"Teaching is the fundamental responsibility of any professor. " Albert Einstein

Below are some of the courses I currently teach at St. John's University. Several are on-line and accessible with appropriate links. Others are on-line, but on the university WEB CT campus network limited to matriculated students. While this is a partial list (with more to be added), these courses should provide a good idea of my academic focus areas.

Courses

School Based Data Analysis (On-Line and Traditional) A school district’s effective use of data can enable the successful identification and implementation of appropriate strategies that ultimately lead to the attainment of standards and increases in student learning. However, many schools do not use data to promote increased student learning or for standards implementation. The reasons for this are varied. The data may not be easy to access, they may not be in forms that are easy to understand, no one may be available who understands and can work with data, or there may be no knowledge that the data exist. For some, there may be so much data that knowing where to begin an analysis of the data is the challenge. Each of these situations (as well as many others) actively discourages school districts from learning about the phenomena they are attempting to understand. By supporting the creation, access, and subsequent analysis of school district databases, efforts by school leaders to create and sustain professional learning communities that are focused on the success of all students can be realized. Full Course Outline Course Bibilography Video Introduction Student product Sample Course Website: See Links Course Downloads:  EDU 5650: School Based Data Analysis 1. Almanac Descriptive Data 2. Almanac Comparative Data 3. Almanac Summary 4 Course Resources Course Downloads: EDU 5665: Data Analysis I Foundations Lecture (Full)      Qualitative/Quantitative Lecture

School District Budgeting and Finance (On-Line and Traditional) This course is designed to develop two levels of skills: the necessary skills to plan, build, and implement a school district budget and to examine how school public education is financed nationally and in New York State. Major topics include the language and process of school budgeting, the principles of school finance, and essential  elements of fiscal accountability. Full Course Outline Course Sample Lecture Video Bibliography Course Website: See Links

The Digital Doctoral Portfolio (On-Line and Traditional) Educational leaders are now expected to know the essential elements of a broad spectrum of leadership and educational theories related to successful practice. To develop an understanding of the principles of professional reflective practice while skillfully applying theory to successful administrative planning and decision-making is an essential characteristic of good practice. Thus, the intent of this course is to present the principles and characteristics of reflective practice, scientific inquiry, and qualitative methods application through the development and implementation of a professional, on-line, digital portfolio. The portfolio will ultimately be utilized as the student comprehensive doctoral examination for certification as a doctoral student. Full Course Outline Course Bibliographic Links Student Product sample Course Website: See Links

Collective Bargaining in Education (On-line and Traditional) Educational Managers are now expected to know the essential elements of job and organization design, employee motivation, collective bargaining and human resources management in addition to the more traditional administrative functions. Today's administrators must be analytical, even prescient, in dealing with supervisory behaviors and the challenging issues surrounding the increased focus on human resources and employment opportunities for all segments of the population. To help educational managers fulfill these requirements, this course aims to introduce students to the essentials of negotiating and bargaining in, what is becoming, a critical management function. Full Course Outline Course Sample Lecture Sample Student Product Course Website: See Links

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For information about the School District Almanac and its growing family of data products, click HERE

For information about the Mentoring for Success research project funded by the Marie and John Zimmermann Foundation at Yale University, Sacred Heart University, Trinity College, and Wheelock College, click HERE.

For information about the Small City Districts Project funded by the Rockefeller Foundation through the New York State School Boards Association, click HERE.

For program data about the Center for Educational Leadership and Accountability, click HERE.