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Selected ethical/moral philosophies are studied using theoretical paradigms. Students become skilled at making ethical and moral decisions regarding every day dilemmas facing educational leaders.

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Education and Training

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Educational Leadership (MS)

This course examines past and current research theory and philosophy relative to leadership development in both formal and informal educational settings.

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Education and Training

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Educational Leadership (MS) | Racially Conscious School and Systems Leadership (GC)

Surveys past and current research about women in leadership roles. The course will examine leadership through the lives of culturally diverse women who had both traditional and non-traditional roles.

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Education and Training

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Educational Leadership (MS)

Introduction to research methods as well as tools for becoming a critical consumer of the body of research that exists in educational leadership.

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Education and Training

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Educational Leadership (MS) | Ethnic and Multi-Cultural Studies (MS)

This course examines legal issues in educational settings.

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Education and Training

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Educational Leadership (SPEC)

The process by which candidates for school administration licensure document and present mastery level evidence of required competencies.

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Education and Training

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Educational Leadership (SPEC)

This course provides an overview of leadership in the educational setting.

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Education and Training

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Educational Leadership (SPEC)

This course examines how political influence and governance affect school policy.

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Education and Training

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Educational Leadership (SPEC)

This course develops skills in leading programs for students of special populations.

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Education and Training

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Educational Leadership (SPEC)

The course examines the role of the school leader within the function of supervision and evaluation.

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Education and Training

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Educational Leadership (SPEC)

This course is designed to provide students with knowledge about the practical experience in identifying potential funding sources; planning, writing, and evaluating grant proposals and implementing funded projects.

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Education and Training

This course will focus on funding, organization, governance, processes, and structures of higher education.

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Education and Training

Individualized study in an area of leadership theory, research, or inquiry. Admission by prior application only.

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Education and Training

In this course students apply advanced knowledge and skills in finance and leadership in the educational setting.

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Education and Training

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Educational Leadership (SPEC)

This course develops research skills in the educational setting.

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Education and Training

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Educational Leadership (SPEC)

This course examines the role of school leaders in a multicultural inclusive learning environment.

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Education and Training

This course will present a wide range of techniques and models for developing professional academic projects, including portfolios. Students will develop and demonstrate a professional project. This course may replace or be used in addition to an APP or thesis.

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Education and Training

An experience where the principle learning takes place through interchange among class members and the facilitator.

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Education and Training

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Educational Leadership (MS)

The alternate plan paper includes a research requirement less extensive in nature than a thesis, but significantly greater in quality and quantity than the standard graduate term paper.

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Education and Training

Portfolio Development is a 1-credit independent course aligned with the Department of Educational Leaderships assessment plan for the Masters of Science in Educational Leadership degree. In the portfolio, students will demonstrate accomplishments and growth experienced throughout the Masters program in professional knowledge, skills and performance, and dispositions (professional attitudes and character). Permission is required from the student's academic advisor to register for the Portfolio Development course, usually during the graduation semester. The completed portfolio is submitted to the student's academic advisor toward the end of the graduation semester. Permission is required to register for the Portfolio Development course.

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

Educational Leadership (MS)

The course provides an applicant for licensure for K-12 principal, superintendent, and director of special education completing an approved licensure program, but lacking the three-year teaching experience, the required teaching internship.

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Education and Training

This course provides students with an experiential experience as a school administrator.

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Education and Training

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Educational Leadership (SPEC)

The thesis involves extended research resulting in a significant contribution to new knowledge. This reflects a student's ability to do individual, independent work of a creative and/or investigative type in an area of relation to the student's major field.

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Education and Training

This course will provide doctoral students with the knowledge and skills to develop lines of research, read and analyze scholarly publications, formulate an annotated bibliography, and write for publication. Learners will formulate a dissertation research topic, develop research question/s, create a portfolio presentation or workshop presentation on their research topic.

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Education and Training

This course is the second in a series and will cover library research, portfolio development, and expanding research lines. Researchers will focus on mastering academic writing and complete a review of the literature. Students will also give a presentation of their research at a research symposium.

Prerequisites:

EDLD 734 Professional Development Colloquium I

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training