Preliminary Administrative Services Credential

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.

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