Educational Leadership M.S.
Program Rationale:
The master's degree in educational leadership is designed to prepare teacher leaders who are capable of enhancing the effectiveness of their organizations.
Program Learning Outcomes:
Students in the program are expected to:
- design, implement, and evaluate instructional programs to promote student learning;
- develop learning programs that are responsive to cultural and learning differences;
- conduct fair, equitable, and effective classroom supervision;
- design, implement, and evaluate professional development activities that promote teacher learning;
- use standardized and classroom-based student performance data to improve student learning; and
- understand, interpret, and critique educational research.
The admission standard for the Educational Leadership M.S. program includes either a 3.00 undergraduate GPA or a 2.70 GPA with a 3.00 upper-level GPA.
Requirements
Strand I Educational Leadership
Required Courses
| ED 517 | Evaluation | 3 |
| ED 540 | Educational Motivation and the Learning Process | 3 |
| ED 598 | Research and Data for School Improvement | 3 |
| EDL 523 | Collaboration, Coaching, and Instructional Leadership | 3 |
| EDL 524 | Leadership and the Dynamics of Organizational Change | 3 |
| EDL 551 | Curriculum Leadership | 3 |
| EDL 555 | Leadership for Social Justice | 3 |
| EDL 594 | Practicum I in Educational Leadership | 3 |
| EDL 595 | Practicum II in Educational Leadership | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 27 |
Electives
Capstone Requirement:
Strand 2 Teacher and Curriculum Leadership
Required Courses
| ED 598 | Research and Data for School Improvement | 3 |
| EDL 523 | Collaboration, Coaching, and Instructional Leadership | 3 |
| EDL 524 | Leadership and the Dynamics of Organizational Change | 3 |
| EDL 555 | Leadership for Social Justice | 3 |
| EDL 591 | | |
| EDL 592 | | |
| Total Credit Hours: | 18 |
Capstone Requirement:
embedded in EDL 591 and EDL 592
Elective courses
Students select advisor-approved elective courses to complete their graduate programs.
Note: While students may take some courses as non-matriculated students, they must be accepted into the program before taking a fourth 500-level course. 500-level courses beyond the third course will not count toward program completion.