Admission, Matriculation, and Exit

We believe that school leaders must be proficient in a wide variety of leadership and technical skills and tasks to be successful educational administrators as seen in the guiding question, "How shall schools be organized and operated to produce high student achievement?" However, a supporting and equally important question to organization and operation is what are the external socio-cultural factors that administrators must consider in designing and running effective schools? To this end, courses are designed and infused with critically reflective curricula and strategies that stimulate candidates to think beyond current ways of knowing and behaving in order to study, research, and implement leadership practices that have positive impact for P-12 students. The synthesis of scholarship, leadership, and reflective thinking occurs in the completion of the six evidences required in the Electronic Portfolio. The analysis and synthesis occurs throughout the program, from admission to exit.

RETENTION REQUIREMENTS

To gain approval to proceed with exit requirements, each student must:
1. Complete a total of 12 but no more than 15 hours of graduate credit with an overall GPA of 3.0 or better (Advance to Candidacy).
2. Receive no more than 2 grades of a C in any graduate coursework