College of Education

Master of Arts or Science in Educational Administration

The Department of Educational Foundations and Leadership bears special responsibility for preparing school leaders to the degree that its graduates have unique opportunities to shape organizational goals, to influence the character of educational programs, and to affect institutional performance.  The department’s programs are based on the strengths of the total College and University.  The professional skills of administration are developed as they relate to larger issues of educational policy and educational purpose.  At all degree levels there is emphasis upon research and clinical inquiry as a means of enhancing administrative performance.

The curriculum in this program is delivered in a sequenced model.  The program is designed around the 6 categories of standards developed by the Interstate Leadership Licensure Consortium (ISLLC).  These standards include:

1. Facilitating the Vision
2. School Culture and instructional Program
3. Managing the Organization
4. Collaboration and Community Engagement
5. Ethics and Integrity and
6. Understanding Publics

Considerable internship and clinical inquiry is required for a student to evidence competence in these standards.

Students are required to develop a portfolio structured around the six standards and a reflective essay.  Artifacts that are generated from the student’s coursework and field-based inquiry will be collected in an organized fashion in the student’s portfolio.  As a requirement for graduation, the student must present his/her portfolio to a three-member committee made up of full-time faculty in the department.