EDL 9345: Legal Issues and Ethics for Educational Leaders

3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to Ed.D. Program in Educational Leadership
This course is designed to provide future and practicing educational leaders in P-12 with a mindful and informed paradigm for ethical and legal decision making. Various codes of ethics and case studies will be analyzed and applied to general and specific situations. Candidates will engage in dialogue, research, and reflection to develop a personal code of ethics that will be applied in a school-based activity. Research and anecdotal information from journals and texts will be utilized to inform ethical decision making on local issues.