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Nov 25, 2024
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Graduate Catalog 2020-21 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Master of Arts in Educational Leadership
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Advisors: D. Eric Archer, Louann Bierlein Palmer, Brett Geier, Wanda Hadley, Ramona Lewis, Patricia Reeves, LaSonja Roberts, Linda Thompson, and Donna Talbot
Room 3571 Sangren Hall.
The Department of Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology offers a Master of Arts in Educational Leadership with concentrations in four areas: (1) K-12 School Principal Leadership; (2) K-12 School Principal Leadership and Interscholastic Athletic Administration; (3) Educational and Global Leadership; and (4) Higher Education and Student Affairs Leadership.
The master’s program prepares leaders for a variety of roles in private and public settings. Each concentration includes a leadership core, a specialty core, and a capstone experience. A Performance-Driven Leadership model is used within this program that emphasizes the transfer of theory into practice. Students actively engage in a number of activities while exploring effective leadership constructs.
Persons who wish to apply to the Educational Leadership master’s are urged to review the application requirements found at www.wmich.edu/leadership/academics/ed-leadership/master/admissions; through this website, applicants will find a link to the online application system, Apply Now. Satisfactory completion of courses prior to admission to a Department program does not guarantee admission.
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K-12 School Principal Leadership, 30 hours
This concentration is designed to prepare students for leadership roles as building principals. Students who complete this concentration will be recommended to receive, from the state, the Administrator Certificate, with the Elementary/Secondary Administrator K-12 Building Endorsement.
Leadership Core
The required courses in the leadership core include: Specialty Core
Courses required within the specialty core include: K-12 School Principal Leadership and Interscholastic Athletic Administration
This concentration is designed to prepare a student for the leadership role of being a building principal, as well as an athletic director. Pending approval from MDE, students who complete this concentration will be recommended to receive, from the state of Michigan, the Administrator Certificate, with the Elementary/Secondary Administrator K-12 Building Endorsement. Program graduates may be endorsed to receive the administration certification outside of Michigan as well (depending on the certification process in state of residence).
Leadership Core
The required courses in the leadership core include:
Principal Specialty Core
Courses required within the specialty core include:
Interscholastic Athletic Administration Core
Courses required within the Interscholastic Athletic Administration Core include:
Educational and Global Leadership, 30 hours
This concentration is designed for graduate students who wish to develop and enhance their educational leadership knowledge and skills for use within educational or other cultural organizations that have an international focus. It is also designed for students who desire a focus on global education in order to support their educational leadership practice.
Leadership Core
The required courses in the leadership core include: Research Core
The required courses in the research core include:
Specialty Core
Courses within the specialty core are: Focused Electives
9 hours approved by the faculty advisor.
Higher Education and Student Affairs (HESA) Leadership, 39 hours
This concentration is designed to prepare students to be reflective practitioners for entry and mid-level positions in student affairs and other related administrative positions in higher education. This can include positions in admissions, academic advising, residence life, student activities, financial aid, career services, and offices designed to support and retain historically under-served student populations. The concentration emphasizes a scholar-practitioner model to combine a broad-based student development and leadership theory core with required individualized field experiences. Distinctive to HESA is an emphasis on the centrality of diversity and inclusiveness in higher education: one of the ways this is actualized is through a required and individually designed Diversity Cognate. Leadership Core
The required courses in the leadership core are: Specialty Core
Courses required in the specialty core are:
Six credits within a required diversity cognate approved by faculty advisor.
Note:
HESA Specialty Core courses are open to the following students: Educational Leadership Higher Education and Student Affairs Masters; Student Affairs in Higher Education Graduate Certificate program; Educational Leadership Higher Education PhD. Others may register with instructor approval. |
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