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Practical experience in Educational Leadership.

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

This course provides students who are pursuing a second administrative license with an experiential experience as a school administrator.

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

Educational Leadership (SPEC)

This course is designed for aspiring educational leaders and is intended to provide experiential experience with the roles and responsibilities of a school superintendent. Embedded in the course are the internship requirements for Minnesota state administrative licensure for superintendent.

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

Educational Leadership (SPEC) | Superintendent of Schools (GC)

The intent of the Portfolio Review is to provide the student with a focused opportunity to construct and present a professional portfolio that will ultimately lead to Superintendent licensure. Students will document and present evidence of mastery of required competencies.

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

Educational Leadership (SPEC) | Superintendent of Schools (GC)

Communication and Leadership is a three credit graduate course designed to prepare aspiring leaders in PreK-12 and higher educational settings with the communication skills needed to lead effectively. Students will demonstrate knowledge and skill development through understanding, applying, analyzing, and evaluating communication practices to improve personal and professional effectiveness. Course design will offer a combination of readings, collegial discussion, individualized projects, presentations, and interactive exercises.

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Equity and Education serves as a fundamental course of study in preparation of educational leaders. Students engage in discourse and examination of issues related to racial equity, achievement, teaching and leadership gaps. Through the lens of race, students will explore, read, discuss, write about and observe content that describes local and national educational issues. Students will study the work of leading authors who introduce protocols and practices for holding conversations about race. Students will apply and transfer knowledge about racial equity to educational settings.

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

Educational Leadership (MS) | Racially Conscious School and Systems Leadership (GC)

Program Evaluation in Educational Leadership is a three credit graduate course designed to prepare aspiring leaders in PK-12 and higher educational settings. Students will demonstrate knowledge and skill development in understanding, applying, analyzing, and evaluating data collected. These steps will result in the design of a meaningful evaluation of a program within a PK-12 or higher education institution. Course design will offer a combination of readings, collegial discussion, program evaluation projects, presentation, and/or interactive exercises.

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

Educational Leadership (MS)

This three credit graduate course is designed to prepare educational leaders for the PreK-12 and higher education settings with the skills, knowledge, and dispositions to prepare learners for the 21C workforce. Students will demonstrate knowledge and skill development through applying, analyzing, and evaluating technological advances, changing practices and paradigms in educational systems,and leading system change. Course design will offer a combination of readings, collegial discussion, individualized projects, presentations, and interactive exercises. The effective use of various technologies will be used to enhance the students' awareness and use of applications for leadership, teaching and personalized learning.

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

This seminar provides an avenue for the exploration and investigation of special study topics in educational leadership.

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

Educational Leadership (MS)

This course is designed for students preparing for school leadership positions.It provides the conceptual framework for brain-based learning, neuroscience and culturally responsive classroom teaching. The goal is to develop racially conscious leaders who will, in turn, develop culturally responsive teachers.

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

Educational Leadership (MS) | Racially Conscious School and Systems Leadership (GC)

This seminar explores the dynamics of organizational and systems change in theory and practice.

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

Educational Leadership (MS)

This is the introductory course for the Masters' in Educational Leadership program. The purpose of this course is to provide students with foundational knowledge in the area of leadership. Throughout this course students will explore what it means to be a leader and will review current research on leadership. They will also investigate the personal side of leadership and focus on skills needed to lead an organization.

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

Educational Leadership (MS)