Strategic Educational Leadership, M.Ed.
The M.Ed. in Strategic Educational Leadership is for candidates with a qualified bachelor’s degree and a career aspiration to earn a Master’s degree with a major that develops knowledge, competencies, and dispositions related to leading organizations with missions that include teaching-and-learning activities. The Master of Education in Strategic Educational Leadership seeks to develop the program candidate’s graduate-level knowledge and skills in Leadership Theory & Practice; Curriculum Design and Data Fluency; Cultural Proficiency in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; and Resource Use in Education. The program offers a wide range of elective course choices from NLU’s broad array of professional disciplines, enabling candidates to customize and personalize their advanced leadership credentials.
Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs)
Upon completion of the Strategic Educational Leadership major, candidates will demonstrate mastery of the following forms of knowledge, skills, and dispositions.
PLO-1 Content Knowledge. Candidates use specialized content knowledge in leadership as applied to leading learning communities and organizations with educational components within their missions.
PLO-2 Leadership Dispositions in Action. Candidates develop leadership dispositions to articulate and model cognitive habits of mind and social-emotional habits of heart to promote safe and stimulating learning cultures for learners, staff, faculty, and community stakeholders.
PLO-3 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Capacities. Candidates comprehend and advocate for diversity, educational equity, inclusion, and social justice through cultural proficiency and opportunities to advance the overall well-being of students, staff, and other educational stakeholders.
PLO-4 Engagement and Networking. Candidates understand and articulate an organization’s need for development if collaboration among stakeholders to develop effective learning communities, promote academic success.
PLO-5 Scholarly Proficiencies. Candidates practice scholarly habits as they apply theory, research and practice to their coursework and leadership project.
PLO-6 Self-Directed Learning. Candidates develop and meet one or more personalized learning objective/s tailored to achieving the individual’s professional goals and a multi-term leadership project related to program pursuit at the master’s level.
In addition to the National College of Education Graduate Admission Requirements, the program requires:
- Signed Licensure Limitation Form (acknowledges that this is a non-licensure program)
- Faculty review
Program Details:
Required Courses
Strategic Educational Leadership- 32 SH
Foundational Courses - 8 SH
| EDL 517 | Leadership Concepts and Applications in Education | 2 |
| EDL 520 | Leading Diverse Schools | 2 |
| EDL 525 | Decision-Making for Educational Systems and Organizations | 2 |
| EDL 526 | Realizing Vision through Technical, Human, and Financial Resources | 2 |
Major Electives - 12 SH
Choose four courses from each of the following areas:
Leadership Project - 4 SH
| EDL 573 | Educational Leadership Project | 1 TO 4 |
Note:
EDL 573 must be completed for 4 SH.
General Electives - 8 SH
Choose 8 SH of
NLU graduate courses in consultation with the Academic Advisor.