Program Overview

Educational Leadership K-12 - Ed.S.

Overview

The Educational Specialist degree in Educational Leadership–K-12 provides continuing educational opportunities for practitioners who wish to hold professional leadership positions such as director of instruction, special subject/area coordinator, director of staff development, director of research, and director of pupil services.

Admissions

• Master's degree from an accredited college or university
• Minimum 3.250 graduate GPA on a 4.000-point scale
• Official transcript(s)
• Goal statement
• Two letters of recommendation
• Interview
• English language proficiency - all international students must provide proof of English language proficiency (unless they meet specific exceptions to waive) by earning one of the following:
  • Minimum 79 TOEFL iBT score
  • Minimum 6.5 IELTS score
  • Minimum 58 PTE score
  • Minimum 110 DET score

Coursework

Major Requirements

• Course List Code | Title | Credit Hours
  • RMS 65511 | RESEARCH IN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES | 3
  • or RMS 75510 | STATISTICS I FOR EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
• Major Electives, choose from the following: | 27
  • EDLE 66492 | INTERNSHIP IN EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION
  • EDLE 66515 | FACILITIES PLANNING AND ADMINISTRATION
  • EDLE 66517 | ADMINISTRATION AND SUPERVISION OF SPECIAL EDUCATION
  • EDLE 66518 | SCHOOL AND SPECIAL EDUCATION LAW
  • EDLE 66520 | SCHOOL LAW FOR TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS
  • EDLE 66522 | PUBLIC SCHOOL FINANCE AND ECONOMICS
  • EDLE 66525 | THE EDUCATIONAL PRINCIPALSHIP
  • EDLE 66526 | FUNDAMENTALS OF EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION
  • EDLE 66527 | SCHOOL FINANCE FOR BUILDING ADMINISTRATORS
  • EDLE 66529 | LEADING FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE
  • EDLE 66531 | INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP
  • EDLE 66533 | CENTRAL OFFICE ADMINISTRATION: CURRICULUM AND PUPIL SERVICES
  • EDLE 66534 | THE SUPERINTENDENCY
  • EDLE 66536 | THE ADMINISTRATOR'S ROLE IN CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
  • EDLE 66538 | ADMINISTRATION OF SCHOOL CULTURE, POLITICS AND REFORMS
  • EDLE 66540 | WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP
  • EDLE 66542 | PRINCIPLES AND TECHNIQUES OF SUPERVISION AND SPECIAL EDUCATION
  • EDLE 66543 | SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION IN URBAN SETTINGS
  • EDLE 66544 | COMMUNITY RELATIONS AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS
  • EDLE 66595 | SPECIAL TOPICS IN EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION
  • EDLE 66598 | RESEARCH IN EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION
  • EDLE 66602 | TECHNOLOGY LEADERSHIP IN EDUCATION
  • EDLE 66747 | PERSONNEL

Graduation Requirements

• Minimum Major GPA | Minimum Overall GPA
  • • | 3.000

Program Learning Outcomes

Graduates of this program will be able to:

1. Facilitate collaboratively the development, articulation, implementation, and stewardship of a shared school vision of learning through the collection and use of data to identify school goals.
2. Sustain a school culture and instructional program conducive to student learning through collaboration, trust, and a personalized learning environment with high expectations for students.
3. Create and evaluate a comprehensive, rigorous, and coherent curricular and instructional school program.
4. Act in an ethical manner with integrity and fairness to ensure a school system of accountability for every student's academic and social success by modeling school principles of self-awareness, reflective practice, transparency, and ethical behavior as related to their roles within the school.
5. Safeguard the values of democracy, equity, and diversity within the school.
6. Evaluate the potential moral and legal consequences of decision-making in the school.
7. Promote social justice within the school to ensure that individual student needs inform all aspects of schooling.

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