California State University East Bay
Professional Administrative Services Program (Tier II)
Call for Applications for 09-10 school year

How one year can rejuvenate and support you in becoming a stronger school leader

PROGRAM DESIGN - 6 units per quarter for 3 quarters (Fall, Winter, Spring)

• Coursework (3 units for each of 3 quarters) - Classes meet one Saturday a month (September - May) with additional on-line work between classes.
• Ongoing fieldwork with a mentor administrator and university supervisor (3 units for each of 3 quarters) - individual support for candidates focusing on current issues and professional development needs.
• Offered through Continuing Education for a cost of approximately $875 a quarter for a total program cost of $2625.

PROGRAM FOCUS

• To provide an ongoing source for sharing tools, ideas, resources, and approaches for meeting the challenges associated with being a school leader
• To provide participants with a consistent and confidential structure of emotional support
• To increase participant’s ability to effectively build the capacity of the colleagues they supervise, with particular emphasis on improving teachers’ instructional skills
• To support participants to develop, articulate, implement and assess their own Administrative Professional Learning Plan (APLP)
• To create a Professional Learning Portfolio (PLP) to capture major areas of growth and set out a long term plan for continued development as a bold, socially responsible leader
• To critically examine texts and other resources and apply them to leadership practice

APPLICATION PROCESS

• Department application on line at http://edschool.csueastbay.edu/departments/edld/

FOR ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR ADVISING

• Contact Dr. Judith Guilkey-Amado ( judith.guilkeyamado@csueastbay.edu)