The School District Leaders classes prepare candidates to be transformational district leaders. Class content is complimentary and can be taken independently, in any order. The coursework prepares candidates for the School District Leader exam and a range of positions across both district and central offices.
School District Leaders Series
Below is a list of classes to support educators with the School District Leadership exam and to be transformational district leaders. Classes are designed to be taken in any order.
View the current course schedule to see which classes are being offered this semester.
Course Number: LEAD 861N
Semester offered: Spring
Enrollment options: 1 graduate credit or non-credit/12 CTLE
This course focuses on the key constituencies in a district and the different relationships that exist among them. It includes understanding the district’s vision, how it was developed, and how it is sustained. The course also examines a district’s demographic and achievement data.
Course Number: LEAD870N
Semester Offered: Spring
Enrollment options: 1 graduate credit or non-credit/12 CTLE
Strong leadership at the district level is essential if schools are to become positive and successful learning environments for diverse learners, including children with disabilities and those at risk of failure. This course covers issues that enhance or create obstacles for inclusive schools and communities. Issues of equity are evident in most school districts and challenge educators to transform educational environments and processes to meet diverse needs. The course will address the issue of “achievement gaps” as well as links between social class and achievement in schools.
Course Number: LEAD862N
Semester Offered: Summer
Enrollment options: 1 graduate credit or non-credit/12 CTLE
This course looks at the varied roles and responsibilities of the superintendent/district leader and ties them to the challenges of creating and sustaining dynamic, humane, effective learning communities. It emphasizes the ways that district leaders’ decisions—in such spheres as instructional policy, planning, fiscal and human resources, facilities, legal and equity issues, accountability, and external relationships—affect schools’ capacity to engage students and strengthen achievement.
Course Number: LEAD863N
Semester Offered: Summer
Enrollment options: 1 graduate credit or non-credit/12 CTLE
This course focuses on how human and financial resources are allocated in a district to support the instructional program and the goals of the superintendent and school board.
Course Number: LEAD864N
Semester Offered: Summer
Enrollment options: 1 graduate credit or non-credit/12 CTLE
This course focuses on examining a district’s budget from multiple points of view: theoretical, conceptual, and practical. Participants will become familiar with all phases of the budget process, from its inception to its implementation throughout a district. Content will be closely aligned, whenever possible, with the “real world” budgets currently in place in districts.
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Qualifications: BA, Cornell University; MA, New York University; EdD, Fordham University
In addition to his professional service, Brian has been active in his community, serving as a trustee on the Dobbs Ferry Village Board and as a member of the Board of Education. He was also elected to three terms as Mayor of Dobbs Ferry.
Qualifications:PhD, Fordham University