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Graduate Education Programs
Principal/Assistant
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/Assistant
Principal Licensure in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
First-time students should register using the "Non–Degree Course
Registration Form" for NEW Students.
Special Notes Regarding Licensure:
Candidates who hold a current initial or professional
Massachusetts license and complete all coursework, including the
practicum in a Massachusetts school, are eligible for Massachusetts
licensure as a principal or assistant principal. Out-of-state
candidates cannot be endorsed for licensure through this program and
should refer to the M.Ed in Educational Administration:
Non-Licensure Concentration. |
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
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M.Ed. in Educational Administration -
PRINCIPAL/ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
Program Outline
Total courses required: 10 |
Foundations of Education:
01.625 Organization of Schools and School Systems*
01.630 Diversity Issues for School Leaders*
Research and Evaluation:
07.541 Practitioner Action Research**
Specialization in Educational Administration:
04.638 Curriculum Design: K-12
05.622 Financial Aspects of Educational Administration
05.623 School Law*
05.638 Planning, Technology, and School Improvement
05.642 Principles of Supervision*
05.643 The Principalship PK-12
Practicum/Seminar (select one sequence w/permission of Grad
Coordinator):
05.592/593 Elementary School Principal (Pre K-6)
05.594/595 Middle School Principal (5-9)
05.596/597 Secondary School Principal (9-12)
The Practicum/Seminar is a two semester, three credit
requirement. Students register for one credit during the first
semester and for two credits during the second semester. Candidates
may only enroll in the practicum with permission of the Graduate
Coordinator. The practicum is taken after all other course
requirements have been met, although it is possible to enroll in one
course concurrent with the practicum each semester.
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*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.
Prerequisite:
Credits: 3
01.630 Diversity Issues for School Leaders
"Diversity Issues for School Leaders" 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.
Prerequisite:
Credits: 3
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 provide 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.
Prerequisite:
Credits: 3
04.638 Curriculum Design K-12
A review of state mandates which, by law, shape the curriculum for the school. Examination of "new" curricula and their sources, as well as the development of a rationale for curriculum design and an evaluation fo the personnel and techniques by which these curricula can be developed.
Prerequisite:
Credits: 3
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.
Prerequisite:
Credits: 3
05.623 School Law
Understanding and research of legal issues, and resolutions, pertinent to educational administrators. Ethical and creative practice of "preventive law."
Prerequisite:
Credits: 3
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.
Prerequisite:
Credits: 3
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.
Prerequisite:
Credits: 3
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.
Prerequisite:
Credits: 3
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