Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction with Educational Leadership certification is a self-select option for certified teachers who seek leadership positions in schools below the principal and district level. Educational leadership certification prepares the educational leader with research-based knowledge, skills and dispositions necessary to make positive changes in schools and increase student learning. In addition to the coursework described in the Master of Education in Curriculum program, Educational Leadership requires 16 additional semester hours. Before entering Tier I, candidates must have passed a Students with Special Needs course and the Ethics Leadership Assessment.
 
         First Summer I
(3)     EDUC 6090     Research Preparation
(3)     EDUC 6066     Issues in Curriculum and Instruction

 

         First Summer II
(3)     EDUC 6035    Social Foundations

 

         Fall 
(3)     EDUC 6015     Educational Assessment and Decision Making
(3)     EDUC 6100     Theories of Constructivist Learning

 

         Interim
(3)     EDUC 6080     Education of Culturally Diverse Students

 

         Spring
(3)     EDUC 6200     Internship in the Content Areas
(3)     EDUC 6900     Professional Skills in the Content Area

 

         Second Summer I
(3)     EDUC 6050     Historical Perspectives in Education
(3)     EDUC 6065     Reading in the Content Areas

 

         Second Summer II
(1)     EDUC 7420     Internship in Educational Technology
(3)     EDUC 7085     Management and School Operations

 

         Second Fall
(3)     EDUC 6070     School Law
(3)     EDUC 7410     Internship in Educational Leadership

 

         Second Spring
(3)     EDUC 7075     Collaborating in a School Environment
(3)     EDUC 7380     Improving Professional Skills

 

(46)  Total Credit Hours