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The Master of Education and concurrent Education Leadership Emphasis degree program is designed for individuals pursuing administrative or supervisory positions in the public school system. The program combines the special education focus on refining school practices in terms of instruction and management practices, legal requirements, and professional collaboration with the knowledge and competencies of the Administrative/Supervisory Certificate Program.
 

1. Apply to the Graduate School for admission to the Special Education Master's program.
2. Receive a letter from the Graduate School accepting you to the Master's program.
3. Apply to the Administrative/Supervisory License Program.
    

1. Departmental Core (15 credits)

All master's students must complete the following five courses or their equivalent:

SpEd 6020: Design and Evaluation of Effective Instruction (3)
SpEd 6300: Collaboration Skills for Classroom Teachers (3)
SpEd 6700: Single-Subject Research Methods and Designs (3)
SpEd 6060: Historical and Legal Foundations of Special Education (3)
SpEd 6720: Advanced Applied Behavior Analysis (3)

2. Leadership Core (14 credits)

      *Educ 6080: Leadership and the School Principal (3)
    **Educ 7080: Theories of Organizational Leadership in Education (3)
  ***Educ 7050: Theories of Instructional Supervision (3)
****Educ 7100: Practices of Instructional Supervision (2)
SpEd 6280: Instructional Leadership for At-Risk Students (#)

      *Take 1st Semester
    **Take 2nd Semester
  ***Prerequisite to Educ 7100
****Must be taken with Educ 6930 or 6940
 

3. Management Core (11 credits)

Educ 6740: Public School Law (3)
Educ 7500: Public School Finance (3)
SpEd 6060: Legal Aspects of Special Education (3)
InsT 6010: Technology and its Role in the Transform/Educ (2)

4. Research & Assessment Emphasis Area (12-15 credits)

Educ 6550: Research for Classroom Teachers (3)
or Educ 6570: Introduction to Educational & Psychological Research (3)
SpEd 6700: Single-Subject Research (3)
SpEd 6960: Creative Project (6)
or SpEd 6970: Thesis (6-9)

5. Educational Foundations & Theory (8 credits)

Educ 6410: Educational Foundations (2)
SpEd 6020: Design & Evaluation of Instruction (3)
SpEd 6720: Advanced Applied Behavior Analysis (3)

6. Internship/Portfolio (7 credits)

Educ 6930: Supervision and Administrative Internship-ElEd (3)
Educ 6940: Supervision and Administrative Internship-ScEd (3)
Educ 6950: Leadership Portfolio Development (1)
or Educ 6570: Introduction to Educational & Psychological Research (3)