Master of Education in Educational Leadership
Overview
The Master of Education in Educational Leadership program prepares graduates for educational leadership positions at the school, district, state, and national levels. Graduates will demonstrate conceptual, organizational, political, social, managerial, interpersonal, and technical skills essential for successful school administrators. The program meets Missouri curriculum requirements for K-12 building principal certification.
Program Learning Outcomes for MEd Educational Leadership
The Missouri Leader Standards convey the expectations of performance for educational leaders in Missouri. The standards are based on the national Interstate Leaders Licensure Consortium (ISLLC) Standards which emphasize the leader as a competent manager and instructional leader who continuously acquires new knowledge and skills and is constantly seeking to improve their leadership practice to provide for high academic achievement for all students. Thus, these standards recognize leaders continuously develop knowledge and skills. Therefore, the Missouri Leader Standards employ a developmental sequence to define a professional continuum that illustrates how a leader's knowledge and skills mature and strengthen throughout their career.
Professionals in school leadership positions are expected to exercise good professional judgment and to use these standards to inform and improve their own practice:
Standard # 1 Vision, Mission, and Goals
Education leaders have the knowledge and ability to ensure the success of all students by facilitating the development, articulation, implementation, and stewardship of a school or district vision of learning supported by the school community.
Quality Indicator 1: Establish the vision, mission, and goals
Quality Indicator 2: Implement the vision, mission, and goals
Standard #2 Teaching and Learning
Education leaders have the knowledge and ability to ensure the success of all students by promoting a positive school culture, providing an effective instructional program that applies best practice to student learning, and designing comprehensive professional growth plans for staff.
Quality Indicator 1: Promote positive school culture
Quality Indicator 2: Provide an effective instructional program
Quality Indicator 3: Ensure continuous professional growth plans
Learning Standard #3 Management of Organizational Systems
Education leaders have the knowledge and ability to ensure the success of all students by managing the organizational structure, personnel, and resources in a way that promotes a safe, efficient, and effective learning environment.
Quality Indicator 1: Manage the organizational structure
Quality Indicator 2: Lead personnel
Quality Indicator 3: Manage resources
Learning Standard #4 Collaboration with Families and Stakeholders
Education leaders have the knowledge and ability to ensure the success of all students by collaborating with families and other community members, responding to diverse community interests and needs, and mobilizing community resources
Quality Indicator 1: Collaborate with families and other community members
Quality Indicator 2: Respond to community interests and needs
Quality Indicator 3: Mobilize community resources
Learning Standard #5 Ethics and Integrity
Education leaders have the knowledge and ability to ensure the success of all students by acting with integrity and in an ethical manner.
Quality Indicator 1: Personal and professional responsibility
Learning Standard #6 Professional Development
Education leaders have the knowledge and ability to ensure the success of all students by remaining current on best practices in education administration and school-related areas as evidenced in his/her annual professional development plan.
Quality Indicator 1: Increase knowledge and skills based on best practices
Requirements
An Initial Administrator Certificate (elementary or secondary principal), valid for a period of four (4) years from the effective date on the certificate, will be issued to applicants meeting the following requirements:
One (1) of the following:
- A permanent or professional Missouri certificate of license to teach; or
- A baccalaureate degree from a state-approved teacher preparation program.
- A recommendation from the designated certification official from a state-approved teacher preparation program which is included on the Application for lnitial Missouri Teaching Certificate; and
- Achieve a score equal to or greater than the Missouri qualifying score on the assessment designated by the State Board of Education for initial certification.
- A minimum of three (3) years teaching experience approved by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
- Successful completion of the building-level administrator's assessment designated by the State Board of Education.