Instructional Leadership Curriculum

FALL 2008 CURRICULUM (see below for students that began before Fall 2008)

Instructional Leadership
EDU 615 Instructional Leadership: Theory and Practice 3
EDU 621 Psychology of Learning 3
EDU 624 Instructional Leadership: Exceptional Student Education 3
EDU 628 Educative Assessment and Accountability 3
EDU 632 Educational Research Methods 3
EDU 635 Technology for Instruction and Leadership 3
EDU 661 Managing the Learning Environment 3

Organizational Leadership

EDU 647 School Operations 3
EDU 649 Community School Relations 3
EDU 659 Public School Law 3

Applied Instructional Leadership Project

EDU 670 Applied Instructional Leadership Research 6

Total Semester Hours

36


PRIOR TO FALL 2008 CURRICULUM (see above for students that began as of Fall 2008)

Foundation Core Courses

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

Total Core Hours

18

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

Any one of the following pairs of Courses:

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

Instructional Leadership Concentration

EDU 622 Managing Classroom Diversity 3
EDU 670 Applied Instructional Leadership Research 3-6

Electives

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

Any one of the following pairs of courses:

6

EDU 637 Curriculum and Program Design, Management, and Evaluation in the Elementary school
EDU 642 Instructional Leadership in the Elementary School
OR
EDU 638 Curriculum and Program Design, Management, and Evaluation in the Middle School
EDU 643 Instructional Leadership in the Middle School
OR
EDU 639 Curriculum and Program Design, and Evaluation in the Secondary School
EDU 644 Instructional Leadership in the Secondary School

Total Core Hours

18

Total Concentration Hours

18

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.