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This course emphasizes techniques of improving instruction through application of research on effective schools and models of instruction. Topics covered include foundations of leadership, leadership for curriculum instruction and assessment, leadership for supervision and professional development, leadership for communication and community partnerships, and leadership for organizational management.

Focuses on the origins, size, scope and composition of the nonprofit sector; operational issues encountered in the management of nonprofits; and the development of strategic solutions to manage and move the sector forward. Topics include theory, public policy, advocacy, management, collaboration, culture, strategy and innovation.

Centers engagement with communities as a fundamental building block for nonprofits as they work to address complicated and multi-dimensional social problems in sustainable, comprehensive ways. Emphasizes skill development in the process of designing community engagement efforts to achieve common goals. Explores the elements, use and effectiveness of coalitions, collaborations, and partnerships. Connects the process of community engagement to leadership skills and to the improvement of policies, programs, and practices of nonprofit organizations and other institutions.

NPS 501U

Experience in a nonprofit setting.

NPS 501U

Ethics is the art of promoting constructive dialogue on controversial issues. News Editorials, or Opinion Columns, offer a popular forum for this sort of dialogue. This course will utilize this forum to acquaint students with the practical relevance of ethics in everyday life and to assist them in cultivating the critical and creative reasoning skills inherent in ethics. Emphasis will be placed on the usefulness of major ethical theories, principles, and techniques in furthering interpersonal dialogue on controversial moral topics, such as abortion, immigration, poverty, animal welfare, war, terrorism, and the environment.

Ethics is the art of promoting constructive dialogue on controversial issues. News Editorials, or Opinion Columns, offer a popular forum for this sort of dialogue. This course will utilize this forum to acquaint students with the practical relevance of ethics in everyday life and to assist them in cultivating the critical and creative reasoning skills inherent in ethics. Emphasis will be placed on the usefulness of major ethical theories, principles, and techniques in furthering interpersonal dialogue on controversial moral topics, such as abortion, immigration, poverty, animal welfare, war, terrorism, and the environment.