38 courses with the subject SEA, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
SEA 599Supervision of Sheltered English Immersion Instruction for Admin2
Participants in the Administrator License program will be prepared to effectively serve English language learner students (ELs). Participating students will be knowledgeable and able to administer, supervise and promote effective classroom strategies that maximize learning for ELs. Participants in the Cambridge College Administrator License program will evidence an understanding of major trends in the twenty-first century language teaching and recognize the domains of listening, speaking, reading, writing and form focused instruction (grammar) for ELs.
SEA 600Assessment, Developing and Evaluating Curriculum3
All educational leaders regardless of their position within a school system should have the ability to lead instruction. This course provides a better understanding and practices related to the realworld application of instructional leadership in regard to curriculum. The course strengthens the knowledge, skills, and dispositions of educators as instructional leaders, and provides practice in identifying and researching current and emerging curricular issues. Beginning with the premise that instructional leaders are essential in creating thoughtful learning communities of adults and students, this course focuses on the standards of leadership, models of curriculum designs that promote achievement for all students, data to inform decisions about instruction, and current issues that impact teaching and learning. Practicum hours of directed field-based training required.
SEA 601Educational Leadership in Special Education3
This course explores the challenges Administrators of Special Education face in the role of instructional leadership that include aligning the curriculum, designing a school-wide comprehensive system to meet the needs of all learners, and articulating clear goals and objectives related to student achievement, instruction and assessment. Strategies for utilizing technology to support instruction will also be covered. This course will address safe, orderly and caring environments, and effective operational systems. State and federal laws will be addressed including collective bargaining agreements and ethical guidelines.
This course provides a comprehensive focus on instructional leadership in the area of aligning curriculum to the content frameworks, designing effective instruction, ensuring both formal and informal assessment methods are utilized, providing effective supervision and evaluation oversight, and determining appropriate professional development for all staff. Course content will include human resource management, and developing, implementing, and assessing district and school-wide improvement plans.
This course provides leaders with the technical and theoretical application of accountability and program evaluation so they can identify and develop systems that ensure districts have processes in place to close the student achievement gap, while understanding adult learning needs of staff and supporting a comprehensive development plan. Course content will include management and operations in the following areas: comprehensive scheduling, fiscal systems, contract negotiations, community connections that connect to the district mission system, and cultivating and leading change as a collaborative leader.
This course explores ways to create comprehensive intervention systems that meet the needs of all candidates and ways to systematically monitor, evaluate, and assess the effectiveness of district goals. Plans and procedures to address safety, health and student needs in a caring environment will be explored. Content will include understanding state and federal laws and mandates, ethical guidelines, and school committee policies. The importance of effective communication will be discussed as well as the importance of securing staff commitment to core values, the mission statement and a shared vision. Participants will explore various effective time management and scheduling techniques, reflect on personal experiences, examine current practices, and discuss student and staff accountability.
This course enables participants to self-reflect and formulate their personal vision on ways to promote equity and fairness, and closing the proficiency gap while maintaining a safe and caring environment. The course will include developing a cohesive approach to human resource management, family and community engagement, and the importance of keeping lines of communication open and transparent with parents and stakeholders in order to build a trusting team. Leaders will learn how to interact and contribute in a culturally diverse emerging environment, as well as learn the techniques to diffuse situations to avoid conflict and strategies for effectively engaging participants in conversations related to school matters.
The focus of this course is to provide leaders with the legal infrastructure to know how to use the regulations to advocate for candidates, and to solicit community support with parental involvement. Leaders must build strong relationships within the parameters of legal implications, cultural awareness, parity, litigation, court decisions, and examination of case law. Program evaluation, operational systems, and technology management systems in relation to cultural and ethical perspectives, will be explored in depth.
This course focuses leaders through case study format to challenge the foundation of what it means to be a professional as they lead in the spirit of the law through an ethical lens while ensuring a safe and caring environment for all members of the district. The course will focus on working in a culturally diverse environment with parents and families, establishing consensus with vision statements and mission values, maintaining best practices for all candidates, and teaching and modeling diversity at all levels.
This course focuses on understanding and communicating the importance of cultural proficiency and how it affects the school’s ability to bridge relationships especially with ELL candidates and families, listen to concerns, and address the multitude of challenges for school leaders. This course will explore how schools can utilize community organizations, technology, strategic and goal planning, creating policies, promoting collaboration and equity, and ensuring professional and cultural relationships to develop strong community partnerships. Being a leader in fiscal matters, management information systems, and school committee relationships will also be discussed.
The course will focus on Bureau of Special Education case analysis, decision making, and in-depth coverage of selected topics including Section 504, school refusal, Children Requiring Assistance and Civil Rights.
SEA 618Contemporary Issues & Topics in Educational Administration3
Effective educational administrators actively pursue further study in their field. By so doing, the administrator strives to acquire a knowledge base which will help deal with contemporary issues that will affect students, staff, community and the organization of the school. This course, therefore, features research and in-depth discussion of topics of immediate concern to the educational administrator. The topics may include, but will not necessarily be limited to strategic planning, organizational change, effective staff development, team building, outcomes-based learning, the use of data for decision making, interpersonal skills necessary for site-based management, teacher evaluation, issues of equity, and community relationships. Practicum hours of directed field-based training required.
