Education Specialist (Ed.S.) with
Leadership in School Reform Concentration
Online
36 credits
*
16 months
Program Highlights & Benefits
100% online format
Bridge option towards earning your EdD available
Up to 12 graduate transfer credits considered
No thesis required
For
Teachers who want to earn their Ed.S. degree with Leadership in School Reform Concentration. This is a non-licensure track for educators with a degree, license, or experience in school leadership. The degree is based on Union’s conceptual framework of A Teacher-Student Dynamic of Sensitivity, Reflection and Faith.
What You Learn
- Demonstrate within your disciplines advanced knowledge and skills, and the ability to apply research that extends the body of knowledge in the field.
- Display competency in the critical evaluation of issues, trends and methodologies.
- Enhance your ethical decision-making ability through an academic environment integrated with the Christian faith.
- Build intellectual and moral knowledge to cope with a pluralistic world to better serve communities and their schools.
How You Learn
All courses are offered in an online format.
Career Outcomes
A non-licensure track for educators with a degree, license, or experience in school leadership that encourages students to create and actualize a vision for leadership in 21st century schools.
Degree Requirements
| Course | Title | Hours |
| EDU 600 | Community Involvement to Improve Schools | 3 |
| EDU 606 | Accountability for Greater Student Learning | 3 |
| EDU 700 | Research Issues in Educational Leadership | 3 |
| EDU 702 | Engaged Learning | 3 |
| EDU 711 | Leadership Seminar: Politics, Policy and Instruction | 3 |
| EDU 716 | Purpose and Plan for Action Research | 3 |
| EDU 717 | Entrepreneurial School Leadership | 3 |
| EDU 718 | The Changing Superintendency | 3 |
| EDU 722 | Teacher Leadership | 3 |
| EDU 723 | Faith and Ethics in Educational Leadership | 3 |
| EDU 741 | Leadership Development Research Project I | 3 |
| EDU 742 | Leadership Development Research Project II | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 36 |
