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Nov 22, 2024
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2018-2019 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Leadership MA, K12 School Leadership Concentration
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The 36-credit Masters of Arts in Leadership helps individuals develop a leadership mindset and the complex skill-sets needed for leaders in communities and high-performance organizations engaged in today’s fast-changing contexts of change. Designed around a distance-delivery model, this MA can be taken by on-campus participants as well as participants at a distance. It is intended to integrate well with other leadership programs in the department or university, and serves as a bridge to both the undergraduate leadership program and the doctoral leadership program.
The participants’s program can be adapted to varying personal, organizational, or regional contexts. Recent college graduates transitioning into employment who want to further their leadership development as well as experienced employees who want to target specific areas of leadership for development will find the design of this program flexible to meet their leadership needs.
The overall goal of the MA Leadership program is to develop leaders with a strong sense of personal mission, the ability to work in teams, and experience in leading change that can provide better services and professional solutions in varied local, regional and global situations.
Participants work with their advisors to develop a personalized Leadership & Learning Plan (LLP) integrated with a schedule of courses. They have two options: the job-embedded design or the “core + concentration” design.
- The “core + concentration” design allows individuals to work at their own pace to develop a specific set of competencies that are aligned with their area of concentration and specific areas of leadership development. Both designs require 36 credits and the completion of a portfolio and research work.
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Concentration Requirements - 18
This concentration allows the MA in Leadership participant to focus on leadership development in a K12 school setting. This 18-credit concentration matches the Principalship Certificate (see the Educational Leadership section). The LLP is signed off by two faculty members and requires participants to show a plan to fulfill eight of the 10 standards of the educational leadership program. Those in this program experience a learning community through online courses and the required participation in at least 7 online principalship webinars a year. Note: This concentration is compatible with the requirements of the North American Division Seventh-day Adventist K12 Principal Certification. However, individuals should work with the union credential specialist to determine a plan that will best fulfill this certification. If approval by the Educational Leadership Consortium Council (ELCC) or the Michigan Department of Education is desired please contact the director of the Educational Leadership programs for guidance: Dr. Janet Ledesma, jledesma@andrews.edu. Those taking this concentration should select the Internship option in the core as their way to complete their research and portfolio options. Educational Leadership Standards
- Vision: Facilitating the development, articulation, implementation, and stewardship of a school or district vision of learning that is shared and supported by the school community.
- Instructional Culture: Promoting a positive school culture, providing an effective instructional program, applying best practice to student learning, and designing comprehensive professional growth plans for staff.
- Management and Administration: Managing the organization, operations and resources in a way that promotes a safe, efficient and effective learning environment.
- Community Collaboration: Collaborating with families and other community members, responding to diverse community interests and needs, and mobilizing community resources.
- Ethics: Acting with integrity, fairness, and in an ethical manner.
- Law and Politics: Understanding, responding to, and influencing the larger political, social, economic, legal, and cultural context.
- Technology: Understanding and comprehensively applying technology to advance student achievement.
- Worldview: Appreciating the perspectives of others and developing a personal philosophy from which action and service emerge.
- Research: Understanding and comprehensively applying research and evaluation for effective decision making.
- Internship: Leadership is demonstrated in substantial, sustained, standards-based work in a real setting, planned and guided cooperatively by the institution and school personnel.
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