Saint Leo’s fully online Master of Education (M.Ed.) – Instructional Leadership concentration offers an innovative approach to teacher leadership based on the Teacher Leader Model Standards (TLMSs). These national standards are intended to codify, promote, and support teacher leadership as a vehicle for transforming schools to meet the needs of 21st-century learners.
The TLMSs comprise seven domains that describe the dimensions of teacher leadership. Each domain is further developed with a list of functions that a teacher leader who is an expert in that domain might perform.
Domain I: Fostering a Collaborative Culture to Support Educator Development and Student Learning
Domain II: Accessing and Using Research to Improve Practice and Student Learning
Domain III: Promoting Professional Learning for Continuous Improvement
Domain IV: Facilitating Improvements in Instruction and Student Learning
Domain V: Promoting the Use of Assessments and Data for School and District Improvement
Domain VI: Improving Outreach and Collaboration with Families and Community
Domain VII: Advocating for Student Learning and the Profession
Research shows that collective leadership has a stronger influence on student achievement than individual leadership. The TLMSs seek to generate collective leadership by fostering professional discussion about best practices and advancing new roles for teachers to serve. Working with their colleagues, teacher leaders can implement strategies that improve student learning. They can foster a culture of success that will reverberate across schools, districts, and organizations.
In the M.Ed. – Instructional Leadership with ESE concentration, students are already teachers who are seeking to increase their knowledge in the area of special education while gaining skills in the instructional leadership arena.
Saint Leo University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS).
Saint Leo University is a nationally recognized leader in education. We have built a solid reputation in the educational community for our quality programs that produce tomorrow’s master teachers and educational leaders. Our instructors are current practitioners in the field of school administration and regular presenters at national and international conferences.
Some course highlights include:
The M.Ed. – Instructional Leadership program prepares educators to serve in leadership roles in primary and secondary schools, as well as at the district and organizational level:
Graduates of our M.Ed. programs consistently receive recognition and awards, including the coveted Teacher of the Year and Administrator of the Year awards in their districts. Actual examples of jobs held by recent M.Ed. graduates include:
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