This course is designed to assist students to gain an understanding
of the nature of site based decision making (SBDM) and school
based management (SBM) and to examine why and how SBDM and SBM
have become primary vehicles of school reform efforts within
the rapidly changing context of public schooling.
Before developing their own SBDM model, students will explore
the major issues currently challenging educational administrators
and will examine how SBDM is used as a framework for dealing
with these issues. An emphasis will be placed on becoming aware
of the assumptions and values underlying education policies
at the various levels of the education system.
A second objective is to engage students in the process of active
online inquiry and debate--through class presentations, development
of their own models of SBM, and culminating with a collaborative
effort to develop a set of common SBM policies and guidelines.
