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Successful students in the Master of Education in Educational Leadership will:

1. Learn to use formal and informal assessment strategies to evaluate and ensure the continuous intellectual, social, and physical development of the learner.
2. Understand diversity and provide equal learning opportunities. They will use their understanding of individual and group motivation and behavior to create a learning environment that encourages positive social interaction, active engagement in learning, and self-motivation. They will grasp, too, how their own students differ in their approaches to learning, and create instructional opportunities that are adapted to diverse learners in order to support their intellectual, social, and personal development.
3. Research, evaluate, and use a variety of instructional strategies to encourage their own students' development of critical thinking, problem-solving, and performance skills.
4. Learn to use effective verbal, nonverbal, and media communication techniques to foster active inquiry, collaboration, and supportive interaction in the classroom.
5. Become reflective practitioners who continually evaluate the effects of their choices and actions on others (students, parents, and other professionals in the learning community), and who actively seek out opportunities to grow professionally.
6. Complete a capstone research project. Understand, analyze, evaluate, and apply the central concepts, tools of inquiry, and structures of the discipline(s) he or she teaches and can create a capstone research that makes these aspects of subject matter meaningful for students. 

Enrolling in this master’s program could be the first step toward pursuing a rewarding career in educational leadership. Some of these roles include:

• Vice Principal: Oversee administrative tasks, support staff, handle discipline, and assist the principal in managing daily operations within an educational institution.
• Principal: Lead and oversee daily operations, manage staff, handle administrative duties, implement policies, and foster a positive learning environment in educational institutions.
• Department Head: Lead faculty, oversee curriculum development, manage budgets, foster student success, coordinate staff, liaise with administration, and ensure educational quality and compliance.
• Educational policy, training, and development: Develop, implement, and evaluate educational policies, training programs, and initiatives to enhance learning outcomes and educational practices within the state department of education.

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The courses are taught in an online cohort format, where students follow a set schedule of classes together from start to finish.

CORE COURSES (24 Credits)

SELECT ONE PATHWAY:

1. COURSES IN GENERAL EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP (6 Credits)

OR

2. CONCENTRATION COURSES IN INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN (6 Credits)

CAPSTONE COURSE IN EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP (3 Credits)