Educational Leadership is designed to prepare and equip teachers and administrators with requisite knowledge and skills for service as effective educational administrators who practice their profession with a philosophical focus on God's Word. Our focus is the challenging of graduate students to love God wholly as they strive to impact lives for the Lord Jesus Christ in diverse educational settings. Graduates of the program will have developed the knowledge, skills, and dispositions equipping them to be school administrators who will model lifelong learning and who will serve God faithfully as change agents in society.
Courses
| Course | Title | Hours | | | | | | | | EDL 500 | Foundations, Philosophy, and Issues in Education | 3 | | | | | EDL 510 | School Leadership | 3 | | | | | EDL 520 | Instruction & Curriculum | 3 | | | | | EDL 530 | Organizational Management | 3 | | | | | EDL 540 | Communication | 3 | | | | | EDL 550 | Educational Research | 3 | | | | | EDL 600 | Personnel Supervision and Administration | 3 | | | | | EDL 610 | School Finance | 3 | | | | | EDL 620 | School Law | 3 | | | | | EDL 630 | Computer/Electronic Tools for Educational Leadership | 3 | | | | | EDL 640 | Applied Education Program Development, Assessment, & Evaluation | 3 | | | | | EDL 680 | Practicum | 3 | | | | | EDL 690 | Thesis | 3 | |
Program Outline
The M.Ed. in Educational Leadership is designed as a web-based program with face-to-face classes (with web-based components) at the beginning and the end of one's program. The program is designed to be completed over a two-year period. Students must complete all graduation requirements within six years. Maximum course enrollment each semester is six hours. New cohorts are admitted each summer. Below is an outline of a typical program sequence completed in two years.
School Year 1Summer
Two week on-campus with face-to-face and web-based experiences | EDL 500
EDL 550 | Fall
Completely web-based
| EDL 510
EDL 620 | Spring
Completely web-based | EDL 530
EDL 610 |
School Year 2Summer
Completely web-based | EDL 520
EDL 540 | Fall
Completely web-based
| EDL 600
EDL 630 | Spring
Completely web-based | EDL 680 or
EDL 690
EDL 640 |
Thesis Research & Practicum
Students enrolled in the M.Ed. in Educational Leadership are required to complete either EDL 680 Practicum or EDL 690 Thesis. Students who have less than three years of experience as a school administrator must take EDL 680. Students who pursue the applied research project must register for EDL 690 and each subsequent term after the initial commencement until the project is completed.
|  | Faculty
A distinctive of our program is our quality faculty. The seven men and women who comprise our graduate school faculty have served as classroom teachers, elementary and secondary administrators, teacher education instructors, and an attorney. Their combined experience in education is over 130 years (K-12 and college).
 | Dr. Vickie Denny
Professor of Exercise and Sport Science and Teacher Education, Chair of the Department of Exercise and Sport Science |  | Dr. Mary Draper
Vice President for Academic Affairs, Professor of Education |  | Dr. Phil Larsen
Professor of Education |  | Dr. Gary Smith
Professor of Education, Chair of the Department of Education |  | Dr. Richard Stratton
President, Professor of Business |  | Dr. Charles Walker
Executive Director of American Association of Christian Schools, Executive Director of Tennessee Association of Christian Schools, Visiting Professor of School Law
|  | Dr. George Youstra
President Emeritus, Professor of Education and History |
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