to confirm whether or not credits earned at University of Phoenix will be accepted by another institution of the student’s choice. If you have a question contact us at (866) 354-1800.

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University of Phoenix reserves the right to modify courses. Although our continuing teacher education courses are accepted by some state agencies in the United States toward teacher certifications and endorsements, this may not be the case in all states or foreign jurisdictions. If you plan to use courses for certification or endorsement, please check with your own state agency and your school district for applicability. Continuing teacher education courses are not eligible to apply to degree programs at University of Phoenix. These courses are not eligible for federal financial aid. While widely available, not all programs are available to residents of all states. Please check with a University Enrollment Representative. If you have a question contact us at (866) 354-1800.