Educational Leadership M.Ed.

Ethics & Multicultural Concentration

The Ethics and Multicultural concentration prepares candidates to make leadership decisions based on legal and ethical principles promoting educational equity. Through a cohort model, the Master of Education program in Educational Leadership prepares dynamic, high-performing leaders for our diverse, technologically complex society with the knowledge and skills to create learning environments that support teacher success in bringing students from diverse groups to high levels of learning. The courses and their typical order of rotation is as follows:

Program Total (36 Credit Hours)

Technology Leadership Concentration

The concentration in Technology Leadership prepares leaders to inspire a shared vision for the comprehensive use of technology in 21st century schools. Candidates will gain the knowledge and skills necessary to ensure that curricular design, instructional strategies, assessment methods, and learning environments are integrated with appropriate technologies to maximize teaching and learning. Candidates will discover how to use technology to collect and analyze data, interpret results, and communicate findings to improve instructional practice and student achievement. In addition, candidates will learn to apply technology to enhance their own professional practice and to increase the productivity of others.

The Master of Education in Educational Leadership with a concentration in Technology Leadership prepares and develops administrators with an advanced level of expertise in educational technology to direct school improvement toward higher levels of student learning and achievement. It is designed for participants who have a T-4 Teaching Certificate. This program enables experienced educators to complete the Master’s program in six semesters. Candidates complete 36 hours of specialized course work taught by full-time graduate faculty and experienced instructional technology specialists. The program is delivered in cohorts offered in a blended format, both on campus and on-line.

Candidates will demonstrate competency of the National Educational Technology Standards for Administrators (NETS-A), as well as the Georgia Professional Standards Commission (PSC) standards and the Georgia Board of Regents (BOR) strands. With this background, candidates will be equipped to serve in any number of leadership positions within a school/district requiring an “L-certificate,” such as an assistant principal or principal, as well as in leadership positions that require knowledge and expertise in educational technology. The Educational Leadership Department works in collaboration with the GaDOE Educational Technology Training Center (ETTC) to provide the technical expertise and resources to offer this innovative program in Technology Leadership. State-of-the art facilities and knowledgeable faculty make this program highly attractive to individuals seeking a Master’s Degree in Educational Leadership. The courses and their typical order of rotation is as follows:

Program Total (36 Credit Hours)