M.A. in Educational Leadership
The M.A. in Educational Leadership program is a 36-credits, online cohort-based program that is completed over two years. Upon successful completion of the program and a passing score on the SLLA Praxis, students will be eligible for a standard certificate as a supervisor and a certificate of eligibility as an assistant principal, director, and principal.
Candidates for the principal's certification also must document at least three years of certificated teaching experience and provide evidence that a fourth and fifth year will be completed during the course of studies. The work includes an administrative internship experience and an action research project.
This program is offered off-site in schools in or partner districts. Students must maintain a 3.25 GPA to continue in the program.
Program Goals
The goals of the M.A. in Educational Leadership degree are to:
- Provide opportunities for candidates to acquire the knowledge, skill, and dispositions necessary for growth and development as school leaders based upon the Professional Standards for Education Leaders and AAQEP Standards.
- Provide future school leaders with the opportunities to demonstrate an understanding of how to develop a vision of purpose, use information to frame a problem, and exercise leadership processes to achieve common goals.
- Prepare candidates to function as ethically and socially responsible school leaders within a caring community of learning dedicated to teaching and learning excellence.
- Prepare school leaders who are humane, confident, and professionally involved.
Admission Requirements
- Completed application
- Official Transcripts
- Current Resume
- 500-word personal statement (1-2 pages) as to why you are interested in obtaining a graduate degree, what are your long-term goals and how a graduate degree will help you achieve them.
- Two letters of recommendation from a college/university professor attesting to candidate's ability to perform a high level of academic achievement, or from a professional reference.
- Applicants must be certified professional educators.
*Unofficial transcripts, resume, letters of recommendation and the essay can be submitted as part of the online application. The application fee is waived if you apply online.
Course Sequence (36 credits)
Year One
Fall
| EDAS601 | Leadership & Learning Communities | 3 |
| EDAS603 | Curriculum Theory & Practice | 3 |
Spring
| EDAS615 | The Culturally Proficient Leader: Building Diverse, Inclusive Learning Communities | 3 |
| EDAS681 | Supervision of Instruction | 3 |
Summer 1
| EDAS685 | Field Internship I | 2 |
| PSY629 | Social Emotional Learning and Educational Leadership | 3 |
Summer 3
| EDAS688 | Leadership Development Institute on Evidence Based Decision Making for Curriculum and Instruction | 3 |
Year Two
Fall
| EDAS609 | Managing the School Community I | 3 |
| EDAS612 | Leadership for Curriculum Change | 3 |
| EDAS687 | Field Internship II | 2 |
Spring
| EDAS610 | Managing the School Community II | 3 |
| EDAS611 | Action Research: Final Project | 3 |
| EDAS689 | Field Internship III | 2 |