Master of Education in Education Leadership and Administration

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MASTER OF EDUCATION SPECIALIZATIONS

Adult Educators and Administrators
MEd in Adult Education
MEd in Corporate Training and Knowledge Management
MEd in e-Learning Technology and Design
MEd in Higher Education Leadership and Administration
K-12 Educators and Administrators Specializations
Master's Degrees for Licensed Educators
MEd in Education Leadership and Administration
MEd in Elementary Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment
MEd in K-12 English as a Second Language Education
MEd in K-12 English as a Second Language Specialist: Bilingual Education
MEd in K-12 Instructional Technology
MEd in Secondary Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment
Master's Degrees Leading to Initial Education Licensure
MEd in Education Leadership and Administration: Principal and Administrator Licensure
MEd in Elementary Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment: Teacher Licensure
MEd in K-12 English as a Second Language Education: Teacher Licensure
MEd in K-12 English as a Second Language Specialist: Bilingual Education Teacher Licensure
MEd in K-12 Instructional Technology: Teacher Licensure
MEd in Secondary Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment: Teacher Licensure

Developed for licensed educators, the MEd in Education Leadership and Administration prepares educators seeking to advance their professional careers. Currently licensed educators find coursework, including capstone courses, designed to augment their professional knowledge, skills, and aptitude.

The MEd in Education Leadership and Administration aligns with the Educational Leadership Constituent Council (ELCC), Colorado Department of Education (CDE), and Colorado Commission on Higher Education (CCHE) professional standards. The CDE and CCHE recognize the high quality of JIU’s MEd preparation degrees and have designated JIU as a state-approved program of teacher and principal/administrator preparation. For most states, graduating from an approved program of preparation is an important step toward achieving educator licensure or certification.

Candidates who complete this program:

• Demonstrate knowledge of how to create an environment that encourages and develops responsibility, ethics, and citizenship, in self and others, and set the direction for a school community committed to and focused on learning.
• Acknowledge, and address in planning, the internal and external factors affecting the school and the learning process.
• Demonstrate understanding of the elements of planning; plan implementation; and organizational, change, and time management.
• Demonstrate understanding of state standards and are able to demonstrate effective instructional and assessment methodologies and strategies.
• Demonstrate understanding of instruction, especially as related to state standards and closing the achievement gap.
• Demonstrate understanding of the appraisal of instructors, as related to student learning.
• Demonstrate understanding of national, state, and local district personnel policies.
• Demonstrate understanding of the design of a positive learning environment focused on student achievement and characterized by appropriate and acceptable standards of student conduct and effective behavior management strategies.
• Demonstrate understanding of the principles and practices for the fiscal management of schools or school districts.
• Demonstrate knowledge of how to assure a safe learning environment in a secure, well-maintained facility.
• Demonstrate understanding of effective communication, decision-making, and interpersonal problem-solving and conflict-resolution strategies.

Transfer Credit for Applicable Courses