This course will provide school leaders opportunities to understand how schools can be a powerful force for equity and equality in American society. Through readings, presentations, and critical discussions, students will identify effective strategies for identifying and countering institutional racism and for creating and sustaining antiracist schools and communities.
SEA 620Curriculum Principles and Practices for Educational Leader3
To better understand and utilize state curriculum frameworks, this course focuses on curriculum construction principles and aims that underlie the organized programs of study in schools. Students will examine the origins of the school curriculum and gain familiarity with methods of organization, curriculum planning and development, pertinent curriculum applications, and current trends. Equity issues related to curriculum tracking and de-tracking will also be examined through the use of appropriate case studies.
SEA 621Supervision, Induction & Coaching of New Teachers3
This course is designed to build capacity among teacher leaders in the implementation of performance assessment systems tailored for the improved enhancement of teacher practice reflective of state regulatory requirements. The course is structured to support effective supervision and coaching of new teachers specific to professional practice in Pk-12 settings. Included are techniques designed to facilitate improved student learning and retention of school personnel.
SEA 622Selection, Development & Super vision of Educational Personnel3
This course alerts students to the wide range of activities covered by the term “personnel management” and presents the best of current practices in the field. Students are prepared to select, develop and supervise teachers and other staff effectively. The school is presented as a learning organization - a place where all are supported in continuous growth and describes the administrator’s role in creating that culture. Formative and summative techniques for feedback about performance are emphasized. The course also includes the topics of the legal and ethical aspects of evaluation, hiring and dismissal. The importance of the administrator’s role as an instructional leader is emphasized. Practicum hours of directed field-based training required
This seminar focuses on the development of leadership and human relationships within the school and community. Attention is paid to personal aspects of leadership such as style, dealing with stress, time management and the moral responsibility of school administrators. Students also discuss educational topics and issues of current interest. (This theme continues through all four terms.) Students are introduced to basic research skills such as use of online and professional libraries and the conventions of APA style for writing papers and the Independent Learning Project (ILP). Pre-practicum hours of directed field-based training required.
This course addresses how to identify a special education issue that is relevant to current practice and to use research to develop a position paper. Students will learn how to develop and write a position paper for a topic in special education and give an associated presentation. The coursework includes choosing a topic, developing an outline, writing a first draft, writing final draft, creating a presentation, and delivering it to a cohort.
SEA 636Finance and Business Administration for the School Administrator3
This course prepares educators to understand and effectively manage the fiscal aspects of a school or school district. The work focuses on school finance as a matter of public policy and law, the different sources of school financing, and the funding mechanism at various levels of government. Proposition 2 1/2, the Massachusetts foundation budget process, financing procedures in other states, and the financing of charter, choice and voucher programs are examined. In addition, educators study school budgets, the role of the school’s community in developing and establishing the budget, and different approaches to the budgeting process. Finally, educators address the issues of plant management, custodial care, building maintenance, preventive maintenance, scheduling, energy management, collective bargaining and purchasing of materials for plant management. Practicum hours of directed field-based training required.
This course explores the legal principles which apply to current educational practice. It specifically deals with issues of students’ rights and teachers’ rights which impact and influence the operation of schools and the related tension created by multiple structures. Laws/ regulations and court decisions related to free speech, equal rights, and school discipline are studied. In addition, laws and policies dealing with IDEA (special education) and Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) are examined in depth. Practicum hours of directed field based training required.
SEA 640Statistical Decision Techniques for Managers3
This course provides students with the knowledge and appropriate use of descriptive and inferential statistical techniques used in management decision making and develops their ability to characterize management problems that can be solved by such techniques. Topics include descriptive statistics, probability distributions, sampling, estimation, hypothesis testing, simple and multiple regression and correlation, chi square testing, analysis of variance, and decision theory. Spreadsheet and statistical computer programs are used in the class.
This course emphasizes organizational theory and the varied forces shaping learning environments in P-12 schools, including the myriad contexts influencing the shifting roles and expectations of school leaders in responding to change at multiple levels. Also explored is the intentionality and collaboration required at the building, district, and community level to manifest constructive change supportive of teaching and learning and the use of data in designing, analyzing, reporting, and monitoring effective change initiatives.
SEA 644Advanced Technologies in Education for Puerto Rico Administration3
This course introduces students to actual and potential ways in which technology is used in school through a combination of practice-based theory and hands-on technology applications. Students will learn to evaluate the technology needs of their school or work organization, to plan for those needs, and to evaluate the success of technology programs. From a theoretical perspective, it focuses on using new technologies to serve various pedagogical philosophies and the impact of new technologies on instructional design, teaching and school reform.
This course includes 150 hours of documented field-based experience specific to the application of professional practice as school directors and supervisors in PK-12 settings. The Practicum is required for the level of license sought and guided by a College supervisor and cooperating practitioner certified in the area. The Practicum must be taken simultaneously with Professional Seminar IV and include reflection on professional growth and the application of theory in practice.
SEA 646Classroom Management Using Accelerated Learning3
Accelerated learning is used to explore strategies for creating an environment, which supports students and minimizes teacher stress. Traditional strategies including control of movement, time and space management, establishing effective rules, interpersonal relationships, small and large group dynamics, behavior modification, as well as relaxation, mood setting, win-win solutions and a range of alternative methods of intervention and curriculum strategies are explored through role play, group activities, multi-media and readings.
