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511 CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION (4) Analysis of administrative duties and responsibilities relative to school board, faculty, staff, pupils, parents, and community. 560 CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION (2) Philosophy and practices of a Christian teacher in the classroom and on the campus. Aims of Christian schools and means of achieving them, including attitudes and convictions which Christian schools seek to develop in students. 605 CHRISTIAN SCHOOL SUPERVISION (4) Development of techniques of evaluation of instruction, in-service training, implementation of school programs, and other supervisory activities. 606 FIELD WORK IN ADMINISTRATION (2-4) Laboratory experiences in a Christian school under the direction of experienced administrators and college supervisors. Includes a seminar designed to relate theory and practice. 608 COUNSELING IN THE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (2) Principles, practices, particular problems, and concerns in counseling pupils and parents in the Christian school. 610 CHRISTIAN SCHOOL FINANCE (2) Design, development and implementation of a budget in a Christian school; fund raising procedures and school building design. 612 SCHOOL LAW (2) Constitutions, statutes and court decisions which affect schools, administrators, teachers, and pupils. Attention given to laws and regulations relating to private schools.

613 PRINCIPLES OF CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT (4)

Essential elements in curriculum formation; intensive study of varied existing curricula; analysis of contemporary trends in curriculum production. 623 EVALUATION OF TEACHING AND LEARNING (2) Theory and function of tests and measurements in education, including practice in the use and interpretation of specific test and measurement devices used in schools. 640 SEMINARS IN EDUCATION (2) In-depth studies in the following areas: curriculum, instruction, instructional media, classroom control and discipline, organization of schools, management of personnel, public relations, implementation of a Christian philosophy, early childhood education. These seminars are offered each summer as part of the Western Institute of Christian School Administration. Requirements include twenty hours of class sessions in the subject and thirty hours of research and the writing of a paper embodying the results of class study and research. A maximum of two seminars may be used as elective credit in the M.A. program.

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