Admissions Requirements
In addition to standard School of Education application
requirements, all Preliminary Administrative Services Credential Applicants
must submit evidence of a earned baccalaureate degree and one of the following:
A valid teaching credential; or a services credential with a specialization
in pupil personnel services, library services, health services, clinical rehabilitation
services, or a designated subject credential, verify three years of successful,
full time teaching experience in public or private schools; or two years of
successful, full time experience appropriate to the services credential held.
In addition, candidates must provide evidence of passing CBEST scores.
Verification of all credential(s) and experience(s) must be on school district
letterhead and signed by a school district official.
Degree Plan
The Preliminary Administrative Services Credential is comprised of
27 units from the courses below.
Core Curriculum | 21 Units
Information Systems in Educational Management
Examination of the uses of information in the management of educational
institutions and issues administrators face in the management of this information,
including collection, storage, and dissemination. Focuses on integration and
communications of information for decision-making. Includes an introduction
to validity and reliability in tests and measurements; use of specific tools,
such as school schedulers and student records; and human, technological, and
legal issues in sharing information. Students will work in teams to develop
hands-on projects. Any student taking this course must have the ability to
use any personal computer for word processing or other tasks.
Budget and Finance
Accounting, budgeting, finance, planning, funding, fund-raising and business
management in public and private educational institutions and other non-profit
entities. Emphasis on the relationships among the leadership role, the utilization
of resources, and the accomplishment of organizational outcomes.
Education Law
Survey of federal and state laws and cases that apply to educational institutions.
Topics covered may include: a) disability; b) civil rights; c) freedom of
speech; church/state issues; d) evaluation and termination; e) the minor student;
f) governing authority of state and local bodies; g) enforcement of educational
policy; h) civil and tort liability.
Educational Leadership
Current concepts underlying leadership theories and practices as they
relate to leadership activities, including development and planning, implementation
and evaluation. Changing leadership styles and their relation to women and
ethnic minorities in leadership positions.
Educational Program Improvement
Improving learner performance through the development and evaluation of
educational and training programs based on an understanding of a complex of
issues arising from learning theories, socio-cultural factors and organizational
structures. Includes applications ranging from development of the institution-wide
curriculum to improving delivery by the individual teacher.
Educational Management
This course provides theoretical and practical discussions of the tasks,
responsibilities and applications in educational management.
Educational Governance and the Community
Roles of the school, parents and community in the educational process;
economic, sociocultural and political aspects of school-community relations;
concepts of authority, power, and influence; roles of federal, state, and
local agencies and professional organizations.
Supervised Field Experience | 6 Units
Field Experience I
Supervised, planned opportunities to relate and apply concepts of the
Administrative Credential Services program and its seven conceptual areas
- Educational Leadership, Program Improvement, Educational Management, Governance
and Community, Educational Finance, Educational Law, and Information Management
- to school practice. Plans are developed jointly with a member of the faculty
and a field site supervisor. Students maintain reflective portfolios. May
be taken concurrently with Field Experience II. Enrollment is limited to students
in the Preliminary Administrative Services Credential program.
Field Experience II
Continuation and evaluation of Field Experience I. Students must register
for both Field Experience I and Field Experience II before the joint evaluation
by assigned faculty and field supervisor of their competencies. May be taken
concurrently with Field Experience I. Enrollment is limited to students in
the Preliminary Administrative Services Credential program.
