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Certificate

Community Leadership

Specialized

About the Community Leadership Program

Online
9-12 months
$2,475

Learning Objectives

Describe, analyze, and improve the structure of local public organizations.
  • Understand the basics of budgeting and performance planning for a local public agency.
  • Understand the legal and ethical obligations undertaken by public sector workers, along with analyzing selected contemporary issues facing government and enterprise.
  • Analyze the history of personnel management in the public sector and understand critical labor and employment regulations.
  • Learn effective leadership strategies to improve the productivity and effectiveness of their team members and analyze broad issues facing personnel management.
  • Strategically plan personnel management performance and learn the importance of fostering positive working relationships with employee labor unions, especially in the public sector.
  • Understand the theoretical tools of public finance, budget analysis, and deficit financing.
  • Understand how tax systems are implemented in practice at the federal and state level, considering the impact of major fiscal events in California’s recent history.

Education Track

  • Analyze how principles of effective public management apply specifically to school bonds.
  • Define and recognize best practices that ensure school bonds are transparent and ethical. 
  • Understand organizational partnerships and collaborations between the San Diego County Office of Education, School Districts, individual schools, teachers’ unions, and other related groups.
  • Learn about the role of political actors and distribution of political power in relation to education funding and standards.


Housing Track

  • Identify the key players and their roles in affordable housing development.
  • Understand the need for providing affordable housing.
  • Understand introductory concepts to housing financing.
  • Identify opportunities and questions to explore improvement.

Community Leadership

Classroom type:
Live Online
In-Person
Online
Hybrid
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Required Courses

Education Track

Housing Track

Other courses of interest

Not required for the certificate

Advisory Board

Kathleen Hedberg

Board President / Division 4 Director
Helix Water District

Haney Hong

President & CEO
San Diego County Taxpayers Association

Barry Jantz

Owner
Jantz Communications

Charlie Ng

Assistant Superintendent/Vice President
MiraCosta College

Robert Thomas

Professor of Practice
UCSD School of Global Policy and Strategy

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