Curriculum
The Master of Science in Educational Administration consists of 45 credits in the following areas: Core Education Certification courses and core Master's Courses in Education Administration.
Performances: Leadership Portfolio, PA PRAXIS
Program Requirements
Course Descriptions
EDUC 710 — School Finance and Facilities
In this course, students will study the school budgeting process and school facilities management. Students will receive and overview of the basic financial and facility issues, unique to education that affect individual school buildings.
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EDUC 716 — School Principal's Internship: Finance
The yearlong intensive internship is the culminating activity for the students in the Drexel Education Leadership Program. During this course, the students will put school leadership theory and knowledge to practical application.
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EDUC 712 — School Community Partnerships and Relations
In this course, students will study the skills, techniques and attitudes. School leaders need to work effectively with school constituents.
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EDUC 718 — School Principal Internship: School/Community Relations
The yearlong intensive internship is the culminating activity for the students in the Drexel Education Leadership Program. During this course, the students will put school leadership theory and knowledge to practical application.
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EDUC 714 — Instructional and Curriculum Leadership
In this course, students will examine the relationship between school culture and classroom instruction. Students will study the five fundamental tasks of instructional leadership (direct assistance, group development, professional development, curriculum development, and action research). Students will also investigate effective classroom observation methods.
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EDUC 717 — School Principal's Internship: Leadership
The yearlong intensive internship is the culminating activity for the students in the Drexel Education Leadership Program. During this course, the students will put school leadership theory and knowledge to practical application.
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EDUC 708 — Technological Integration with School Instruction & Management
In this course students will investigate learning theory and its implication for interactive multimedia learning formats including the relationship of instructional design principles to selection of multimedia elements.
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EDUC 715 — School Principal's Internship: Technology
This yearlong intensive internship is the activity for the students in the Drexel Education Leadership Program. During this course, the students will put school leadership theory and knowledge to practical application.
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EDUC 702 — School Leadership and Decision-Making
This course will focus on decision-making in the schools. Emphasis will be placed on major challenges and opportunities in the work world of the principal and the interpersonal skills of school leadership.
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EDUC 705 — School Law and Politics
This course us designed to assist students with their understanding of how law, politics, and power structures interact to influence the goals and operations of the schools. Students will student the roles of school boards and community organizations, state boards of education, state government agencies, special interest groups, professional organizations, and unions.
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EDAM 500 — Leading in Urban, Rural, Suburban School Settings
Provide school leadership experiences from three settings: urban, rural and suburban. The study of the similarities and differences within and across these types of schools to learn effective leadership skills and strategies will be examined. They will identify significant educational issues pertaining to these locales and use problem-solving skills, visitations, recent research and scenarios.
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EDAM 502 — Resource Management, Allocation and Entrepreneurship
Students learn to find, use and allocate needed resources for their schools, communities, and organizations from experienced business and school leaders. Management and monitoring technology tools for optimum effective use of resources and how to gain entrepreneurship skills for expanding opportunities to gain new resources will be explored.
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EDAM 522 — Evaluation and Assessment Competencies
Procedures and tools of research will be used to evaluate school programs. Program of evaluation in a school setting will be implemented. Essential assessment principles about the importance of implementing an assessment system, distinguish between assessments of learning versus assessment for learning, and about the types of student work samples needed for monitoring and reporting will be examined. Data on norm-referenced and other standardized tests in reporting achievement.
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EDAM 524 — Mentoring and Collaborative Leadership
Research and experience on mentoring as a critical need in sustaining new teachers, creating renewal for experienced teachers, and building leadership capacity across the staff will be the focus of this course. Specific skills and concepts for effective mentoring/coaching of others and collaborative leadership will be examined. The importance of establishing learning communities in schools will be emphasized with a student's plan for induction within context of supportive school practices.
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EDAM 526 — Interpreting and Evaluating Research and Achievement Data
Substantive opportunities for interpreting and evaluating different kinds of research with established criteria will be provided. Ways to lead school teams in analyzing, interpreting and evaluating student achievement data (from several sources, both formative and summative) to monitor student learning, to improve curriculum and instruction, to meet NCLB requirements and for reporting to the community. A balanced perspective in reviewing data from group achievement data to the collaborative analysis of an individual student?s work over time will be explored.
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EDAM 528 — Research Methodology for Action Research
Provides rationale, theoretical constructs and methodology for conducting Action Research within a school and/or classroom setting. Significant practical applications for other school practitioners.
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EDAM 540 — Action Research Project
Culminating course in MSEA program. Students will complete the written research project according to established criteria building from the four stages of Action Research completed in previous course work. The research will be shared in an article or summary form on the School of Education website.
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