MA Educational Leadership and Administration

NOTE: Applications for admission to the MA Educational Leadership and Administration program are not currently being accepted. Contact the School of Education for information regarding admission to the MS Educational Leadership and Administration, starting in Fall 2023.

Program Learning Objectives

1. Development and Implementation of a Shared Vision: Education leaders facilitate the development and implementation of a shared vision of learning and growth of all students.
2. Instructional Leadership: Education leaders shape a collaborative culture of teaching and learning informed by professional standards and focused on student and professional growth.
3. Management and Learning Environment: Education leaders manage the organization to cultivate a safe and productive learning and working environment.
4. Family and Community Engagement: Education leaders collaborate with families and other stakeholders to address diverse student and community interests and mobilize community resources.
5. Ethics and Integrity: Education leaders make decisions, model, and behave in ways that demonstrate professionalism, ethics, integrity, justice, and equity and hold staff to the same standard.
6. External Context and Policy: Education leaders influence political, social, economic, legal and cultural contexts affecting education to improve education policies and practices.

EDUC 510	Education Finance and Resource Allocation	4
EDUC 511	Educational Law and Governance	4
EDUC 512	Education Organization and Management	4
EDUC 513	Education Planning and Decision Making	4
EDUC 515	Educational Program Management and Evaluation	4
EDUC 516	Educational Personnel Supervision and Evaluation	4
EDUC 517	Managing Action Research Communities	2
EDUC 519	Professional e-Portfolios for Educational Leaders	1
EDUC 542	Administration of Special Programs and Services	4
EDUC 586	Introduction to Inquiry in Education	4
EDUC 587	Educational Foundations and Current Issues	4
EDUC 588	Education, Culture, and Learning	4
EDUC 589	Educational Research Methods	4
EDUC 590	Research Application in Education	4
Total units		51