Each course is designed to assist the student in the mastery of the State of Florida Accomplished Practices for Teachers of the 21st Century, Professional Level, the Florida Principal Competencies, the Florida Principal Leadership Standards, the Florida System of School Improvement and Accountability, and the Guidelines for Certification in Education Leadership.
FALL 2008 CURRICULUM (see below for students that began before Fall 2008)
Instructional Leadership Hours |
| EDU 615 Instructional Leadership: Theory and Practice |
3 |
| EDU 624 Instructional Leadership: Exceptional Student Education |
3 |
| EDU 628 Educative Assessment and Accountability |
3 |
| EDU 659 Public School Law |
3 |
| EDU 661 Managing the Learning Environment |
3 |
| EDU 688 Public School Financial and Safety Management |
3 |
Operational Leadership |
| EDU 635 Technology for Instruction and Leadership |
3 |
| EDU 647 School Operations |
3 |
| EDU 662 Human Resource Management and Development in Education |
3 |
School Leadership |
| EDU 649 Community School Relations |
3 |
| EDU 669 Principalship: Theory and Practice |
3 |
| EDU 678 Educational Leadership Practicum |
3 |
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Total Semester Hours |
36 |
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PRIOR TO FALL 2008 CURRICULUM (see above for students that began as of Fall 2008)
Foundation Core Courses |
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| EDU 621 Psychology of Learning |
3 |
| EDU 630 Quantitative Educational Assessment |
3 |
| EDU 632 Research Methods |
3 |
| EDU 650 Education System Organization and Leadership |
3 |
| EDU 651Communication Skills and Technology for Education Leaders |
3 |
| EDU 652 Education Law and Ethics |
3 |
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Total Core Hours |
18 |
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Educational Leadership Concentration |
| EDU 654 Educational Finance and Budgeting Technology |
3 |
| EDU 655 Human Resource Management in Education |
3 |
| EDU 657 The Principalship |
3 |
| EDU 675 Education Leadership Practicum |
3 |
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Any one of the following pairs of Courses: |
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| EDU 637 Curriculum and Program Design, Management, and Evaluation in the Elementary School |
3 |
| EDU 642 Instructional Leadership in the Elementary School |
3 |
| OR |
| EDU 638 Curriculum and Program Design, Management, and Evaluation in the Middle School |
3 |
| EDU 643 Instructional Leadership in the Middle School |
3 |
| OR |
| EDU 639 Curriculum and Program Design, and Evaluation in the Secondary School |
3 |
| EDU 644 Instructional Leadership in the Secondary School |
3 |
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Instructional Leadership Concentration |
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| EDU 622 Managing Classroom Diversity |
3 |
| EDU 670 Applied Instructional Leadership Research |
3-6 |
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Electives |
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| EDU 680 Special Topics in Instructional Leadership concentration courses, or acceptable transfer credit (6 hours maximum) may be applied towards satisfying remaining Instructional Leadership concentration requirements. |
3-6 |
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Any one of the following pairs of courses: |
6 |
| EDU 637 Curriculum and Program Design, Management, and Evaluation in the Elementary school |
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| EDU 642 Instructional Leadership in the Elementary School |
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| OR |
| EDU 638 Curriculum and Program Design, Management, and Evaluation in the Middle School |
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| EDU 643 Instructional Leadership in the Middle School |
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| OR |
| EDU 639 Curriculum and Program Design, and Evaluation in the Secondary School |
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| EDU 644 Instructional Leadership in the Secondary School |
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Total Core Hours |
18 |
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Total Concentration Hours |
18 |
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Total Hours |
36 |
All Students will receive and are required to sign a degree program outline.
Note: Students petitioning to waive a single prerequisite or co-requisite must apply to the Office of Graduate Studies in Education on the form provided for that purpose. In all circumstances, only one prerequisite or co-requisite may be waived.