PROGRAM DETAILS

School Leadership Program

36 Credits

Our 10-course, 36-semester hour program will prepare you to be an educational leader, capable of undertaking the tasks and responsibilities of a principal or director of special education. This is a licensure program by the state of Iowa. Significant hours will be spent in field experience, allowing you the opportunity to put into practice what you are learning in the classroom.

M.Ed. in School Leadership (36 credits)

EDUC 501 Issues in Education (3 credits) (on campus)

EDUC 502 Learner Development and Principles of Learning (3 credits)

EDUC 503 Interpreting and Applying Educational Research (3 credits)

EDUC 504 Curriculum Development and Evaluation (3 credits)

EDUC 505 Education in the Inclusive Classroom (3 credits)

EDUC 560 Foundations of Educational Leadership (3 credits)

EDUC 560L Field Experience I in Educational Leadership  (1.5 credits)

EDUC 561 Instructional Leadership (3 credits)

EDUC 561L Field Experience II in Educational Leadership (1.5 credits)

EDUC 562 Legal and Ethical Foundations in Educational Leadership (1.5 credits)

EDUC 563 Collaborative Leadership (3 credits)

EDUC 563L Field Experience III in Educational Leadership (1.5 credits)

EDUC 564 Management and School Improvement (3 credits) 

EDUC 564L Field Experience IV in Educational Leadership (1.5 credits)