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.

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.