Online Master's Degree in Educational Administration, M.Ed.

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Principal Licensure Concentration - For Massachusetts Teachers Only

Offered through the University of Massachusetts Lowell's Graduate School of Education, the M.Ed. in Educational Administration: Principal/Assistant Principal Licensure Concentration is a 30 credit program designed to provide the necessary course work and practicum experience for Principal Licensure in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

First-time students should register using the Non–Degree Course Registration Form for NEW Students.

For more detailed information, visit the Graduate School of Education's website at http://www.uml.edu/gse

For academic advising on this degree program, email edoffice@uml.edu or call 978-934-4601.

*To build a systematic knowledge base, it is recommended that courses designated with an asterisk be taken before other courses.

**This course can be taken after 18 credits have been completed and requires the permission of the Graduate Coordinator.

Course Descriptions

01.625 Organization of Schools and School Systems

This course is designed to help students understand the organizational dynamics of schools. The knowledge gained shoud assist students inidentifying and suggesting alternatives to programmatic and behavioral regularities found in a school or human service organization. 3 credits.

01.630 Educating Diverse Populations

"Educating Diverse Populations" is designed to prepare experienced educators to provide effective leadership in a diverse community. Drawing from the Graduate School of Education's conceptual framework of "Education for Transformation", students will be expected to: examine their own cultural heritage and experiences; gain increased understanding of equity issues concerning race, language, gender, sexual orientation, and special education needs; develop new insights for culturally responsive pedagogy; assess alternative strategies for facing illustrative conflicts in culturally diverse school settings; and consider how to ameliorate the pervasive impact of poverty on children in today's schools. 3 credits.

05.592 Practicum I: Elementary Principal PK-6

1 credits.

05.593 Practicum II: Elementary School Principal

2 credits.

05.594 Practicum I, Middle School Principal 5-8

1 credits.

05.595 Practicum II: Middle School Principal 5-8

2 credits.

05.596 Practicum I, High School Principal 9-12

1 credits.

05.597 Practicum II: High School Principal 9-12

2 credits.

05.622 Financial Aspects of Educational Administration

Examines how moral and financial resources are marshaled and managed to meet needs of schools and human service agencies. Includes legal, economic and organizational analysis, program definition, budgeting, management and evaluation. 3 credits.

05.623 School Law

Understanding and research of legal issues, and resolutions, pertinent to educational administrators. Ethical and creative practice of "preventive law." 3 credits.

05.638 Planning, Technology and School Improvement

This course helps educators develop a broad grasp of the educational possibilities and concerns the Internet raises, for K-12 educators as well as those in higher education. Through the course, students develop in-depth knowledge of Internet resources and problems related to a specific issue of professional interest. 3 credits. Special Notes: EA, CI elective

05.642 Principles of Supervision

The interdisciplinary foundations of supervision: the function of theory, research on change, individual and group relationships in organizations, staff influence processes, talent utilization, and evaluations. 3 credits.

05.643 Principalship PK - 12

The scope of the principal's role, including ethical dilemmas and practical realities, is examined by shadowing, case studies, simulation, literature review and written analyses. Participants identify and evaluate the effects of alternative styles of principals. 3 credits.

05.658 Role of the Curriculum and Instructional Leader

This seminar reviews works on leadership by major contemporary writers including Burns, Kellerman, Maccoby, and Peters & Waterman. 3 credits.

07.541 Practitioner Action Research

This course examines how action research helps educators to learn to explore pressing classroom and school issues in systematic ways. Action research provides educators with opportunities to deepen their knowledge and skills as reflective practitioners, allowing them to contribute to the achievement of students and the improvement of schools. 3 credits.

07.642 Program Evaluation

Evaluation tasks will be identified and the policy issues attendant to evaluation will be examined. Students will conduct an evaluation. 3 credits.

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