MEDL50030

This course is designed to provide a thorough grounding in the legal and ethical basics for alleducators. Priority emphasis will be given to landmark decisions of the United States SupremeCourt in the areas of finance, religion, collective bargaining, student rights, rights of the disabled, employee rights, and desegregation and discrimination. This course also addresses the major current and critical legal issues in education. Educators will explore ethical and legal issuesthrough the “best interest of the student” focus, to effectuate positive and sustaining decisionmaking and change. Educators will apply theoretical perspectives to complex challenges whenimplementing policies and procedures, as well as exploring professional standards and codes ofethics.This course will meet the requirements for PK-12 school law for Administrator certification, aswell as supporting non-certification sustainable leadership requirements.